Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics by sex and by study group—ANRS PARCOURS study.
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ref. group | HIV | CHB | Ref. group | HIV | CHB | |||
| N = 265 | N = 285 | N = 458 | N = 282 | N = 464 | N = 161 | |||
| % | % | % | P value | % | % | % | P value | |
| Age at arrival in France (years) | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 27.7 | 16.6 | 25.5 | 0.004 | 30.5 | 21.7 | 25.4 | 0.06 |
| 25–29 | 34.7 | 30.1 | 35.9 | 32.3 | 32.5 | 39.0 | ||
| 30–60 | 37.6 | 53.3 | 38.6 | 36.6 | 45.7 | 35.6 | ||
| Arrival period in France | ||||||||
| 1980–1999 | 35.5 | 42.4 | 27.3 | 0.008 | 39.8 | 33.2 | 19.4 | 0.03 |
| 2000–2012 | 64.5 | 57.6 | 72.7 | 60.3 | 66.8 | 80.6 | ||
| Educational level at arrival | ||||||||
| None/primary | 32.9 | 24.3 | 38.4 | 0.08 | 25.2 | 24.3 | 28.3 | 0.83 |
| Secondary | 45.3 | 48.1 | 38.9 | 56.5 | 59.0 | 54.5 | ||
| Postsecondary | 21.8 | 27.8 | 22.7 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 17.3 | ||
| Region of birth | ||||||||
| West Africa | 64.8 | 58.3 | 81.5 | <0.001 | 53.4 | 48.8 | 74.5 | <0.001 |
| Central Africa | 31.4 | 39.6 | 17.1 | 43.4 | 48.0 | 23.2 | ||
| East/Southern Africa | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | ||
| Duration of stay in France | ||||||||
| Median | 9 | 11 | 9.5 | 0.02 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0.01 |
| IQR | 2–15 | 6–21 | 4–13 | 2–16 | 6–14 | 3–12 | ||
| Reason for coming to France | ||||||||
| Find work | 44.9 | 44.9 | 53.0 | 0.07 | 24.2 | 38.2 | 28.4 | 0.007 |
| Threatened in his/her country | 28.0 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 20.7 | 11.2 | 17.1 | ||
| Join a family member or study | 24.9 | 27.4 | 21.5 | 40.8 | 40.9 | 45.4 | ||
| Medical reasons | 2.2 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 | ||
| Resident permit at arrival | ||||||||
| None | 48.2 | 53.4 | 61.9 | 0.06 | 38.0 | 48.5 | 46.5 | 0.008 |
| Temporary resident permit | 44.6 | 38.7 | 32.9 | 54.1 | 44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| Resident permit (10 years) | 5.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.6 | ||
| French nationality | 1.9 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 4.0 | ||
| Housing situation at arrival | ||||||||
| Own housing | 16.0 | 19.1 | 11.8 | 0.37 | 35.0 | 19.2 | 22.1 | 0.02 |
| Housed by family | 41.4 | 39.9 | 46.0 | 43.5 | 50.9 | 44.5 | ||
| Associations, worker’s hostels | 14.0 | 11.1 | 16.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 6.8 | ||
| No stable housing | 28.6 | 30.0 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 27.3 | 26.6 | ||
| Resources at arrival | ||||||||
| Own work | 62.8 | 69.5 | 68.5 | 0.41 | 40.3 | 47.8 | 37.6 | 0.29 |
| From spouse or family | 16.4 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 41.1 | 35.7 | 46.4 | ||
| Government allowances | 13.7 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 9.0 | ||
| No resource | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 7.0 | ||
Note: Weighted percentages. P value: design-based x2 test comparison of proportion and quantile regression with robust variance estimator for median comparison across groups. CHB, chronic hepatitis B; IQR, interquartile range; Ref. group, reference group.