Table 3.
Bivariate analysis of high and low HIV risk behavior group
| Statement (n = 621) | Low HIV risk behavior Frequency N (row %) N = 494 |
High HIV risk behaviora Frequency N (row %) N = 127 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 176 (72.4) | 67 (27.6) | 0.001 |
| Female | 317 (83.9) | 61 (16.1) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Heterosexual | 468 (82.1) | 102 (17.9) | 0.045 |
| Homosexual | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | |
| Bisexual | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Missing data | 12 (40.0) | 18 (60.0) | |
| Mean age at first sexual intercourse [IC95%]] | 16.03 [15.73–16.34] | 15.17 [14.5–15.84] | 0.020 |
| Native language | |||
| French | 24 (75.0) | 8 (25.0) | 0.351 |
| French Guianese creole | 54 (85.7) | 9 (14.3) | |
| Portuguese | 376 (78.7) | 102 (21.3) | |
| Amerindian | 24 (75.0) | 8 (25.0) | |
| Others | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.2) | |
| Education level | 0.567 | ||
| Any level to middle school | 218 (80.4) | 53 (19.6) | |
| High school to University | 275 (78.6) | 75 (21.4) | |
| Income | |||
| Paid employment | 78 (76.5) | 24 (23.5) | 0.012 |
| Informal work | 54 (78.3) | 15 (21.7) | |
| Social allowance | 147 (88.0) | 20 (12.0) | |
| None | 177 (76.6) | 54 (23.4) | |
| Others | 32 (69.6) | 14 (30.4) | |
| Missing data | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | |
| Place of residence | |||
| STGb (French Guiana) | 209 (82.9) | 43 (17.1) | 0.071 |
| Oiapoque (Brazil) | 284 (774) | 84 (223) | |
| Level of HIV knowledge | |||
| Poor | 218 (76.8) | 66 (23.2) | 0.137 |
| High | 275 (81.6) | 62 (18.4) | |
| Prior HIV test n = 601 | |||
| Yes | 394 (82.3) | 85 (17.8) | 0.012 |
| No | 88 (72.1) | 34 (27.9) | |
| Missing Data | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | |
aHigh HIV risk behavior was defined as a non-systematic use of condoms with casual or commercial sex partners or having more than two sexual partners
bSaint-Georges-de-l’Oyapock