Table 3.
Behavior Practices Across Outcomes HIV/Syphilis.
| Behavior | HIV/syphilis, co-infection (n = 14) |
Syphilis, mono-infection (n = 33) |
Neither infection (n = 258) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Identified HIV/AIDS as an STIa,** | |||
| Yes | 2 (1.7) | 6 (5.1) | 109 (93.2) |
| No | 12 (7.5) | 13 (8.2) | 134 (84.3) |
| Can medication help a person living with HIV live a healthy lifeb,* | |||
| Yes | 11 (7.0) | 14 (9.0) | 131 (84.0) |
| No | 3 (2.9) | 4 (3.9) | 95 (93.2) |
| In the past 30 days had oral sex with men who werec | |||
| MSP/friend | 9 (25.0) | 8 (22.2) | 19 (52.8) |
| Pimp/client | 1 (12.5) | 5 (62.5) | 2 (25.0) |
| In the past 30 days had anal sex with men who wered,** | |||
| MSP/friend | 8 (20.0) | 9 (22.5) | 23 (57.5) |
| Pimp/client | 3 (37.5) | 4 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Previously taken an HIV test voluntarilye,** | |||
| Yes, less than 6 months ago | 1 (3.3) | 5 (16.7) | 24 (80.0) |
| Yes, 6-12 months ago | 2 (8.0) | 2 (8.0) | 21 (84.0) |
| Yes, more than a year ago | 7 (12.1) | 7 (12.1) | 44 (75.8) |
| No | 4 (2.4) | 5 (3.0) | 160 (94.6) |
| Know the test resultsf | |||
| Yes | 10 (9.8) | 13 (12.8) | 79 (77.4) |
| No | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) |
Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection; MSP = male stable partner.
a
Missing values = 15. bMissing values = 33. cMissing values = 247. dMissing values = 243. eMissing values = 9. fMissing values = 1.
*
p < .10 (chi-square/Fisher’s exact test). **p < .05 (chi-square/Fisher’s exact test).