Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.
CHARACTERISTIC | TOTAL |
Gender – n (%) | |
Male | 259 (99) |
Transgender | 1 (0) |
Age group – n (%) | |
16–18 yr | 11 (4) |
19–24 yr | 139 (54) |
25–30 yr | 71 (27) |
31–35 yr | 28 (11) |
≥36 yr | 11 (4) |
Education level – n (%) | |
Less than secondary | 2 (1) |
Completed secondary | 12 (5) |
Postsecondary | 245 (94) |
Rather not say | 1 (0) |
Experience taking regular medication – n (%) | |
Having taken regular medication in the past | 250 (96) |
Not having taken regular medication in the past | 9 (4) |
Do not know/Cannot remember | 1 (0) |
HIV testing – n (%) | |
Having been tested | 153 (59) |
Not having been tested | 107 (41) |
Fear of contracting HIV | |
Very afraid | 161 (62) |
Fairly afraid | 59 (23) |
Not very afraid | 22 (9) |
Not at all afraid | 18 (7) |
Sexual risk factors – n (%) | |
Number of partners in the last month | |
1 partner | 108 (42) |
2 partners | 62 (24) |
3–5 partners | 37 (14) |
≥6 partners | 13 (6) |
Not stated | 5 (2) |
Frequency of anal sex in the last year * | |
Several times a week | 35 (14) |
About once a week | 89 (34) |
About once a month | 65 (25) |
Less often than once a month | 58 (22) |
Not stated | 13 (5) |
Frequency of vaginal sex in the last year ** | |
Several times a week | 0.8 (2) |
About once a week | 0.4 (1) |
About once a month | 0.8 (2) |
Less often than once a month | 5.8 (15) |
None of the time | 92.3 (240) |
Frequency of condom use in the last month | |
All the time | 124 (48) |
Most of the time | 44 (17) |
Some of the time | 28 (11) |
Rarely | 7 (3) |
None of the time | 17 (7) |
Not stated | 40 (15) |
Transactional sex at present | |
Yes | 31 (12) |
No | 229 (88) |
Injecting drug use risk factors – n (%) | |
Injecting drugs at present | |
Yes | 2 (1) |
No | 258 (99) |
Anal sex was insertive and/or receptive.
Vaginal sex reported was bisexual.
Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.