Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents by financial hardship, Paris France (n = 580)

	Total	Financial hardship		p valuea
		Low (n = 297)	High (n = 264)
Age				0.001
18–24	84 (14.5)	46 (54.8)	38 (45.2)
25–29	103 (17.8)	48 (46.6)	55 (53.4)
30–39	180 (31.0)	86 (47.8)	93 (51.7)
40–49	139 (24.0)	74 (53.2)	64 (46.0)
≥ 50	54 (9.3)	43 (79.6)	11 (20.4)
Sexual orientation				0.070
Gay	487 (84.0)	262 (53.8)	220 (45.2)
Bisexual	69 (11.9)	29 (42.0)	39 (56.5)
Born in France				0.862
Yes	450 (77.6)	238 (52.9)	210 (46.7)
No	113 (19.5)	59 (52.2)	54 (47.8)
Employment status				<0.0001
Employed	388 (66.9)	236 (60.8)	152 (39.2)
Unemployed	84 (14.5)	18 (21.4)	64 (76.2)
Student	81 (14.0)	36 (44.4)	45 (55.6)
Current relationship				0.575
Single	378 (65.2)	198 (52.4)	178 (47.1)
In a relationship with a man	172 (29.7)	95 (55.2)	77 (44.8)
HIV status				0.421
Negative	444 (76.6)	235 (52.9)	202 (45.5)
Positive	58 (10.0)	25 (43.1)	31 (53.5)
Unknown	72 (12.4)	37 (51.4)	31 (43.1)
STI status				0.030
Yes	129 (22.2)	56 (43.4)	70 (54.3)
No	451 (77.8)	241 (53.4)	194 (43.0)
Condomless receptive anal intercourse				0.004
0 partner	340 (58.6)	191 (56.2)	139 (40.9)
≥ 1 partner	226 (39.0)	101 (44.7)	122 (54.0)
Condomless insertive anal intercourse				0.082
0 partner	371 (64.0)	204 (55.0)	159 (42.9)
≥ 1 partner	193 (33.3)	91 (47.2)	97 (50.3)
Any condomless anal intercourse				0.003
0 partner	269 (46.4)	157 (58.4)	106 (39.4)
≥ 1 partner	289 (49.8)	133 (46.0)	150 (51.9)
Engagement in transactional sex				<0.0001
Yes	81 (14.0)	27 (33.3)	53 (65.4)
No	493 (85.0)	269 (54.6)	211 (42.8)

Bold values indicate significance which is based on the variable distribution

Values are n (%)

^aChi square test