Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics and HIV test results, stratified by gender.
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Totala | Male | Female |
| N:142 (%) | N:73 (%) | N:60 (%) | ||
| Setting type | ||||
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Church | 32 (22.5%) | 12 (16%) | 15 (25%) |
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Event | 42 (29.6%) | 29 (40%) | 13 (22%) |
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Bar | 14 (9.9%) | 12 (16%) | 0 (0%) |
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Information session | 53 (37.3%) | 20 (27%) | 32 (53%) |
| Survey language | ||||
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English | 68 (47.9%) | 29 (40%) | 33 (55%) |
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French | 50 (35.2%) | 33 (45%) | 14 (23%) |
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Dutch | 24 (16.9%) | 11 (22%) | 13 (22%) |
| Age, years | ||||
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Mean (rang) | 38.5 (17-73) |
38.2 (17-60) |
38.6 (18-73) |
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≤ 30 | 41 (29.3%) | 20 (27%) | 20 (33%) |
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31-40 | 41 (29.3%) | 27 (37%) | 12 (20%) |
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41-50 | 30 (21.4%) | 11 (15%) | 17 (28%) |
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≥ 51 | 28 (20.0%) | 15 (21%) | 11 (18%) |
| Country of origin | ||||
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Central Africa (DRC, Angola, Cameroon) | 61 (43.0%) | 40 (55%) | 17 (28%) |
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East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Zambia) | 10 (7.0%) | 4 (5%) | 6 (10%) |
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West Africa (Ivory coast, Ghana, Mali, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Cape Verde) | 51 (35.9%) | 24 (33%) | 22 (37%) |
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Southern Africa (South Africa) | 2 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) |
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European (Belgium and France) | 8 (5.6%) | 3 (4%) | 5(8%) |
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Other (Curaçao, Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, and Morocco) | 10 (7.0%) | 2 (3%) | 8 (13%) |
| Country of residence | ||||
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Belgium | 135 (95.1%) | 70 (96%) | 56 (93%) |
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Other (Netherlands, UK, France, Sweden, and Canada) | 7 (4.9%) | 3 (4%) | 4 (7%) |
| Access to primary careb | ||||
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Has a general practitioner (GP) | 108 (77.7%) | 53 (76%) | 48 (80%) |
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Does not have a GP | 31 (22.3%) | 17 (24%) | 12 (20%) |
| Sexual preferencec | ||||
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Heterosexual | 109 (93.2%) | 59 (92%) | 50 (94%) |
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Gay, Lesbian, or bisexual | 8 (6.8%) | 5 (8%) | 3 (6%) |
| Number of sexual partners in last 3 monthsd | ||||
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None | 29 (21.5%) | 12 (17%) | 13 (22%) |
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1 | 77 (57.0%) | 40 (57%) | 35 (59%) |
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2-6 | 29 (21.5%) | 18 (26%) | 11 (19%) |
| Last HIV teste | ||||
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Less than 1 year ago | 35(26.1%) | 21 (31%) | 12 (21%) |
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Between 1 and 3 years ago | 36 (26.9%) | 15 (22%) | 19 (33%) |
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More than 3 years ago | 23 (17.2%) | 10 (15%) | 12 (21%) |
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Never tested | 40 (29.8%) | 22 (32%) | 14 (25%) |
| Reported believed HIV status (questionnaire data)f | ||||
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HIV-negative | 70 (53.8%) | 34 (52%) | 33 (57%) |
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Unknown | 60 (46.2%) | 32 (48%) | 25 (43%) |
| Result oral fluid sample (laboratory data) | ||||
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HIV-negative | 137 (96.5%) | 68 (93%) | 60 (100%) |
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Reactive | 5 (3.5%) | 5 (7%) | 0 (0%) |
aFor 9 participants, gender data are missing.
bData missing of 3 participants.
cData missing of 25 participants.
dData missing of 7 participants.
eData missing of 8 participants.
fData missing of 12 participants.