Table 1. Crude and adjusted population* estimates of demographic and social characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Almaty, Kazakhstan (N = 400).
| Variable | Sub category | Crude prevalence % (N) | Weighted prevalence % (95% CI) |
| Age | |||
| Less than 25 years | 22.0 (88) | 25.4 (16.9–34.5) | |
| 25–27 | 26.0 (104) | 29.9 (20.8–39.5) | |
| 28–30 | 24.8 (99) | 16.2 (10.6–22.0) | |
| Over 30 | 27.2 (109) | 28.5 (2.0–38.4) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 15.8 (63) | 15.9 (9.7–22.9) | |
| Live with female partner | 4.5 (17) | 6.4 (1.8–13.6) | |
| Live with male partner | 24.7 (98) | 31.5 (21.4–40.8) | |
| Single | 53.0 (209) | 45.4 (36.2–54.9) | |
| Income of more than 200,000 tenge ($1,348) per month | 4.5 (18) | 6.8 (1.7–14.2) | |
| Had a regular place to live in last 12 months | 82.0 (324) | 88.6 (83.0–93.9) | |
| Level of education completed | |||
| General secondary school | 16.0 (64) | 14.0 (7.8–20.5) | |
| Specialized secondary school | 19.5 (79) | 19.5 (12.0–28.9) | |
| Some university education | 20.3 (81) | 12.8 (7.6–18.9) | |
| University | 36.0 (142) | 47.1 (37.6–56.8) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Heterosexual | 7.7 (31) | 10.1 (4.4–17.4) | |
| Homosexual | 64.5 (253) | 55.0 (43.8–65.3) | |
| Bisexual | 18.8 (75) | 18.4 (12.1–25.5) | |
| Transgender | 5.0 (20) | 5.2 (1.4–11.6) | |
| Disclosure of same sex attraction or practices | 25.3 (100) | 21.8 (12.7–30.7) | |
| Told non-MSM friends | 10.6 (42) | 5.4 (2.3–9. 6) | |
| Told family | 8.3 (33) | 3.6 (1.4–6.4) | |
| Told health care provider | 2.8 (11) | 0.7 (0.2–1.3) |
*
Raw respondent driven sampling data were adjusted according to the network size and homophily.