Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of ANRS PARCOURS interviewees at time of survey, per sex (scope: people having arrived in France at age 18 or over, N = 513).

Source Parcours survey, 2012-2013

	Men		Women
	N = 247		N = 266
	%pond	n	%pond	n	p men/women
Age
18–34	17	49	25	71	0.1341
35–44	30	77	23	72
45–60	54	121	53	123
Median (IQR)	46 [37–52]		45 [35–52]
Age at arrival
Median (IQR)	27 [23–32]		26 [22–32]
Region of birth
Western Africa	67	168	52	141	0.0481
Central Africa	30	70	43	115
Eastern/Southern Africa	3	9	5	10
Period of arrival
1972–1995	41	81	38	82	0.6872
1996–2004	33	85	37	97
2005–2011	26	81	25	87
Conjugal status at arrival
Alone	56	138	34	95	0.0000
Stable partner in France	25	60	59	148
Stable partner abroad	19	49	8	23
Migration motive
Find a job/take a chance	45	120	23	76	0.0000
Family reasons	12	29	45	110
Threatened in his/her country	22	50	16	43
Study	19	42	13	27
Medical reasons	1	6	3	10
Educational level at arrival
None/Primary	34	83	23	63	0.0001
Secondary	42	106	61	161
Superior	24	58	16	42
Residential situation at arrival
Personal dwelling	30	83	43	100	0.0195
Hosted by relatives/relations	45	105	44	119
Collective structures	2	7	1	5
Residential instability	22	52	12	42
Legal status at arrival*
No legal permit	46	120	33	98	0.0584
Legal permit for less than a year	33	69	40	100
Legal permit of at least 1 year	20	51	25	62
French nationality	2	7	2	6

*Legal status at arrival is determined by the first episode of legal trajectory, independently of having a travel document or not.