Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of men invited to participate. Values are numbers (percentages) unless otherwise indicated

	All randomly allocated participants (n=343)	Intervention group (n=175)	Control group (n=168)	Declined to participate (n=138)
Median (range) age (years)	29 (18-58)	29 (18-49)	29 (18-58)	28 (17-59)
Ethnicity:
White	311 (91)	160 (91)	151 (90)	116* (84)
Education:
Beyond secondary school	294 (86)	150 (86)	144 (86)	106† (77)
Occupation:
Skilled non-manual	195 (57)	91 (52)	104 (62)	76 (55)
Sexually transmitted infection at recruitment	172 (50)	92 (53)	79 (47)	59 (43)
HIV workshop attended previously	59 (17)	27 (15)	31 (19)	NA

NA=not available. 

^*P=0.06 compared with all randomly allocated participants. 

^†P=0.04 compared with all randomly allocated participants.