TABLE 1.

Demographic and Sexual Risk Characteristics of Socially Marginalized Men, Men Who Have Sex With Only Men, and Women in Low-Income Barrios of Urban, Coastal Peru, 2003–2005

	Socially Marginalized Men (n = 2136)		MSOM (n = 513)		Women (n = 295)
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Demographics
Age (yr)
18–21	957	44.8	104	20.3	86	29.1
22–25	606	28.4	130	25.3	70	23.7
26–29	281	13.2	106	20.7	48	16.3
30–33	153	7.2	82	16.0	35	11.9
34+	139	6.5	91	17.7	56	19.0
Marital status
Single	1419	66.5	484	94.3	94	31.9
Married	607	28.4	26	5.1	161	54.6
Divorced or widowed	109	5.1	3	0.6	40	13.5
High school education
No	1091	51.1	174	33.9	180	61.0
Yes	1045	48.9	339	66.1	115	39.0
Sexual risk variables
Drug use*
No	1488	69.7	464	90.4	279	94.6
Yes	646	30.3	49	9.6	16	5.4
No. partners in last 3 mo
0–1	1306	61.1	160	31.3	234	79.3
2–3	636	29.8	175	34.3	39	13.2
4+	194	9.1	176	34.4	22	7.5
Sexually active years
<5	773	36.3	67	13.1	86	29.1
6–10	769	36.1	132	25.7	87	29.5
11–15	371	17.4	123	24.0	56	19.0
16+	218	10.2	191	37.2	66	22.4
Compensated sex†
No	1772	83.9	350	69.3	261	88.5
Yes	340	16.1	155	30.7	34	11.5
HIV-1 antibody status
Negative	2121	99.3	452	88.1	294	99.7
Positive	15	0.7	61	11.9	1	0.3
HSV-2 antibody status
Negative	1644	77.0	123	24.0	153	51.9
Positive	492	23.0	390	76.0	142	48.1

^*Drug use defined as use of marijuana or cocaine in the last month.

^†Compensated sex defined as exchanging sex for money or goods in the last 3 months.

MSOM indicates men who have sex with only men.