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. 2004 Sep 1;4:39. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-39

Table 3.

Background characteristics of the men in the qualitative sample, by recruitment site

HIV treatment clinic HIV testing clinics Community Internet




Interviewed....... Face-to-face (n = 20) Face-to-face (n = 20) Face-to-face (n = 23) Online (n = 35) Face-to-face (n = 30)
n n n n n
Age (median; range) 38 31–59 40 25–66 35 24–51 32 20–63 39 21–60
Employed 9 18 18 30 23
Higher education 15 15 17 20 20
Has regular sexual partner 8 8 12 14 12
HIV status
HIV positive 20 - 1 6 11
HIV negative - 20 18 20 15
Never-tested - - 4 9 4
Seeks sex through the Internet
Rarely, never or used to 13 14 11 6 0
Seeks sex both on and offline 3 4 5 10 14
Seeks sex mostly through the Internet 4 2 7 19 16