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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2014 Aug;26(4):345–361. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.4.345

Table 2.

Select Characteristics of Focus Group (n = 87) and In-Depth Interview Participants (n = 10)

Mean ± SD or n (%), as appropriate
Characteristic Focus group Interview
Age in years 27.97 (± 8.8; range 18–60) 36.5 (± 7.0; range 23–44)
Country of birth
 Colombia 1 (1.1) 0
 Guatemala 81 (93.10 9 (90)
 El Salvador 2 (2.2) 0
 Honduras 3 (3.5) 0
 Venezuela 0 1 (10)
Among those born in Guatemala: Departamento (state) of birth (n = 81) (n = 9)
 Alta Verapaz 1 (1.2) 0
 El Progreso 2 (2.5) 0
 El Quiché 1 (1.2) 0
 Escuintla 1 (1.2) 0
 Guatemala 53 (65.4) 5 (55.6)
 Izabal 4 (4.9) 0
 Jalapa 1 (1.2) 0
 Jutiapa 1 (1.2) 0
 Peten 1 (1.2) 0
 Quetzaltenango 3 (3.7) 0
 Retalhuleu 1 (1.2) 0
 Sacatepéquez 0 1 (11.1)
 San Marcos 3 (3.7) 0
 Santa Rosa 1 (1.2) 1 (11.1)
 Suchitépequez 2 (2.5) 0
 Zacapa 2 (2.5) 1 (11.1)
 Departmento (state) not reported 7 (8.6) 1 (11.1)
Gender
 Male 64 (73.6) 10 (100)
 Male-to-female transgender 21 (24.1)
 Female-to-male transgender 2 (2.3)
Educational attainment
 None 2 (2.3) 0
 Some primary education 4 (4.6) 1 (10)
 Primary (Completed 6 years of schooling) 12 (13.8) 2 (20)
 Some secondary 10 (11.5) 1 (10)
 Secondary (Completed 9 years of schooling) 17 (19.5) 3 (30)
 More than secondary 42 (48.3) 3 (30)
Currently employed 54 (62.1) 8 (80)
Current living situation
 Live with male sexual partner 13 (14.9)
 Live with female sexual partner 1 (1.1)
 Live with other family member 34 (39.1)
 Live alone 28 (32.2)
 Other 11 (12.6)
Multiple male sex partners past 3 months 63 (72.4)
 Mean number of male partners among those reporting multiple male partners past 3 months 7.9 (±9.2; range 2–50)
Multiple female sex partners past 3 months 6 (6.9)
Multiple male or female sex partners past 3 months 67 (77.0)