Table 1.

Socio-demographic and health characteristics

	MSM (n=641) n (%)	FSW (n=937) n (%)	DU (n=537) n (%)	Total (=2115) n (%)	P value
Age (years)					<0.001
18–25	442 (68.9)	456 (48.7)	183 (34.1)	1081 (51.1)
>25	199 (31.1)	481 (51.3)	354 (65.9)	1034 (48.9)
Sex					<0.001
Male	641 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	510 (95.0)	1151 (54.4)
Female	0 (0.0)	937 (100.0)	27 (5.0)	964 (45.6)
Marital status					<0.001
Married	41 (6.4)	130 (13.9)	185 (34.5)	356 (16.8)
Not married	600 (93.6)	807 (86.1)	352 (65.5)	1759 (83.2)
Education level					<0.001
Never went to school	1 (0.2)	158 (16.8)	29 (5.4)	188 (8.9)
Primary school	51 (7.9)	263 (28.1)	163 (30.4)	477 (22.6)
Secondary school	356 (55.5)	471 (50.3)	316 (58.8)	1143 (54.0)
College/university	233 (36.4)	45 (4.8)	29 (5.4)	307 (14.5)
Religion					<0.001
Other/non-believers	65 (10.1)	100 (10.7)	98 (18.2)	263 (12.4)
Christians	522 (81.5)	743 (79.3)	356 (66.3)	1621 (76.7)
Muslims	54 (8.4)	94 (10.0)	83 (15.5)	231 (10.9)
Place of residence					<0.001
Lomé	447 (69.7)	526 (5.1)	316 (58.8)	1289 (60.9)
Other	194 (30.3)	411 (43.9)	221 (41.2)	826 (39.1)
Psychological distress					<0.001
Likely not to have psychological distress	497 (77.5)	538 (57.4)	243 (45.2)	1278 (60.4)
Likely to have mild psychological distress	80 (12.5)	223 (23.8)	123 (22.9)	426 (20.1)
Likely to have moderate psychological distress	55 (8.6)	117 (12.5)	103 (19.2)	275 (13.0)
Likely to have severe psychological distress	9 (1.4)	59 (6.3)	68 (12.7)	136 (6.5)
HIV infection					<0.001
Yes	131 (20.4)	119 (12.7)	15 (2.8)	265 (12.5)
No	480 (74.9)	787 (84.0)	410 (76.3)	1677 (79.3)
Not tested	30 (4.7)	31 (3.3)	112 (20.9)	173 (8.2)

DU, drug users; FSW, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men.