Table 2.
Proportion of men who sell sex among the sample of men who have sex with men in various rural-urban categories
| Rural-urban category* (population) | Number of villages/ towns/cities | Total number in sample | Men who sold sex to men Number (%)† | Men who sold sex to men frequently Number (%)† | Men who sold sex to men infrequently Number (%)† |
| Rural | 18 | 965 | 306 (31.7) | 208 (21.6) | 98 (10.2) |
| Urban (50,000 or less) | 9 | 502 | 137 (27.3) | 91 (18.1) | 46 (9.2) |
| Urban (50,001–100,000) | 15 | 1511 | 326 (21.6) | 157 (10.4) | 169 (11.2) |
| Urban (100,001–200,000) | 10 | 1651 | 405 (24.5) | 266 (16.1) | 139 (8.4) |
| Urban (200,001–300,000) | 6 | 1180 | 249 (21.1) | 139 (11.8) | 110 (9.3) |
| Urban (>300,000) | 4 | 852 | 353 (41.4) | 237 (27.8) | 116 (13.6) |
| Total | 62 | 6661 | 1776 (26.6) | 1098 (16.5) | 678 (10.2) |
*Rural-urban definition and the populations taken from the Census of India [11].
†Percent of the total number in each rural-urban category.