Table 1. Demographic characteristics and transmission risk factor, by site.a .
| Characteristics | CDC (HIV-positive patients) (n = 200),n (column %) | DSC (At-risk participants) (n = 598),n (column %) | Private clinics (At-risk participants) (n = 196),n (column %) | Total (n = 994),n (column %) |
| Gender (male) | 180 (90.0) | 531 (88.8) | 169 (86.2) | 880 (88.5) |
| Age (median, IQR) | 45.3 (36.5 to 51.9) | 29.6 (25.5 to 35.1) | 35.5 (30.3 to 40.9) | 32.4 (27.1 to 40.5) |
| Current marital status | ||||
| Never married | 114 (57.3) | 385 (64.6) | 85 (43.6) | 584 (59.0) |
| Married | 67 (33.7) | 187 (31.4) | 92 (47.2) | 346 (34.9) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 18 (9.0) | 24 (4.0) | 18 (9.2) | 60 (6.1) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Chinese | 164 (82.0) | 428 (71.6) | 173 (88.3) | 765 (77.0) |
| Malay | 22 (11.0) | 58 (9.7) | 3 (1.5) | 83 (8.4) |
| Indian | 6 (3.0) | 44 (7.4) | 10 (5.1) | 60 (6.0) |
| Others | 8 (4.0) | 68 (11.4) | 10 (5.1) | 86 (8.7) |
| Highest education attained | ||||
| Did not complete high school | 136 (68.0) | 169 (28.3) | 21 (10.7) | 326 (32.8) |
| Completed high school education | 40 (20.0) | 210 (35.1) | 46 (23.5) | 296 (29.8) |
| College degree and above | 24 (12.0) | 219 (36.6) | 129 (65.8) | 372 (37.4) |
| Monthly income | ||||
| <USD 1500 | 132 (66.0) | 230 (38.7) | 38 (19.6) | 400 (40.5) |
| USD 1500 to 3000 | 51 (25.5) | 216 (36.4) | 54 (27.8) | 321 (32.5) |
| >USD 3000 | 17 (8.5) | 148 (24.9) | 102 (52.6) | 267 (27.0) |
| English literate | 145 (72.5) | 557 (93.1) | 192 (98.0) | 894 (89.9) |
| Transmission risk factor | ||||
| Heterosexual | 126 (63.6) | 544 (91.6) | 154 (80.2) | 824 (83.7) |
| Homosexual | 45 (22.7) | 25 (4.2) | 23 (12.0) | 93 (9.5) |
| Bisexual | 27 (13.6) | 25 (4.2) | 15 (7.8) | 67 (6.8) |
a
Missing data, which accounted for less than 2% of participants for any question, was omitted from analysis. P-value for all comparisons except gender<0.001. P-value for gender 0.474.