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. 2018 Nov 27;20(11):e10258. doi: 10.2196/10258

Table 2.

Participant information collected through the HIVSmart! survey (n=438).

Information Value, n (%)
Gender (self-identified)

Male 432 (98.6)

Transgender 2 (0.5)

I do not wish to answer 3 (0.7)

Other 1 (0.2)
Sexual orientation

Homosexual 400 (91.3)

Bisexual 32 (7.3)

Heterosexual 4 (0.9)

I do not wish to answer 1 (0.2)

Other 1 (0.2)
Highest level of education

High school degree not completed 13 (3.0)

High school 51 (11.6)

College or technical school 125 (28.5)

Undergraduate degree 169 (38.6)

Graduate degree (master’s or PhD) 77 (17.6)

Other 1 (0.2)

I do not wish to answer 2 (0.5)
Employment status

Unemployed 46 (10.5)

Employed 348 (79.5)

Other 36 (8.2)

I do not wish to answer 8 (1.8)
Tested for HIV in the past 6 months

No, I’ve never been tested 25 (5.7)

Yes, in the last 6 months 230 (52.5)

Yes, more than 6 months ago 178 (40.6)

I have been tested, but did not want to receive my result 1 (0.2)

I do not know if I have ever been tested 3 (0.7)

I do not wish to answer 1 (0.2)
Sexually active

No 16 (3.7)

Yes 421 (96.1)

I do not wish to answer 1 (0.2)
Number of different sexual partners in the past 6 months

0 20 (4.6)

1 38 (8.7)

2-5 174 (39.7)

6-10 110 (25.1)

≥11 96 (21.9)
In the past 6 months:

Had sex without a condom 307 (70.1)

Had sex with an HIV-infected partner 74 (16.9)

Had sex with a sex worker 18 (4.1)

Had sex under the influence of alcohol 195 (44.5)

Had sex under the influence of drugs 83 (18.9)

Had sex with multiple partners 219 (50.5)

Injected drugs (excluding medicine) 5 (1.1)
Exposure to HIV (eg, needles) in the workplace in the past 6 months

No 426 (97.3)

Yes 10 (2.3)

I do not wish to answer 2 (0.5)