Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics and legal, economic and housing hardships in France by sex and by study group – ANRS PARCOURS study.
| Men | Women | |||||||||
| Ref. group | HIV-FR | HIV-BFR | CHB | Ref. group | HIV-FR | HIV-BFR | CHB | |||
| N = 355 | N = 139 | N = 207 | N = 559 | N = 407 | N = 157 | N = 392 | N = 217 | |||
| % | % | % | % | P value | % | % | % | % | P value | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 18–34 | 32.4 | 9.4 | 14.1 | 32.2 | <0.001 | 33.9 | 21.1 | 23.0 | 38.3 | <0.001 |
| 35–44 | 27.5 | 22.3 | 38.5 | 37.9 | 25.4 | 43.5 | 47.6 | 42.3 | ||
| 45–60 | 40.1 | 68.3 | 47.4 | 29.9 | 40.7 | 35.4 | 29.5 | 19.5 | ||
| Educational level | ||||||||||
| None/primary | 25.3 | 19.0 | 21.2 | 32.2 | 0.11 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 21.3 | 0.69 |
| Secondary | 46.5 | 43.9 | 49.9 | 38.6 | 54.4 | 62.0 | 59.6 | 57.5 | ||
| Superior | 28.3 | 37.2 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 25.7 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 21.1 | ||
| Region of birth | ||||||||||
| West Africa | 64.6 | 56.9 | 57.3 | 79.4 | <0.001 | 53.3 | 57.2 | 45.5 | 73.2 | <0.001 |
| Central Africa | 31.2 | 40.3 | 41.4 | 18.9 | 42.0 | 39.6 | 51.3 | 25.0 | ||
| East/Southern Africa | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | ||
| Age at arrival in France | ||||||||||
| Median (IQR) | 26 (22–32) | 25 (22–29) | 35 (28–39) | 27 (23–33) | <0.001 | 26 (20–31) | 23 (17–27) | 30 (26–36) | 26 (21–33) | <0.001 |
| Duration of stay in France | ||||||||||
| Median (IQR) | 12 (4–24) | 24 (14–31) | 10 (5–13) | 12 (6–17) | <0.001 | 13 (6–25) | 20 (1–25) | 10 (5–14) | 10 (4–16) | <0.001 |
| Partnership status at arrival in France | ||||||||||
| Single | 61.3 | 64.8 | 50.3 | 65.5 | 0.002 | 46.4 | 61.5 | 53.1 | 54.7 | 0.07 |
| Stable partner in France | 23.6 | 26.3 | 31.0 | 16.1 | 47.9 | 30.7 | 39.9 | 41.5 | ||
| Stable partner in country of origin | 15.1 | 8.9 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 3.8 | ||
| Systematic condom use in the last 12 month with | ||||||||||
| The last stable partnera | 6.2 | 32.0 | 46.1 | 9.8 | <0.001 | 3.2 | 37.8 | 46.3 | 9.1 | <0.001 |
| The last casual partnerb | 54.8 | 88.8 | 79.6 | 66.1 | 0.06 | 28.4 | 59.5 | 59.1 | 44.7 | 0.02 |
| Ever had same-sex relationship | 0.8 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 0.3 | <0.001 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.12 |
| Main reason for coming to France | ||||||||||
| Join a family member | 15.4 | 15.5 | 14.4 | 12.0 | <0.001 | 46.1 | 54.2 | 32.5 | 47.4 | <0.001 |
| Find work | 38.7 | 43.5 | 42.2 | 48.1 | 19.8 | 22.6 | 39.8 | 25.1 | ||
| Threatened in your country | 23.7 | 12.6 | 21.1 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 13.7 | ||
| Study | 20.3 | 28.5 | 5.6 | 16.4 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | ||
| Medical reasons | 1.9 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 10.4 | 7.0 | ||
| Legal, economic, and housing hardships in France | ||||||||||
| Ever had one year with no resident permit | 50.3 | 61.1 | 61.1 | 69.0 | <0.001 | 42.9 | 48.7 | 52.0 | 54.5 | 0.08 |
| Ever had one year with no financial resource | 10.5 | 12.1 | 18.1 | 8.7 | 0.16 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 0.07 |
| Ever had one year with no stable housing | 33.5 | 31.2 | 44.6 | 29.0 | 0.08 | 21.7 | 25.0 | 35.1 | 27.6 | 0.01 |
Weighted percentages. P value: design-based x2 test comparison of proportion and quantile regression with robust variance estimator for median comparison across groups. CHB, chronic hepatitis B.; HIV-BFR, HIV acquired before migration; HIV-FR, HIV acquired in France; IQR, interquartile range; REF GROUP, reference group.
aRespondents with at least one stable partner in the last 12 month.
bRespondents with at least one casual partner in the last 12 month.