Table 2.

Social distancing and COVID-19 pandemic impact in personal life according to gender

	Total N = 3486	Transgender / non binary N = 86 (2.5%)	Cisgender MSM N = 3400 (97.5%)	p-value
Fear to get infected by COVID-19				0.05
High	1176 (33.7)	36 (41.9)	1140 (33.5)
Moderate	1523 (43.7)	30 (34.9)	1493 (43.9)
Low	495 (14.2)	17 (19.8)	478 (14.1)
No	231 (6.6)	1 (1.2)	230 (6.8)
Infected or previously infected by COVID-19	61 (1.7)	2 (2.3)	59 (1.7)
Concerned if close relatives/friends get infected by COVID-19
100	1435 (41.2)	40 (46.5)	1395 (41.0)	0.60
99–75	1084 (31.1)	27 (31.4)	1057 (31.1)
74–50	669 (19.2)	12 (14.0)	657 (19.3)
< 50	298 (8.5)	7 (8.1)	291 (8.6)
Impact of social distancing measures in personal life				0.37
High	2195 (63.0)	59 (68.6)	2136 (62.8)
Medium	894 (25.6)	21 (24.4)	873 (25.7)
Low/no	397 (11.4)	6 (7.0)	391 (11.5)
Aspect most impacted				0.11
Economic	1474 (42.3)	47 (54.7)	1427 (42.0)
Affective/sexual	988 (28.3)	17 (19.8)	971 (28.6)
Family/friendship	914 (26.2)	20 (23.3)	894 (26.3)
None	110 (3.2)	2 (2.3)	108 (3.2)
Challenges
Salary/job reduced or lost	1575 (45.2)	44 (51.2)	1531 (45.0)	0.26
Access to hand sanitizer	1201 (34.5)	35 (40.7)	1166 (34.3)	0.22
Transportation availability	676 (19.4)	23 (26.7)	653 (19.2)	0.08
Access to food	451 (12.9)	19 (22.1)	432 (12.7)	0.01
Access to health care	396 (11.4)	23 (26.7)	373 (11.0)	< 0.001
Access to mental health care	319 (9.2)	26 (30.2)	293 (8.6)	< 0.001
Access to daily medication	215 (6.2)	15 (17.4)	200 (5.9)	< 0.001
Access to hormones	54 (1.5)	15 (17.4)	39 (1.1)	< 0.001
Access to water	43 (1.2)	3 (3.5)	40 (1.2)	0.06
Unable to find housing	22 (0.6)	0 (0)	22 (0.6)	0.45
Unsafe Housing	21 (0.6)	4 (4.7)	17 (0.5)	< 0.001

Brazil, 2020

N = 3486