Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics and circumcision status of men who have sex with men in three urban areas, Mozambique, 2011
| Variables | Maputo (N = 496) | Beira (N = 583) | Nampula/Nacala (N = 353) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n a | Adjusted % | (95 % CI) | n a | Adjusted % | (95 % CI) | n a | Adjusted % | (95 % CI) | |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 18–19 | 176 | 37.6 | (32.0–43.6) | 200 | 42.7 | (35.7–50.3) | 94 | 29.4 | (22.4–35.5) |
| 20–24 | 209 | 44.5 | (39.1–49.5) | 256 | 38.8 | (33.1–44.0) | 199 | 57.3 | (51.1–64.3) |
| 25–29 | 74 | 12.1 | (8.6–15.5) | 92 | 15.0 | (11.2–19.4) | 43 | 10.3 | (6.4–14.6) |
| ≧30 | 37 | 5.8 | (3.5–8.9) | 35 | 3.5 | (1.5–6.1) | 17 | 3.1 | (1.2–6.1) |
| Religion | |||||||||
| Christian | 404 | 80.1 | (75.0–84.6) | 479 | 82.1 | (77.7–86.0) | 159 | 45.4 | (38.4–52.4) |
| Muslim | 35 | 7.9 | (4.8–11.4) | 45 | 8.3 | (5.4–11.7) | 184 | 53.2 | (45.8–60.3) |
| Other or no religion | 57 | 12.0 | (8.4–16.2) | 59 | 9.6 | (6.6–12.9) | 7 | 1.5 | (0.4–2.9) |
| Was a student at the time the survey was conducted | |||||||||
| Yes | 315 | 63.5 | (58.0–68.5) | 418 | 72.3 | (67.0–77.6) | 241 | 76.0 | (70.1–81.5) |
| No | 181 | 36.5 | (31.5–42.0) | 165 | 27.7 | (22.4–33.0) | 109 | 24.0 | (18.5–29.9) |
| Educational attainment | |||||||||
| None or primary school | 73 | 18.9 | (13.7–24.3) | 57 | 10.1 | (6.9–13.5) | 108 | 32.2 | (24.8–39.3) |
| Secondary school | 383 | 73.5 | (67.7–79.0) | 471 | 84.0 | (80.0–87.9) | 238 | 67.6 | (60.6–75.1) |
| Any post-secondary schooling | 40 | 7.6 | (4.3–11.3) | 55 | 5.9 | (3.7–8.4) | 4 | 0.1 | (0.0–0.3) |
| Was employed in the 12 months preceding the survey | |||||||||
| Yes | 327 | 65.0 | (58.8–71.1) | 302 | 45.4 | (39.9–51.3) | 226 | 64.2 | (57.7–70.2) |
| No | 168 | 35.0 | (28.9–41.2) | 281 | 54.6 | (48.7–60.1) | 124 | 35.8 | (29.8–42.3) |
| Marital status (with a woman) | |||||||||
| Never married | 428 | 87.9 | (83.8–91.4) | 517 | 89.2 | (85.3–93.1) | 290 | 86.8 | (81.5–90.6) |
| Married or living conjugally | 32 | 6.8 | (4.0–10.1) | 43 | 7.6 | (4.2–11.1) | 29 | 7.4 | (4.0–12.1) |
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 35 | 5.2 | (3.1–8.0) | 23 | 3.2 | (1.6–4.9) | 31 | 5.9 | (3.8–8.5) |
| Was married or living conjugally with a man | |||||||||
| Yes | 17 | 2.2 | (1.0–3.7) | 4 | 0.4 | (0.0–1.0) | 27 | 8.4 | (4.6–12.8) |
| No | 479 | 97.8 | (96.3–99.0) | 579 | 99.6 | (99.0–100) | 323 | 91.6 | (87.2–95.4) |
| Sexual orientation | |||||||||
| Bisexual | 244 | 53.1 | (46.3–59.9) | 197 | 30.0 | (24.5–36.1) | 113 | 31.6 | (24.7–38.1) |
| Gay or homosexual | 147 | 20.3 | (15.3–26.3) | 316 | 61.3 | (54.5–67.4) | 200 | 53.5 | (46.2–61.9) |
| Heterosexual | 78 | 24.3 | (17.2–30.2) | 32 | 7.2 | (4.1–10.8) | 32 | 14.1 | (8.6–19.8) |
| Other | 14 | 2.3 | (1.0–4.5) | 8 | 1.5 | (0.5–2.9) | 5 | 0.8 | (0.1–1.7) |
| Circumcision status | |||||||||
| Circumcised | 312 | 59.1 | (52.9–65.5) | 265 | 44.1 | (38.9–49.4) | 342 | 97.9 | (94.9–99.6) |
| Not circumcised | 184 | 40.9 | (34.5–47.1) | 318 | 55.9 | (50.6–61.1) | 8 | 2.1 | (0.4–5.1) |
aCategories do not always add up to totals due to missing data