Table 1.
Demographic and Behavioral Distributions of SGM by Age of Sexual Debut
| Age of Sexual Debut | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic: | <16 N=805 (n %) |
≥16 N=1,875 (n %) |
P* |
| Age at enrollment | 220 (27.3) | 233 (12.4) | <0.01 |
| 16–19 | 329 (40.9) | 814 (43.4) | |
| 20–24 | 256 (31.8) | 828 (44.2) | |
| 25+ | |||
| Education | <0.01 | ||
| ≤Senior secondary | 606 (75.5) | 1,179 (63.0) | |
| >Senior secondary | 197 (24.5) | 692 (37.0) | |
| Living with HIV | <0.01 | ||
| No | 323 (40.1) | 912 (48.6) | |
| Yes | 341 (42.4) | 738 (39.4) | |
| Unknown | 141 (17.5) | 225 (12.0) | |
| Gender Identity | <0.01 | ||
| Cisgender | 605 (75.3) | 1,573 (84.3) | |
| Transgender or non-binary | 198 (24.7) | 292 (15.7) | |
| Sexual orientation | <0.01 | ||
| Homosexual | 352 (43.8) | 509 (27.2) | |
| Bisexual or other | 452 (56.2) | 1,362 (72.8) | |
| Receptive sex partners (past year) | <0.01 | ||
| 0–2 | 347 (44.5) | 1,149 (63.5) | |
| 3+ | 433 (55.5) | 662 (36.6) | |
| Exchanged sex (past year) | <0.01 | ||
| No | 375 (48.7) | 1,085 (60.0) | |
| Yes | 395 (51.3) | 722 (40.0) | |
| Ever condomless anal sex | <0.01 | ||
| No | 84 (10.5) | 364 (19.5) | |
| Yes | 717 (89.5) | 1,499 (80.5) | |
| Ever being forced to have sex | <0.01 | ||
| No | 544 (67.9) | 1,467 (78.5) | |
| Yes | 257 (32.1) | 401 (21.5) | |
| Depression (PHQ-9 † ) | <0.01 | ||
| Minimal (0–4) | 120 (14.9) | 497 (26.5) | |
| Moderate to Severe (5+) | 105 (13.0) | 259 (13.8) | |
| Unknown | 580 (72.1) | 1,119 (59.7) | |
| Disclosure to family € | 0.03 | ||
| No | 671 (83.4) | 1,624 (86.7) | |
| Yes | 134 (16.6) | 250 (13.3) | |
| Stigma | 0.44 | ||
| Low | 420 (52.2) | 962 (51.3) | |
| Moderate | 311 (38.6) | 710 (37.9) | |
| High | 74 (9.2) | 203 (10.8) | |
| HIV health information ‡ | 0.03 | ||
| No | 251 (31.2) | 667 (35.6) | |
| Yes | 309 (38.4) | 719 (38.4) | |
| Unknown | 245 (30.4) | 449 (26.0) | |
Abbreviations: No, Number; PHQ-9, The Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SGM, sexual gender minorities.
*
Chi-Square Test;
†
Questionnaire scoring was determined according to developer convention;
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Disclosure to family derived from question “Have you told any member of your family that you have sex with other men or that you are attracted to other men?”;
‡
HIV health information derived from question “In the past 12 months, you participated in any talks or meetings related to HIV/AIDS?” that was within a module “Exposure to Health Information”. Bolded indicates p<0.05