Table 2.
Types of sexual partnerships 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 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | |
| No partnership in France | 13.5 | 1.0 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| [8.6–20.5] | [0.1–6.6] | [6.4–15.7] | [6.3–10.4] | [4.5–17.1] | [1.3–9.1] | [7.0–15.1] | [5.7–16.7] | |
| Ref. | P* < 0.001 | P = 0.35 | P = 0.05 | Ref. | P = 0.09 | P = 0.70 | P = 0.82 | |
| Ever in France | ||||||||
| Had stable partnership | 74.9 | 90.2 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 83.8 | 91.8 | 75.1 | 81.5 |
| [65.7–82.3] | [80.6–95.3] | [73.0–82.0] | [73.9–82.2] | [74.9–90.0] | [86.8–95.0] | [68.9–80.5] | [76.4–85.7] | |
| Ref. | P = 0.85 | P = 0.73 | P = 0.17 | Ref. | P = 0.67 | P = 0.30 | P = 0.71 | |
| Had casual partnership | 54.2 | 76.7 | 53.2 | 57.3 | 30.5 | 52.4 | 40.8 | 32.1 |
| [46.6–61.5] | [68.0–83.5] | [43.5–62.6] | [52.1–62.2] | [21.4–41.3] | [42.7–61.9] | [35.0–46.8] | [26.8–37.8] | |
| Ref. | P = 0.004 | P = 0.40 | P = 0.32 | Ref. | P = 0.02 | P = 0.03 | P = 0.74 | |
| Had transactional partnership | 1.0 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 2.6 |
| [0.4–2.1] | [2.2–17.5] | [1.5–9.6] | [0.6–2.9] | [1.4–3.9] | [3.6–18.8] | [3.6–8.2] | [0.9–7.2] | |
| Ref. | P = 0.003 | P = 0.02 | P = 0.52 | Ref. | P = 0.006 | P = 0.04 | P = 0.91 | |
| Paid for sex | 11.9 | 21.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| [8.4–16.5] | [15.5–28.3] | [7.2–19.1] | [9.7–16.5] | − | − | [0.0–1.3] | [0.2–5.8] | |
| Ref. | P = 0.06 | P = 0.80 | P = 0.84 | Ref. | − | P = 0.26 | P = 0.08 | |
| Had concurrent partnerships | 45.8 | 69.9 | 44.3 | 42.2 | 19.1 | 28.8 | 21.0 | 16.2 |
| [38.3–53.5] | [61.9–76.9] | [32.6–56.7] | [34.5–50.2] | [13.9–25.5] | [19.7–40.1] | [16.8–25.9] | [12.1–21.4] | |
| Ref. | P = 0.02 | P = 0.95 | P = 0.59 | Ref. | P = 0.23 | P = 0.17 | P = 0.54 | |
Weighted percentages. CHB, chronic hepatitis B; CI, confidence interval; HIV-BFR, HIV acquired before migration; HIV-FR, HIV acquired in France; REF GROUP, reference group.
*P compared to the reference group by a design-based multivariate Poisson regression models adjusted for age, education level, and period of arrival in France or by design-based x2 test in case of rare events (no partnership, transactional partnership for men and paid sex for women).