Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants (% values; N=449).
| Demographics | n (%) | |
| Live in Greater Mumbai or Thane region | ||
|
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Yes | 335 (74.6) |
|
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No | 114 (25.3) |
| Earn Rs 25,001 or more | ||
|
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Yes | 233 (55.7) |
|
|
No | 185 (44.2) |
| Completed college | ||
| Yes | 57 (12) | |
|
|
No | 384 (87.0) |
| Employment status | ||
|
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Not employed | 47 (10) |
|
|
Student-not employed | 63 (14) |
|
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Student-employed full or part time | 33 (7) |
|
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Employed part-time | 31 (7) |
|
|
Employed full-time | 267 (60.5) |
| Outness or openness | ||
|
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Out to none | 110 (24.7) |
|
|
Out to few to half | 249 (55.9) |
|
|
Out to most to all | 86 (19) |
| HIV status | ||
|
|
Positive | 10 (2) |
|
|
Negative | 336 (75.6) |
|
|
Status unknown | 98 (22) |
| Sexual orientationa | ||
|
|
Gay or homosexual | 2 (0) |
|
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Bisexual | 260 (63.7) |
|
|
Straight or heterosexual | 102 (25.0) |
|
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Double decker or versatile | 8 (2) |
|
|
Kothi | 16 (3) |
|
|
Panthi | 5 (1) |
|
|
Hijra or transgender | 3 (0) |
|
|
Queer | 4 (1) |
|
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Other | 8 (1) |
aIn addition to identifying with sexual orientations commonly used in the West, some Indian men who have sex with men identify with sexual orientations specific to the Indian context and frequently associated with a preferred sexual position, including double decker or versatile (someone who typically engages in receptive and insertive sex), kothi (someone who typically engages in receptive sex), and panthi (someone who typically engages in insertive sex).