Table 4.

Prevalence of sociodemographic characteristics of transgender women as compared with MSM participants in Côte d'Ivoire (N=1100)

	Total		MSM		Transgender women
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ2pa
Median age (IQR)b	24 (21 to 27)		24 (22 to 27)		23 (21 to 27)		0.02*
Education completed
Primary school or lower	128	11.7	75	9.5	53	17.4	<0.001***
Secondary/high school	643	58.9	483	61.4	160	52.5
More than high school	321	29.5	229	29.1	92	30.2
Employment status
Unemployed	149	13.6	110	13.9	39	12.8	0.19
Student	543	49.4	403	50.8	140	45.9
Employed	407	37.0	281	35.4	126	41.3
Study site location
Abidjan	350	31.8	211	26.6	139	45.4	<0.001***
Bouake	350	31.8	287	36.2	63	20.6
Gagnoa	150	13.6	113	14.2	37	12.1
Yamoussoukro	250	22.7	183	23.1	67	21.9

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001

^ap-value derived using Pearson's chi-square test

^bp-value derived using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test; MSM, men who have sex with men.