Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics among MSM and transgender women in Terai highway districts of Nepal
| MSM, n = 167, n (%) | Transgender women, n = 173, n (%) | Total, n = 340, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted | Weighted %a | Unweighted | Weighted %a | Unweighted | Weighted %a | |
| Age distribution | ||||||
| Mean (SD) age | 27.4 (9.2) | 26.1 | 31.8 (10.5) | 31.3 | 29.7 (10.0) | 28.1 |
| Median age | 24 | 29 | 27 | |||
| Minimum | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Maximum | 56 | 66 | 66 | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Never attended school | 21 (12.6) | 10 | 42 (24.3) | 78.8 | 63 (18.5) | 14.3 |
| Ever attended school | 146 (87.4) | 90 | 131 (75.7) | 21.2 | 277 (81.5) | 85.7 |
| Sexual identity | ||||||
| Masculine appearing | 159 (95.2) | 98.3 | 24 (13.9) | 12.6 | 183 (53.8) | 64.6 |
| Feminine appearing | 8 (4.8) | 1.7 | 149 (86.1) | 87.4 | 157 (46.2) | 35.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Unmarried | 116 (69.5) | 77.2 | 104 (60.1) | 60.4 | 220 (64.7) | 29.4 |
| Married | 51 (30.5) | 22.8 | 69 (39.9) | 39.6 | 120 (35.3) | 70.6 |
| Living situation | ||||||
| No home/rented | 41 (24.6) | 23.5 | 45 (26.0) | 26.3 | 86 (25.3) | 24.6 |
| Own home/resident. Hotel | 126 (75.4) | 76.5 | 128 (74.0) | 73.7 | 254 (74.7) | 75.4 |
| Sex work | ||||||
| Non sex workers | 118 (70.7) | 79.7 | 44 (25.4) | 23.8 | 162 (47.6) | 57.7 |
| Sex workers | 49 (29.3) | 20.3 | 129 (74.6) | 76.2 | 178 (52.4) | 42.3 |
| Income level | ||||||
| Less than 3000 | 50 (29.9) | 44.5 | 34 (19.7) | 26.1 | 84 (24.7) | 37.3 |
| 3000–10,000 | 73 (43.7) | 38.5 | 74 (42.8) | 38.0 | 147 (43.2) | 38.3 |
| Above 10,000 | 44 (26.3) | 17.0 | 65 (37.6) | 35.9 | 109 (32.1) | 24.4 |
| Resident region | ||||||
| Eastern region | 61 (36.5) | 35.4 | 59 (34.1) | 42.6 | 120 (35.3) | 38.3 |
| Western region | 53 (31.7) | 16.3 | 67 (38.7) | 31.6 | 120 (35.3) | 22.2 |
| Far west region | 53 (31.7) | 48.3 | 47 (27.2) | 26.8 | 100 (29.4) | 39.5 |
aWeighted value based on RDS II Estimator