Table 1.
Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics (results also reported in Underhill et al., 2014)
| Number of FG Male Sex Workers (n=21) |
Number of FG Other MSM (n=17) |
Number of INT Male Sex Workers (n=31) |
Number of INT Other MSM (n=25) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Median age (range) | 38.5 (21–57) | 39 (27–61) | 32 (22–58) | 33 (21–70) |
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| Race | ||||
| White | 17 | 12 | 24 | 19 |
| African American | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Native American | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Refused | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Hispanic or Latino* | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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| Housing | ||||
| Homeless | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Staying with friends/family | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Renting or owns home/apt | 10 | 17 | 10 | 18 |
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| Income <$12,000 per year** | 13 | 5 | 16 | 4 |
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| Employment | ||||
| Disabled | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Unemployed | 12 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| Full-time job | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Part-time/seasonal job | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| Health insurance | ||||
| None | 11 | 5 | 21 | 8 |
| Public insurance | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Private insurance | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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| Median total number of sex partners in past 6m (range) | 13.5 (2–150) | 10 (2–60) | 9 (2–150) | 10 (1–50) |
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| Used drugs multiple times per week in past 6m | Did not collect data | Did not collect data | 21 | 7 |
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| Injection drug use in the past 6m | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
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| Shared needles or works with others in the past 6m (among those who reported injection) | Did not collect data | Did not collect data | 12 of 16 | 0 of 1 |
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| Willing to use PrEP | ||||
| Yes | 10 | 9 | 20 | 12 |
| Maybe | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| No | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
FG = Focus Group. INT = Interview.
*
Per NIH guidelines, we collected data on Hispanic/Latino ethnicity separately from race.
**
The approximate Federal Poverty Line for an individual ranged from $11,170 in 2012 to $11,670 in 2014.