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. 2017 Nov 6;3(4):e84. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7741

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, by gender (men separated by self-reported sexual orientation).


Sociodemographics

Women

Heterosexual men

Gay or bisexual men
P valuea
Current country of residence (by European region), n (%)b,c


<.001

Northern Europe 124 (22.1) 46 (11.6) 123 (18.3)

Southern Europe 279 (49.9) 261 (65.9) 139 (20.7)

Rest of Europe 156 (27.9) 89 (22.5) 411 (61.1)
Age, years, median (IQR)b,d 35 (28-43) 36 (28-43) 33 (28-43) <.001
In current country, years, median (IQR)b,d 8 (3-13) 8 (3-15) 5 (2-12) <.001
Age at migration, years, mean (SD)b,e 26.8 (10.3) 27.2 (10.1) 26.8 (9.3) .78
Region of birth, n (%)b,f


<.001

Africa 155 (27.7) 167 (42.2) 36 (5.4)

Latin America and the Caribbean 117 (20.9) 47 (11.9) 209 (31.1)

Rest of the world 24 (4.3) 4 (1.0) 38 (5.7)

Asia 43 (7.7) 71 (17.9) 57 (8.5)

Europe 220 (39.4) 107 (27.2) 333 (49.5)
Ethnicity (n=1618), n (%)


<.001

Arab or Magrhebian 13 (2.4) 30 (7.7) 9 (1.3)

Asian 28 (5.1) 42 (10.7) 49 (7.3)

Black African or Caribbean 125 (22.6) 125 (31.9) 17 (2.5)

Latin American or Hispanic 64 (11.6) 31 (7.9) 124 (18.5)

Mixed ethnicity 40 (7.2) 21 (5.4) 88 (13.1)

Other 44 (7.9) 55 (14.0) 39 (5.8)

White European 201 (36.3) 83 (21.2) 302 (44.9)

White other 39 (7.0) 5 (1.3) 44 (6.6)
Education: upper secondary or more, n (%)b 398 (71.2) 248 (62.6) 600 (89.2) <.001
Employment: working full- or part-time, n (%)b 297 (53.1) 177 (44.7) 501 (74.4) <.001
Relationship status, n (%)b


<.001

Married or cohabitating 283 (50.6) 165 (41.7) 205 (30.5)

Single 206 (36.8) 182 (46.0) 397 (59.0)

Living apart relationship or marriage 70 (12.5) 49 (12.3) 71 (10.6)
Religion of those who attend services (n=627), n (%)


<.001

Christian (all denominations) 196 (83.4) 119 (59.5) 167 (87.0)

Muslim or Islam 23 (9.8) 66 (33.0) 9 (4.7)

Other 16 (6.8) 15 (7.5) 16 (8.3)
Monthly income compared with national minimum wage (n=1575), n (%)

<.001

More or a lot more 169 (32.1) 113 (29.4) 372 (56.0)

About the same 65 (12.3) 40 (10.4) 88 (13.3)

Less than minimum wage 122 (23.2) 89 (23.2) 120 (18.1)

No earnings 171 (32.5) 142 (37.0) 84 (12.7)

Not known 169 (32.1) 113 (29.4) 372 (56.0)
Moderate or severe household hunger in the past 4 weeks (n=1520), n (%) 130 (25.8) 121 (34.5) 89 (13.4) <.001
Immigration status, n (%) (n=1625)


<.001

Permanent residency 343 (61.6) 183 (46.3) 482 (71.6)

Temporary residency 86 (15.4) 84 (21.3) 157 (23.3)

Asylum seeker or refugee status 35 (6.3) 63 (16.0) 9 (1.3)

Undocumentedf 78 (14.0) 55 (13.9) 23 (3.4)

Unknown 15 (2.7) 10 (2.5) 2 (0.3)
Living with diagnosed HIV, n (%)b,g 49 (8.8) 26 (6.6) 148 (22.0) <.001
Previously injected drugs (n=1618), n (%) 19 (3.4) 20 (5.1) 25 (3.7) .38

aChi-square comparing gender-related groups.

bn=1628.

cRespondents living in Cyprus (classified as Western Asia by the United Nations but included in the World Health Organization European area) were classified as living in Southern Europe.

dIQR: interquartile range.

eSD: standard deviation.

fThose who checked “None of the above” in the multichoice list of all possible immigration statuses.

gSelf-reported HIV status.