Table 1.
Socio-demographic profile of the 93 respondents
| Heterosexual men (N = 11) | Heterosexual women (N = 13) |
MSM (N = 69) |
Total (N = 93) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 11 (100%) | - | 68 (99%) | 79 (85%) |
| Female | - | 11 (85%) | - | 11 (12%) |
| Transgender female | - | 2 (15%) | - | 2 (2%) |
| Transgender male | - | - | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 19–29 | 1 (9%) | 2 (15%) | 16 (24%) | 19 (21%) |
| 30–39 | 6 (55%) | 4 (31%) | 25 (37%) | 35 (38%) |
| 40–49 | 3 (27%) | 4 (31%) | 9 (13%) | 16 (17%) |
| 50–59 | 1 (9%) | 3 (23%) | 14 (21%) | 18 (20%) |
| 60+ | - | - | 4 (6%) | 4 (4%) |
| Nationality | ||||
| Belgian | 11 (100%) | 8 (62%) | 52 (75%) | 71 (76%) |
| Other European | - | 2 (15%) | 8 (12%) | 10 (11%) |
| Sub-Saharan African | - | - | 3 (4%) | 3 (3%) |
| Other | - | 3 (23%) | 6 (9%) | 9 (10%) |
| Education level | ||||
| Primary education | - | 1 (8%) | 5 (7%) | 6 (6%) |
| Secondary education | 6 (55%) | 8 (62%) | 23 (33%) | 37 (40%) |
| Higher education | 5 (45%) | 4 (31%) | 41 (60%) | 50 (54%) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Employed full-time | 11 (100%) | 6 (46%) | 42 (61%) | 59 (63%) |
| Employed part-time | - | 3 (23%) | 7 (10%) | 10 (11%) |
| Student | - | 1 (8%) | 6 (9%) | 7 (8%) |
| Unemployed | - | 3 (23%) | 8 (12%) | 11 (12%) |
| Not able to work | - | - | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Not allowed to work | - | - | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Retired | - | - | 3 (4%) | 3 (3%) |
| Other | - | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Self-reported sexual orientation | ||||
| Homosexual/lesbian | - | 2 (15%)a | 51 (74%) | 53 (57%) |
| Heterosexual/straight | 11 (100%) | 11 (85%) | 1 (1%) | 23 (25%) |
| Bisexual | - | - | 16 (23%) | 16 (17%) |
| Other | - | - | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
| Type of partners | ||||
| Only casual partner(s) | 2 (18%) | 2 (15%) | 28 (41%) | 32 (34%) |
| Only steady partner | 4 (36%) | 5 (39%) | 11 (16%) | 20 (22%) |
| Both steady and casual partner(s) | 5 (46%) | 5 (39%) | 24 (39%) | 34 (37%) |
| No partners | - | 1 (7%) | 6 (8%) | 7 (8%) |
aRespondents were categorized by the combination of the reported ‘gender’ and ‘most probable way of infection’, without considering the self-reported sexual orientation. Transgender women were therefore categorized as ‘heterosexual women’ as they reported being infected through male sex although they identified themselves as ‘homosexual’