Table 2. HIV prevalence by demographic and behavioral characteristics of participants in three repeated cross-sectional surveys of men who have sex with men; Georgia, 2010–2015.
| Characteristic | Tbilisi | Batumi | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2012 | 2015 | Trend P-value | 2015 | |||||
| n/N (%) | p-value | n/N (%) | p-value | n/N (%) | p-value | n/N (%) | p-value | ||
| Demographic | |||||||||
| Age, year | |||||||||
| ≤ 24 | 3/83(3.6) | 0.14 | 4/81(4.9) | 0.006 | 20/111(18.0) | 0.26 | 0.001 | 6/35(17.1) | 0.79 |
| > 24 | 16/188(8.5) | 24/134(17.9) | 45/189(23.8) | <0.001 | 15/78(19.2) | ||||
| Education year | |||||||||
| No education or ≤ 6 | 10/148(6.8) | 0.85 | 12/98(12.4) | 0.75 | 41/162(25.3) | 0.01 | <0.001 | 16/65(24.6) | 0.05 |
| More than 6 | 9/123(7.3) | 16/117(13.7) | 24/138(17.3) | 0.05 | 5/48(10.4) | ||||
| Current marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 5/53(9.4) | 0.44 | 4/30(13.3) | 0.95 | 6/31(19.3) | 0.50 | 0.43 | 3/21(14.2) | 0.5 |
| Single | 14/217(6.4) | 24/185(12.9) | 59/269(21.9) | <0.001 | 18/92(19.5) | ||||
| Drug use history during the last 12 months | |||||||||
| No drug use or injection | 18/208(8.6) | 0.15 | 23/174 (13.2) | 0.92 | 55/241(22.8) | 0.05 | <0.001 | 17/67(25.3) | 0.07 |
| Non-injecting drug use | 0/12(0) | 4/35(11.4) | 10/52(19.2) | 0.01 | 4/43(9.3) | ||||
| Injecting drug use | 1/51(1.9) | 1/6(16.6) | 0/10(0) | 0.19 | 0/3(0) | ||||
| Sexual behaviors | |||||||||
| Used condom at last anal intercourse with a male partner1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 14/176(7.9) | 0.20 | 17/151(11.2) | 0.16 | 42/177(23.7) | 0.83 | <0.001 | 17/93(18.2) | 0.77 |
| No | 3/81(3.7) | 10/53(18.87) | 22/95(23.1) | 0.001 | 4/19(21.0) | ||||
| Used condom at last anal intercourse with a male regular partner1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 9/114(7.9) | 0.42 | 12/100(12.0) | 0.62 | 29/127(22.8) | 0.34 | 0.003 | 12/70(7.1) | 0.84 |
| No | 3/63(4.7) | 7/47(14.89) | 24/86(27.9) | 0.001 | 6/32(18.7) | ||||
| Used condom at last anal intercourse with a male commercial partner1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 2/47(4.3) | 0.90 | 2/18(11.1) | 0.54 | 13/39(33.3) | 0.28 | <0.001 | 5/13(38.4) | 0.43 |
| No | 1/27(3.7) | 0/3(0) | 2/10(20) | 0.21 | 0/1(0) | ||||
| Used condom at last anal intercourse with a male occasional partner1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 11/137(8.0) | 0.76 | 11/96(11.4) | 0.23 | 33/143(23.0) | 0.90 | 0.001 | 12/70(17.1) | 0.70 |
| No | 4/59(6.7) | 6/30(20) | 14/64(21.8) | 0.05 | 3/14(21.4) | ||||
| Had female partner in the last 12 months | |||||||||
| Yes | 10/168(5.9) | 0.66 | 12/109(11.0) | 0.88 | 32/168(19.0) | 0.07 | 0.001 | 9/58(15.5) | 0.21 |
| No | 5/67(7.4) | 6/51(11.7) | 13/46(28.2) | 0.007 | 7/26(26.9) | ||||
| Used condom at last intercourse with a female partner1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 7/99(7.1) | 0.50 | 8/75(10.6) | 0.86 | 26/112(23.2) | 0.29 | 0.002 | 5/42(11.9) | 0.21 |
| No | 3/66(4.5) | 4/34(11.7) | 6/54(11.1) | 0.32 | 4/16(25) | ||||
1Only among participants who reported having sex with such kind of persons in the last 12 months.
There are some missing values regarding the HIV prevalence. (Table reflects calculation for only MSM who were tested on HIV during the survey)