Table 1.
Demographics of survey participants
| Characteristics | Inhabitants of Oiapoque (Brazil) Frequency N (row %) N = 369 |
Inhabitants of STGa (French Guiana) Frequency N (row %) N = 252 |
Total Frequency N (col %) N = 621 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 137 (56.4) | 106 (43.6) | 243 (39.1) | 0.216 |
| Female | 232 (61.4) | 146 (38.6) | 378 (60.9) | |
| Sexual orientation | ||||
| Heterosexual | 340 (59.6) | 230 (40.4) | 571 (92.0) | 0.002 |
| Homosexual | 13(100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (2.0) | |
| Bisexual | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 7 (1.2) | |
| Missing data | 10 (33.3) | 20 (66.7) | 30 (4.8) | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–29 | 138 (56.3) | 107 (53.7) | 245 (39.5) | 0.336 |
| 30–44 | 143 (62.9) | 84 (37.0) | 227 (36.5) | |
| ≥ 45 | 88 (59.1) | 61 (40.9) | 149 (24.0) | |
| Native language | ||||
| French | 2 (6.3) | 30 (93.8) | 32 (5.2) | < 0.001 |
| French Guianese creole | 3 (4.8) | 60 (95.2) | 63 (10.1) | |
| Portuguese | 353 (73.9) | 125 (25.2) | 478 (77) | |
| Amerindian | 1 (3.1) | 31 (96.9) | 32 (5.2) | |
| Others | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | 16 (2.6) | |
| Education level | ||||
| Any level to middle school | 137 (50.6) | 134 (49.4) | 271 (43.6) | < 0.001 |
| High school to University | 232 (66.3) | 118 (33.7) | 350 (56.4) | |
| Income | ||||
| Paid employment | 67 (65.7) | 35 (34.3) | 102 (16.4) | < 0.001 |
| Informal activity | 60 (87) | 9 (13) | 69 (11.1) | |
| Social allowance | 64 (38.3) | 103 (61.7) | 167 (26.9) | |
| None | 138 (59.7) | 93 (40.3) | 231 (37.2) | |
| Others | 37 (80.4) | 9 (19.6) | 46 (7.4) | |
| Missing data | 3 (50) | 3 (50) | 6 (1.0) | |
aSaint-Georges-de-l’Oyapock