Population size and self-reported characteristics and sexual preferences of men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) in Germany based on social network data.

Stefan Michael ScholzOliver DammSvenja ElkenkampUlrich MarcusWolfgang GreinerAxel Jeremias Schmidt

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Online social network or dating sites can provide some information about specific populations in the absence of other data sources. The presented results are the first to report age-specific rates of MSM per 1,000 male inhabitants in Germany and may be useful to estimate age-specific prevalence or incidence rates as well as to inform health promotion activities and modelling studies for MSM in Germany.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
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social media
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artificial intelligence
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