Table 1.

Participant characteristics, HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making and frequent discrimination based on gender identity among participants of the TASG study, Germany 2022

	Total (N = 3,077)
	n	Percent %	Valid percent %a
Gender identity
Female spectrum	677	22.0	22.0
Male spectrum	672	21.8	21.8
Non-binary female spectrumb	383	12.4	12.4
Non-binary male spectrumc	390	12.7	12.7
Non-binary	832	27.0	27.0
Other	123	4.0	4.0
Age group
18–29 years	1880	61.1	61.1
30–39 years	771	25.1	25.1
40–49 years	271	8.8	8.8
50–59 years	126	4.1	4.1
60 years or older	29	0.9	0.9
Size of place of residence
City with more than 100,000 inhabitants	1854	60.3	61.9
Town/City with less than 100,000 inhabitants	843	27.4	28.1
Countryside or village	300	9.7	10.0
No answer/don’t know	80	2.6	-
Monthly income
No income	122	4.0	6.3
≤2000€	1438	46.7	74.5
>2000€	370	12.0	19.2
No answer/don’t know	1147	37.3	-
Education level
Low	297	9.7	15.0
Medium	938	30.5	47.3
High	750	24.4	37.8
No answer	1092	35.5	-
Relationship status
Single	1080	35.1	41.1
Steady partner	932	30.3	35.5
Other status	614	20.0	23.4
No answer	451	14.7	-
Gender identity recognition
Yes, always	361	35.1	13.4
Sometimes/often	1584	30.3	58.8
Never	750	20.0	27.8
No answer/don’t know	382	14.7	-
Living in accordance to gender identity in daily life
Yes	1567	50.9	53.8
Partly	1185	38.5	40.7
No	162	5.3	5.6
No answer/don’t know	163	5.3	-
Fulfilment of medical transition needs
No medical transition desired	76	2.5	3.0
Medical transition needs fulfilled	569	18.5	22.5
Medical transition needs partially fulfilled	803	26.1	31.8
Medical transition needs not fulfilled	693	22.5	27.4
Unsure	386	12.5	15.3
No answer/not possible	550	17.9	-
Living with HIV
Yes	17	0.6	0.7
No	2318	75.3	99.3
No answer/don’t know	742	24.1
HIV/STI protected sex decision-making
Feeling able	1874	60.9	87.6
Feeling unable	265	8.6	12.4
No answer	938	30.5	-
Frequent discrimination based on gender identity
Yes	505	16.4	22.1
No	1782	57.9	77.9
No answer/don’t know	790	25.7	-
Past 12-month sex under drug influence
Yes	247	8.0	10.1
No	2189	71.1	89.9
Missing	641	20.8	-
Past 12-month condomless penetrative sex with multiple partners without PrEP used
Yes	168	5.5	8.2
No	1870	61.1	91.8
Missing	1022	33.4	-
Current PrEP used
Yes	35	1.1	1.6
No	2173	70.6	98.4
Missing/not applicable	852	28.2	-
Past 5-year use of HIV/STI counselling and testing servicesd
Yes	629	20.5	26.3
No	1760	57.5	73.7
Missing	671	21.9	-

^aPercentages calculated above the total without missing values for each variable

^bNon-binary female includes participants who located themselves both on the non-binary and on the female spectrum

^cNon-binary male includes participants who located themselves both on the non-binary and on the male spectrum

^d17 participants who were living with HIV were not included in these variables (N = 3060)