Table 1. Comparative analysis of the baseline characteristics of the study sample (n = 280).

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics	Male Clients n = 38 (13.6%) n (%)	No Male Clients n = 242 (86.4%) n (%)	p Valuea
Study country (n = 280)
Mali	15 (39.5)	62 (25.6)	0.006
Cote d'Ivoire	4 (10.5)	65 (26.9)
Burkina	5 (13.2)	66 (27.3)
Togo	14 (36.8)	49 (20.3)
Age (n = 280)
Age [mean ± standard deviation]	[28.5±7.7]	[25.4±5.2]	0.0017
Education level (n = 280)
≥ high-school diploma	12 (31.6)	118 (48.8)	0.048
< high-school diploma	26 (68.4)	124 (51.2)
Marital status (n = 280)
Married or living in a couple	6 (15.8)	56 (23.1)	0.310
Single, Divorced, Widowed	32 (84.2)	186 (76.9)
Had an income generating activity (n = 280)
No	20 (52.6)	153 (63.2)	0.212
Yes	18 (47.4)	89 (36.8)
Monthly income relative to the median (n = 275)
≤median (50 000 Fcfa)	18 (47.4)	141 (59.5)	0.160
>median (50 000 Fcfa)	20 (52.6)	96 (40.5)
Sources of income (n = 280)
Aid	10 (26.3)	115 (47.5)	0.015
Work	28 (73.7)	127 (52.5)
Financial perception (n = 280)
Comfortable	11 (28.9)	87 (35.9)	0.400
Difficult	27 (71.1)	155 (64.1)
Stable housing (n = 280)
Yes	19 (50.0)	177 (73.1)	0.004
No	19 (50.0)	65 (26.9)
Self-defined sexual identity (n = 280)
Bisexual	18 (47.4)	129 (53.3)	0.496
Not bisexual	20 (52.6)	113 (46.7)
Self-defined gender identity (n = 276)
Both a man and woman	11 (28.9)	89 (37.4)	0.314
Man or Boy	27 (71.1)	149 (62.6)
Sexual positioning with male partners in the previous 6 months
Receptive or versatile	15 (39.5)	140 (57.9)	0.043
Exclusively insertive	23 (60.5)	96 (39.7)
NDb	0 (0.0)	6 (2.5)

^ap Calculated with Pearson's chi-squared test (χ2) for categorical variables, Student’s t-test for continuous variables.

^bND = not documented. Includes missing data, “does not know” and “no response” terms.