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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 Jan;16(1):10.1007/s10461-011-9959-1. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9959-1

Table 2.

HIV-related risk factors and self-reported sexual identity

Overall
(n = 602a)
Transgender
(n = 67)
Hetero- or bi-sexual
(n = 229)
Gay identified
(n = 279)
Sexual risk behaviors
 Sold sex past 12 months 0.18 0.54 0.13 0.14
  95% CI 0.14–0.23 0.34–0.76 0.08–0.2 0.09–0.21
 Currently selling sex (of those who sold sex in last 12 months) 0.57 0.87 0.64 0.37
  95% CI 0.43–0.72 0.71–0.96 0.4–0.85 0.16–0.61
 One or more casual sex partners 0.60 0.78 0.55 0.64
  95% CI 0.53–0.66 0.64–0.95 0.43–0.64 0.56–0.73
Condom use
 Frequent condom use-all partnersb (n = 574) 0.61 0.74 0.56 0.63
  95% CI 0.55–0.67 0.56–0.91 0.45–0.64 0.55–0.74
 Used condom at last sex with casual partner (n = 313) 0.66 0.72 0.63 0.67
  95% CI 0.54–0.75 0.39–0.95 0.47–0.83 0.50–0.84
 Used condom at last sex with stable partner (n = 202) 0.68 0.88 0.64 0.69
  95% CI 0.47–0.85 0.47–1.0 0.45–0.96 0.47–0.90
Alcohol and drug use
 Drank alcohol in last 30 days 0.54 0.72 0.52 0.50
  95% CI 0.47–0.59 0.5–0.84 0.43–0.61 0.41–0.59
 Had five or more drinks on four or more occasions in last 30 days 0.29 0.44 0.29 0.22
  95% CI 0.23–0.34 0.23–0.62 0.21–0.38 0.14–0.28
 Ever used drugs 0.23 0.42 0.27 0.16
  95% CI 0.19–0.29 0.2–0.6 0.19–0.36 0.1–0.23
 Used drugs last 30 days 0.08 0.27 0.09 0.04
  95% CI 0.05–0.12 0.06–0.43 0.03–0.16 0.01–0.06
STD prevalence
 Has active curable STD 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.17
  95% CI 0.1–0.19 0.04–0.26 0.08–0.2 0.1–0.23
 Herpes positive 0.46 0.64 0.36 0.51
  95% CI 0.4–0.53 0.41–0.81 0.27–0.45 0.44–0.62
 HIV positive 0.11 0.19 0.10 0.11
  95% CI 0.08–0.15 0.05–0.39 0.05–0.15 0.06–0.16
HIV prevention and knowledge
 Attended HIV lecture in past 12 months 0.64 0.86 0.53 0.69
  95% CI 0.58–0.7 0.71–0.97 0.42–0.61 0.62–0.77
 Ever had HIV test 0.58 0.81 0.48 0.60
  95% CI 0.53–0.64 0.66–0.93 0.39–0.58 0.52–0.7
 Has knowledge of HIV prevention 0.54 0.45 0.49 0.59
  95% CI 0.46–0.58 0.26–0.68 0.39–0.57 0.51–0.68

95% CI 95% confidence interval

a

Includes 27 respondents with missing sexual identity data

b

Less than five respondents reported “always” using condoms with all partners