Table 1.
Prevalence of sociodemographic characteristics and meeting sex partners online among MSM study participants in Lesotho and Swaziland.
| Characteristics | Lesotho (N=530) | Swaziland (N=322) | |
| Age in years, median (interquartile range) | 23 (20-27) | 22 (20-26) | |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
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Male | 487 (91.9) | 232 (72.7) |
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Female/intersex | 43 (8.1) | 87 (27.3) |
| Sexual orientation, n (%) | |||
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Gay | 215 (41.4) | 202 (63.1) |
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Bisexual | 286 (55.1) | 114 (35.6) |
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Heterosexual | 18 (3.5) | 4 (1.3) |
| Education completed, n (%) | |||
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Primary school or less | 100 (18.9) | 110 (34.2) |
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Secondary/High school | 347 (65.6) | 135 (41.9) |
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More than high school | 82 (15.5) | 77 (23.9) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||
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Single/never married | 418 (79.0) | 306 (96.2) |
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Ever married or cohabited | 111 (21.0) | 12 (3.8) |
| Network size, median (interquartile range) | 10 (5-20) | 12 (6-30) | |
| Met male sex partner online, n (%) | 209 (39.4) | 141 (43.8) | |
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RDS-adjusted % (95% CI) | 35.7 (28-46)a | 39.2 (31-49) |
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RDS-adjusted % (95% CI) | 26.1 (17-36)b |
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aMaseru.
bMaputsoe.