TABLE 1: Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of WLWH in Brazil, 2021-2022 (n = 1,914).
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| 18-29 | 199 (10.4) |
| 30-39 | 398 (20.8) |
| 40-49 | 641 (33.4) |
| 50-73 | 680 (35.4) |
| Education level (years of schooling) | |
| 0-4 | 278 (14.5) |
| 5-8 | 487 (25.4) |
| 9-11 | 795 (41.4) |
| 12 or more | 359 (18.7) |
| Race/skin color* | |
| White | 594 (31.1) |
| Yellow (Asian descent) | 26 (1.4) |
| Red (native Brazilian) | 9 (0.5) |
| Brown (mixed-race) | 811 (42.5) |
| Black | 469 (24.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 571 (29.8) |
| Separated/divorced | 288 (15.0) |
| Widowed | 156 (8.1) |
| Lives with husband/partner | 904 (47.1) |
| Age at first sexual intercourse (years) | |
| < 15 | 436 (23.0) |
| 15-18 | 1093 (57.5) |
| 19-24 | 332 (17.5) |
| 25 or more | 39 (2.0) |
| Lifetime number of sex partners | |
| 1 | 122 (6.7) |
| 2-4 | 759 (41.7) |
| 5-10 | 642 (35.3) |
| > 10 | 298 (16.4) |
| Parity | |
| 0 | 85 (4.9) |
| 1-2 | 976 (56.6) |
| 3-4 | 513 (29.7) |
| 5 or more | 151 (8.8) |
| Exchange of sex for drugs - past 12 months | |
| No | 1898 (99.3) |
| Yes | 14 (0.7) |
| Exchange of sex for money - past 12 months | |
| No | 1878 (98.3) |
| Yes | 32 (1.7) |
| Smoking | |
| Never smoked | 1077 (56.4) |
| Former smoker | 462 (24.2) |
| Current smoker | 370 (19.4) |
| Alcohol consumption - last month | |
| Never | 1023 (55.3) |
| < 1 time per week | 435 (23.5) |
| At least 1 time per week | 365 (19.7) |
| Every day | 28 (1.5) |
| City | |
| Brasília | 273 (14.2) |
| Florianópolis | 86 (4.5) |
| Juiz de Fora | 201 (10.5) |
| Manaus | 295 (15.4) |
| Pelotas | 280 (14.6) |
| Salvador | 293 (15.3) |
| Sao Paulo | 284 (14.8) |
| Vitória | 207 (10.8) |
Higher percentage of missing data for the variable lifetime number of sex partners (5.1%), followed by alcohol consumption (2.5%), and race/skin color (2.4%). WLWH: Women living with HIV. *Collected according to the five categories of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.