Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 1,376 MSM in Moscow, Russia stratified by AUDIT alcohol use category
| Abstinence/Low use (n=651) | Hazardous use (n=446) | Harmful/Dependent use (n=279) | Total (N=1376) | P-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | col % | n | col % | n | col % | n | col % | ||
| Age category | 0.02 | ||||||||
| <25 years | 172 | 26.4 | 148 | 33.2 | 79 | 28.3 | 399 | 29.0 | |
| 25–29 years | 144 | 22.1 | 107 | 24.0 | 70 | 25.1 | 321 | 23.3 | |
| 30–35 years | 181 | 27.8 | 83 | 18.6 | 62 | 22.2 | 326 | 23.7 | |
| >35 years | 154 | 23.7 | 108 | 24.2 | 68 | 24.4 | 330 | 24.0 | |
| Place of Birth | 0.12 | ||||||||
| Born in Russia | 543 | 83.4 | 374 | 83.9 | 247 | 88.5 | 1164 | 84.6 | |
| Born outside Russia | 108 | 16.6 | 72 | 16.1 | 32 | 11.5 | 212 | 15.4 | |
| Ethnicity (n=1366)¶ | 0.08 | ||||||||
| Russian only | 504 | 78.3 | 363 | 81.6 | 234 | 84.5 | 1101 | 80.6 | |
| Russian plus other | 16 | 2.5 | 16 | 3.6 | 8 | 2.9 | 40 | 2.9 | |
| Other | 124 | 19.3 | 66 | 14.8 | 35 | 12.6 | 225 | 16.5 | |
| Current Employment Status | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Full-time | 395 | 61.2 | 224 | 50.5 | 125 | 45.0 | 744 | 54.4 | |
| Part-time | 185 | 28.7 | 158 | 35.6 | 114 | 41.0 | 457 | 33.4 | |
| Student | 30 | 4.7 | 21 | 4.7 | 10 | 3.6 | 61 | 4.5 | |
| Other | 10 | 1.6 | 10 | 2.3 | 8 | 2.9 | 28 | 2.0 | |
| Unemployed | 25 | 3.9 | 31 | 7.0 | 21 | 7.6 | 77 | 5.6 | |
| Income (n=1365) | 0.11 | ||||||||
| High | 14 | 2.2 | 7 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.7 | 23 | 1.7 | |
| Middle | 304 | 47.2 | 196 | 44.1 | 105 | 37.9 | 605 | 44.3 | |
| Low | 306 | 47.5 | 227 | 51.1 | 159 | 57.4 | 692 | 50.7 | |
| Poverty | 20 | 3.1 | 14 | 3.2 | 11 | 4.0 | 45 | 3.3 | |
| Sexual Identity (n=1347) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| Homosexual | 394 | 61.9 | 221 | 50.3 | 126 | 46.5 | 741 | 55.0 | |
| Bisexual | 234 | 36.7 | 210 | 47.8 | 134 | 49.5 | 578 | 42.9 | |
| Other | 9 | 1.4 | 8 | 1.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 28 | 2.1 | |
| Ever Married To A Woman (n=1368) | 0.46 | ||||||||
| Never | 541 | 83.7 | 363 | 81.8 | 224 | 80.6 | 1128 | 82.5 | |
| Past/Current marriage | 105 | 16.3 | 81 | 18.2 | 54 | 19.4 | 240 | 17.5 | |
| Number of Dependents | 0.01 | ||||||||
| 1 | 458 | 70.4 | 299 | 67.0 | 165 | 59.1 | 922 | 67.0 | |
| 2 to 4 | 172 | 26.4 | 133 | 29.8 | 98 | 35.1 | 403 | 29.3 | |
| >3 | 21 | 3.2 | 14 | 3.1 | 16 | 5.7 | 51 | 3.7 | |
| Location Where Participants Normally Go For Healthcare (n=1253) | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Private only | 179 | 30.1 | 111 | 27.7 | 64 | 24.9 | 354 | 28.3 | |
| Public and Private/Other | 76 | 12.8 | 54 | 13.5 | 29 | 11.3 | 159 | 12.7 | |
| Public only | 320 | 53.8 | 226 | 56.4 | 153 | 59.5 | 699 | 55.8 | |
| Other only | 20 | 3.4 | 10 | 2.5 | 11 | 4.3 | 41 | 3.3 | |
| Lifetime History of Detention in Jail/Prison (n=1360) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
| No | 629 | 97.7 | 414 | 93.2 | 234 | 86.0 | 1277 | 93.9 | |
| Yes | 15 | 2.3 | 30 | 6.8 | 38 | 14.0 | 83 | 6.1 | |
*
AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; AUDIT categories based on WHO guidelines: Low use: <8; Hazardous use: 8 - 15; Harmful use or dependence: >=16;
¶
Ethnicity ‘other’ category includes Azerbaijani, Armenian, Belarus, Georgian, Dagestani, Moldavian, Tadjik, Tatar, Ukrainian, Uzbek.