Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of study sample
| PrEP Indicated (N=122) | PrEP Not Indicated (N=46) | Overall (N=168) | |
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| Age | |||
| 18 to 20 years | 24 (19.8%) | 15 (31.9%) | 39 (23.2%) |
| 21 to 25 years | 36 (29.8%) | 15 (31.9%) | 51 (30.4%) |
| 26 to 30 years | 19 (15.7%) | 9 (19.2%) | 28 (16.7%) |
| 31 to 40 years | 17 (13.9%) | 1 (2.2%) | 18 (10.7%) |
| 41 years or older | 26 (21.5%) | 6 (12.8%) | 32 (19.1%) |
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| Born in Ho Chi Minh City | 93 (76.2%) | 31 (67.4%) | 124 (73.8%) |
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| High school education or above | 55 (45.1%) | 29 (63.0%) | 84 (50.0%) |
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| Average monthly income | |||
| 0 to 3,000,000 VND | 36 (29.5%) | 17 (37.0%) | 53 (31.6%) |
| 3,100,000 to 5,000,000 VND | 42 (34.7%) | 18 (38.3%) | 60 (35.7%) |
| 5,100,000 to 10,000,000 VND | 31 (25.6%) | 9 (19.2%) | 40 (23.8%) |
| >10,000,000 VND | 13 (10.7%) | 2 (4.3%) | 15 (8.9%) |
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| Has a regular partner | 77 (65.8%) | 12 (26.1%) | 89 (54.6%) |
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| Tested for HIV in the last year | 56 (46.7%) | 16 (36.4%) | 72 (43.9%) |
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| HIV knowledge (median, IQR) | 6 (4 to 7) | 5 (3.5 to 6) | 5 (4 to 7) |
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| Ever forced to have sex | 25 (20.8%) | 1 (2.2%) | 26 (15.8%) |
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| Hazardous alcohol use | 64 (54.2%) | 26 (59.1%) | 90 (55.6%) |
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| Self esteem score (median, IQR) | 17 (16 to 19) | 18 (16 to 21) | 18 (16 to 19.5) |