Table 1.
Characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV infection in Tshwane, South Africa (RDS-adjusted).
| Total N (%) |
HIV prevalence % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Education | ||
| Secondary or lower | 229 (47.8) | 37.6 (31.5 – 44.0) *** |
| Post secondary | 250 (52.2) | 23.2 (18.4 – 28.8) |
| Regular income | ||
| No | 312 (64.9) | 26.6 (22.0 – 31.8) * |
| Yes | 169 (35.1) | 37.7 (29.8 – 44.2) |
| Sexually abused as child | ||
| No | 429 (89.4) | 29.1 (25.0 – 33.6) |
| Yes | 51 (10.6) | 39.2 (27.0 – 52.9) |
| Anal sex (ever)a | ||
| Receptive only | 170 (35.4) | 43.5 (36.3 – 51.1) *** |
| Insertive only | 142 (29.7) | 12.7 (08.1 – 19.2) |
| Receptive and insertive | 165 (34.3) | 35.7 (24.4 – 38.3) |
| Ever sex with a woman | ||
| No | 267 (55.7) | 42.7 (36.9 – 48.7) *** |
| Yes | 212 (44.3) | 14.2 (10.1 – 19.5) |
| Ever group sex | ||
| No | 392 (81.7) | 28.6 (24.3 – 33.2) |
| Yes | 88 (18.3) | 37.5 (28.1 – 48.0) |
| Ever forced sex by man | ||
| No | 417 (87.1) | 24.2 (20.4 – 28.6) *** |
| Yes | 62 (12.9) | 69.4 (57.0 – 79.5) |
| Ever transactional sex | ||
| No | 369 (76.9) | 23.8 (19.8 – 28.5) *** |
| Yes | 111 (23.1) | 50.5 (41.3 – 59.6) |
| Sexual attraction | ||
| Only attracted to men | 317 (66.0) | 37.2 (32.1 – 42.7) *** |
| Also attracted to women | 163 (34.0) | 16.0 (11.1 – 22.4) |
| Sexual identification | ||
| Gay or transgender | 332 (69.6) | 38.0 (32.9 – 43.3) *** |
| Bisexual, straight or other | 145 (30.4) | 13.1 (08.5 – 19.6) |
| Hazardous drinking | ||
| No | 267 (55.6) | 24.7 (19.9 – 30.2) ** |
| Yes | 213 (44.4) | 37.1 (30.9 – 43.8) |
| Drug problems | ||
| No | 427 (88.8) | 30.2 (26.0 – 34.7) |
| Yes | 54 (11.2) | 29.6 (19.1 – 42.9) |
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p ≤ .001.
CI, confidence interval.
a
Three men had engaged in neither insertive nor receptive anal intercourse.