Table 2.

Characteristics of the last sexual encounter by having communicated about HIV status at LSE among MSM (n = 300) in Pretoria, South Africa

	Total		Communication		No communication		χ2	P
	%	N	%	N	%	N
Situational factors
Met more than a year ago							0.05	0.821
Yes	28.1	80	60.0	48	40.0	32
No	71.9	205	58.5	120	41.5	85
Met online							1.45	0.229
Yes	12.4	35	68.6	24	31.4	11
No	87.6	247	57.9	143	42.1	104
Steady partners in a relationship							22.25	<0.001
Yes	60.3	170	47.6	81	52.4	89
No	39.7	112	75.9	85	24.1	27
Live in the same neighborhood							0.20	0.655
Yes	31.7	80	57.5	46	42.5	34
No	68.3	172	60.5	104	39.5	68
Same age							0.64	0.423
Yes	81.0	218	61.0	133	39.0	85
No	19.0	51	54.9	28	45.1	23
Same race							2.90	0.089
Yes	88.0	241	61.0	147	39.0	94
No	12.0	33	45.5	15	54.5	18
Same SES							0.32	0.573
Yes	64.0	146	62.3	91	37.7	55
No	36.0	82	58.5	48	41.5	34
Same femininity							0.92	0.336
Yes	68.1	190	56.8	108	43.2	82
No	31.9	89	62.9	56	37.1	33
Respondent was receptive partner							2.86	0.091
Yes	70.4	195	54.9	107	45.1	88
No	29.6	82	65.9	54	34.1	28
Alcohol or drug use							5.29	0.021
Yes	45.1	105	52.4	55	47.6	50
No	54.9	128	67.2	86	32.8	42
Sex in a public place							5.58	0.018
Yes	11.8	33	39.4	13	60.6	20
No	88.2	246	61.0	150	39.0	96
Transactional sex							0.36	0.550
Yes	14.7	42	54.8	23	45.2	19
No	85.3	243	59.7	145	40.3	98
Unprotected anal intercourse							0.01	0.914
Yes	67.0	185	58.9	109	41.1	76
No	33.0	91	58.2	53	41.8	38