Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, sexual risk and infection status of men who have sex with men, Morocco, 2010–2011
| Agadir (N=323) | Marrakech (N=346) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| ≤24 | 235 | 78.2 | 71.8 to 83.8 | 228 | 75.6 | 68.7 to 81.5 |
| 25+ | 88 | 21.8 | 16.2 to 28.2 | 117 | 24.4 | 18.3 to 31.4 |
| Current education level | ||||||
| None/Koranic | 16 | 8.3 | 4.1 to 15.2 | 33 | 10.3 | 6.0 to 15.1 |
| Primary | 80 | 21.0 | 14.7 to 27.4 | 100 | 24.8 | 19.3 to 30.9 |
| Secondary/professional | 198 | 61.9 | 52.5 to 68.2 | 206 | 64.3 | 57.0 to 71.1 |
| College/> secondary | 29 | 8.7 | 4.5 to 15.7 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.2 to 1.4 |
| Current employment status | ||||||
| None | 163 | 50.6 | 42.3 to 59.1 | 189 | 55.0 | 46.6 to 63.6 |
| Employed | 74 | 21.9 | 15.8 to 28.8 | 78 | 18.5 | 13.4 to 24.2 |
| Student | 86 | 27.5 | 20.2 to 35.3 | 79 | 26.5 | 18.5 to 34.7 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 308 | 96.2 | 93.4 to 98.4 | 330 | 97.2 | 94.7 to 99.0 |
| Married | 13 | 3.5 | 1.3 to 6.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 to 2.5 |
| Divorced | 2 | 0.3 | 0 to 0.8 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.5 to 4.0 |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| None | 13 | 1.9 | 0.9 to 3.5 | – | – | – |
| Homosexual/gay | 102 | 25.1 | 18.0 to 32.8 | 88 | 21.0 | 14.2 to 28.3 |
| Bisexual | 182 | 67.3 | 59.0 to 74.3 | 224 | 69.8 | 62.8 to 76.6 |
| Heterosexual | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 to 5.7 | 32 | 8.8 | 5.5 to 13.0 |
| Transsexual | 4 | 2.3 | 0 to 6.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 to 1.0 |
| Other | 2 | 0.5 | 0 to 1.3 | – | – | – |
| Current type of relationship | ||||||
| Not in a stable relationship | 61 | 15.8 | 10.9 to 20.9 | 85 | 25.3 | 18.8 to 32.7 |
| As a couple with a man | 57 | 25.2 | 18.0 to 32.7 | 89 | 27.8 | 20.7 to 34.3 |
| As a couple with a woman | 26 | 7.6 | 4.3 to 11.6 | 46 | 12.3 | 8.3 to 17.6 |
| As a couple with a man and woman | 178 | 51.5 | 43.9 to 59.1 | 124 | 34.5 | 27.6 to 41.5 |
| Paid money or goods for sex (past 6 months) | ||||||
| Yes | 52 | 17.3 | 11.5 to 23.4 | 50 | 13.8 | 8.9 to 19.7 |
| No | 270 | 82.7 | 76.6 to 88.5 | 290 | 86.2 | 80.3 to 91.1 |
| Received money or goods for sex in past 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 214 | 64.7 | 58.1 to 72.1 | 234 | 65.6 | 57.6 to 72.9 |
| No | 108 | 35.3 | 27.9 to 41.9 | 109 | 34.4 | 27.1 to 42.4 |
| Condom use—last anal sex with male commercial sex partner | ||||||
| Yes | 125 | 59.0 | 42.4 to 69.0 | 93 | 31.3 | 21.0 to 44.8 |
| No | 82 | 41.0 | 31.0 to 57.6 | 154 | 68.7 | 55.2 to 79.1 |
| Anal sex—occasional male sex partners (past 6 months) | ||||||
| Yes | 245 | 78.0 | 71.0 to 83.8 | 179 | 52.7 | 44.1 to 60.0 |
| No | 77 | 22.0 | 16.2 to 29.0 | 165 | 47.3 | 40.0 to 55.9 |
| Condom use—last anal sex with occasional male sex partner | ||||||
| Yes | 117 | 49.3 | 35.0 to 61.1 | 62 | 37.1 | 22.6 to 56.5 |
| No | 94 | 50.0 | 38.3 to 64.3 | 110 | 62.9 | 43.5 to 77.5 |
| Anal sex—regular male sex partners (past 6 months) | ||||||
| Yes | 158 | 44.0 | 37.0 to 51.3 | 114 | 32.2 | 24.9 to 39.0 |
| No | 165 | 56.0 | 48.7 to 63.0 | 232 | 67.8 | 61.0 to 75.2 |
| Condom use—last anal sex with regular male sex partner | ||||||
| Yes | 106 | 46.5 | 35.9 to 62.5 | 50 | 40.9 | 17.7 to 62.1 |
| No | 93 | 53.5 | 37.5 to 64.1 | 73 | 59.1 | 37.9 to 82.3 |
| Ever had sex with a woman | ||||||
| Yes | 224 | 80.9 | 74.5 to 85.7 | 282 | 83.0 | 75.9 to 89.2 |
| No | 99 | 19.1 | 13.3 to 25.5 | 62 | 17.0 | 10.8 to 24.1 |
| Number of female sex partners (past 6 months) | ||||||
| 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 to 2.5 | 34 | 11.3 | 5.2 to 17.6 |
| 1 | 42 | 19.0 | 9.0 to 25.3 | 68 | 24.0 | 15.8 to 30.2 |
| 2–4 | 73 | 35.4 | 28.6 to 48.8 | 95 | 36.1 | 28.2 to 45.5 |
| ≥5 | 100 | 44.3 | 34.3 to 54.2 | 87 | 28.6 | 22.5 to 37.8 |
| Condom use—last sex with female sex partner | ||||||
| Yes | 109 | 47.2 | 32.5 to 54.9 | 75 | 29.2 | 19.8 to 37.2 |
| No | 107 | 52.8 | 45.1 to 67.5 | 175 | 70.8 | 62.8 to 80.2 |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 303 | 94.4 | 90.3 to 97.7 | 332 | 97.2 | 95.0 to 99.1 |
| Positive | 19 | 5.6 | 2.3 to 9.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 0.9 to 5.0 |
| Syphilis status | ||||||
| Negative | 285 | 93.0 | 89.6 to 96.1 | 304 | 89.2 | 83.9 to 94.7 |
| Positive | 37 | 7.0 | 4.0 to 10.4 | 36 | 10.8 | 5.3 to 16.1 |