Table 1.

Socio-demographics characteristics and sexual risk behavior among a group of socially marginalized men, Peru

	Men with at least one STIa		Men without an STI		p valueb
	(N = 176)		(N = 1893)
Demographic data
Age (median, IQR)c	22.5	20–26	22	20–26	0.435
Graduated from high school (n, %)					0.081
Yes	75	7.4	937	92.6
No	101	9.6	956	90.4
Marital status (n, %)					0.142
Single	111	8.1	1,263	91.9
Widowed, separated or divorced	14	13.7	88	86.3
Married/living with spouse	51	8.6	542	91.4
Employment status (n, %)					0.016e
Permanent work	45	9.8	413	90.2
Occasional work	111	9.2	1,096	90.8
Support from family or friends	20	5.0	384	95.1
Sexual Risk Behavior
Alcohol use prior to sex (n, %)d					0.066
Yes	132	9.3	1293	90.7
No	44	6.8	600	93.2
Drug use prior to sex (n, %)d					0.745
Yes	38	8.1	429	91.9
No	138	8.6	1464	91.4
Age at sexual debut (median, IQR)c	15	14–17	15	14–17	0.090
# Partners, last 6 months (n, %)					0.569
1	81	8.0	929	92.0
2	38	8.3	422	91.7
3+	57	9.5	542	90.5
A least one partner of the same sex (n,%)					0.246
Yes	27	10.4	233	89.6
No	149	8.2	1660	91.8

^aSTI includes Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Syphilis and HIV

^bp values were calculated from Chi-square tests except for age and age at sexual debut, which were calculated with Wilcoxon Mann–Whitney test

^cIQR Interquartile range

^dAlcohol use prior to sex in the last 10 times with a least one partner, drug use prior to sex in the last 10 times with a least one partner

^eThe data in bold indicate statistical significance, p value < 0.05