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.