Table 1. Characteristics of men recruited from bars in northern Tanzania (2018–2019).

Variables	Total	Ever tested		Response to HIV test offer
	(N = 359)	Yes (N = 257)	No (N = 102)	Accepted (N = 321)	Declined (N = 38)
Demographic factors
Age in years, median (range)	41 (19–82)	41 (19–82)	42 (19–77)	41 (19–80)	42 (19–82)
Education, n (%)
Primary or less	292 (81.3)	201 (78.2)	91 (89.2)	273 (85.1)	19 (50.0)
Secondary or above	67 (18.7)	56 (21.8)	11 (10.8)	48 (14.9)	19 (50.0)
Marital status, n (%)
Married, divorced, or widowed	291 (81.1)	213 (82.9)	78 (76.5)	258 (80.4)	33 (86.8)
Never married	68 (18.9)	44 (17.1)	24 (23.5)	63 (19.6)	5 (13.2)
Wealth score, n (%)
Bottom quartile	95 (26.5)	57 (22.2)	38 (37.3)	89 (27.7)	6 (15.8)
Lower middle quartile	81 (22.6)	52 (20.2)	29 (28.4)	72 (22.4)	9 (23.7)
Upper middle quartile	92 (25.6)	71 (27.6)	21 (20.6)	85 (26.5)	7 (18.4)
Top quartile	91 (25.3)	77 (30.0)	14 (13.7)	75 (23.4)	16 (42.1)
Risk behaviors
AUDIT score, n (%)
Low-risk use	154 (42.9)	108 (42.0)	46 (45.1)	134 (41.7)	20 (52.6)
High-risk use	205 (57.1)	149 (58.0)	56 (54.9)	187 (58.3)	18 (47.4)
Concurrent sexual partners, n (%)	45 (12.5)	37 (14.4)	8 (7.8)	42 (13.1)	3 (7.9)
Sociocultural factors
GEM scale, median (range)	58 (34–71)	58 (34–71)	56 (38–70)	58 (34–70)	61 (44–71)
HIV knowledge score, median (range)	14 (3–18)	14 (5–18)	13 (3–17)	14 (3–17)	14 (9–18)
Stigma score, n (%)
No stigma	154 (42.9)	113 (44.3)	40 (39.2)	137 (42.7)	17 (44.7)
Any stigma	205 (57.1)	143 (55.6)	62 (60.8)	184 (57.3)	21 (55.3)
HIV testing
HIV testing history, n (%)
Last HIV test ≤ 12 months	99 (27.6)	99 (38.5)	-	78 (24.3)	21 (55.3)
Last HIV test > 12 months	158 (44.0)	158 (61.5)	-	148 (46.1)	10 (26.3)
Never testers	102 (28.4)	-	102 (100)	95 (29.6)	7 (18.4)

Abbreviations: AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; GEM, Gender Equitable Men