A misleading report about
results from our online MSM study is circulating. CARIMIS results have not yet
been finalised. http://unaidscaribbean.org/node/291
PRESS
STATEMENT
MSM
data due by the end of October
PORT
OF SPAIN, 16 August, 2012— UNAIDS Caribbean wishes to debunk a news story
circulating in the regional media over the last 24 hours under the headline
“One in every four Caribbean men bisexual”. The story’s claim that a UNAIDS
study found that quarter of the region’s men are bisexual, is misleading and of
no merit.
The
Caribbean Men’s Internet Survey—the first ever online study of men who have sex
with men (MSM) in the region—has not yet been finalised as country-specific
data are currently being analysed. Of the overall sample (of MSM who responded
to the survey), 23 percent declared themselves to be bisexual. This is far
different from one in four Caribbean men being bisexual as suggested in the
story. Additionally, the sample size of the survey was 3,566 and not 2,566 as
the report stated.
Findings
will be finalised by the end of October 2012 and will be released to the
regional media directly through the UNAIDS Caribbean Regional Support Team. For
factual information on the study methodology and preliminary findings please
visit www.unaidscaribbean.org
SOURCE: http://unaidscaribbean.org/node/291
SOURCE: http://unaidscaribbean.org/node/291
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