Table 1.
Sociodemographic profile, outness, sexual behaviors, history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and testing history of the participants.
| Characteristic | Denmark (N=320), n (%) |
Germany (N=941), n (%) |
Greece (N=503), n (%) |
Portugal (N=531), n (%) |
Romania (N=307), n (%) |
Spain (N=2417), n (%) |
Totala
(N=5019) |
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| Age (years) |
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<25 | 35 (10.9) | 57 (6.1) | 79 (15.7) | 46 (8.7) | 44 (14.3) | 255 (10.6) | 9.1 | |||||||
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25-29 | 48 (15.0) | 108 (11.5) | 78 (15.5) | 66 (12.4) | 59 (19.2) | 395 (16.3) | 14.1 | |||||||
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30-34 | 41 (12.8) | 132 (14.0) | 81 (16.1) | 84 (15.8) | 64 (20.8) | 388 (16.1) | 15.5 | |||||||
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35-39 | 54 (16.9) | 149 (15.8) | 111 (22.1) | 95 (17.9) | 45 (14.7) | 364 (15.1) | 16.0 | |||||||
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40-49 | 93 (29.1) | 276 (29.3) | 104 (20.7) | 139 (26.2) | 62 (20.2) | 636 (26.3) | 26.8 | |||||||
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≥50 | 49 (15.3) | 219 (23.3) | 50 (9.9) | 101 (19.0) | 33 (10.7) | 379 (15.7) | 18.5 | |||||||
| Place of birth |
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In country of current residence | 275 (86.2) | 844 (90.5) | 475 (97.3) | 463 (87.5) | 299 (98.0) | 2076 (86.8) | 90.5 | |||||||
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Europe | 26 (8.2) | 58 (6.2) | 7 (1.4) | 17 (3.2) | 4 (1.3) | 100 (4.2) | 4.7 | |||||||
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Other | 18 (5.6) | 31 (3.3) | 6 (1.2) | 49 (9.3) | 2 (0.7) | 215 (9.0) | 4.8 | |||||||
| Number of inhabitants in place of residence |
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≥1,000,000 | 111 (34.8) | 260 (27.7) | 269 (53.9) | 104 (19.7) | 87 (28.5) | 865 (35.9) | 31.3 | |||||||
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100,000-999.999 | 104 (32.6) | 336 (35.8) | 98 (19.6) | 177 (33.5) | 130 (42.6) | 844 (35.0) | 35.2 | |||||||
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10,000-99,999 | 66 (20.7) | 233 (24.8) | 98 (19.6) | 169 (32.0) | 58 (19.0) | 515 (21.4) | 23.2 | |||||||
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<10,000 | 38 (11.9) | 110 (11.7) | 34 (6.8) | 78 (14.8) | 30 (9.8) | 186 (7.7) | 10.3 | |||||||
| Education |
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Upper secondary education | 140 (43.9) | 309 (32.9) | 72 (14.3) | 170 (32.1) | 84 (27.7) | 632 (26.2) | 29.7 | |||||||
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Postsecondary/nontertiary education | 11 (3.4) | 221 (23.6) | 93 (18.5) | 30 (5.7) | 35 (11.6) | 331 (13.7) | 17.6 | |||||||
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University education | 168 (52.7) | 408 (43.5) | 338 (67.2) | 330 (62.3) | 184 (60.7) | 1450 (60.1) | 52.6 | |||||||
| Lives sex life with men… |
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Openly | 244 (76.3) | 498 (53.0) | 94 (18.7) | 107 (20.2) | 38 (12.4) | 1110 (45.9) | 43.3 | |||||||
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Discreetly | 56 (17.5) | 267 (28.4) | 239 (47.5) | 285 (53.7) | 158 (51.5) | 977 (40.4) | 36.4 | |||||||
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Hidden/In total secrecy | 20 (6.3) | 175 (18.6) | 170 (33.8) | 139 (26.2) | 111 (36.2) | 329 (13.6) | 20.2 | |||||||
| Number of partners with unprotected anal intercourse (last 12 months) |
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None | 57 (23.5) | 255 (36.2) | 186 (52.0) | 136 (33.4) | 54 (27.6) | 692 (37.1) | 35.8 | |||||||
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1 | 63 (25.9) | 208 (29.5) | 116 (32.4) | 127 (31.2) | 73 (37.2) | 613 (32.8) | 31.4 | |||||||
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2-4 | 66 (27.2) | 153 (21.7) | 43 (12.0) | 100 (24.6) | 49 (25.0) | 372 (19.9) | 21.4 | |||||||
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≥5 | 57 (23.5) | 89 (12.6) | 13 (3.6) | 44 (10.8) | 20 (10.2) | 190 (10.2) | 11.4 | |||||||
| History of STI diagnosis |
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Last 12 months | 34 (14.0) | 70 (10.0) | 41 (11.6) | 59 (14.8) | 15 (7.8) | 203 (11.0) | 10.5 | |||||||
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>12 months ago | 100 (41.2) | 229 (32.8) | 90 (25.6) | 111 (27.9) | 45 (23.4) | 608 (32.9) | 31.3 | |||||||
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None | 109 (44.9) | 399 (57.2) | 221 (62.8) | 228 (57.3) | 132 (68.8) | 1038 (56.1) | 58.2 | |||||||
| Number of HIV tests (ever) |
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1 | 42 (13.1) | 176 (18.7) | 95 (18.9) | 97 (18.3) | 86 (28.0) | 484 (20.0) | 19.9 | |||||||
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2-5 | 122 (38.1) | 447 (47.5) | 239 (47.5) | 243 (45.8) | 154 (50.2) | 1144 (47.3) | 47.4 | |||||||
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6-9 | 64 (20.0) | 148 (15.7) | 71 (14.1) | 87 (16.4) | 31 (10.1) | 382 (15.8) | 15.2 | |||||||
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≥10 | 92 (28.8) | 170 (18.1) | 98 (19.5) | 104 (19.6) | 36 (11.7) | 407 (16.8) | 17.5 | |||||||
| Time since last HIV test |
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≤3 months | 84 (26.3) | 197 (21.0) | 184 (36.7) | 112 (21.1) | 69 (22.5) | 611 (25.4) | 23.4 | |||||||
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3-12 months | 125 (39.2) | 337 (35.9) | 182 (36.3) | 238 (44.9) | 117 (38.1) | 921 (38.2) | 37.4 | |||||||
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1-2 years | 57 (17.9) | 165 (17.6) | 69 (13.7) | 87 (16.4) | 60 (19.5) | 433 (18.0) | 17.6 | |||||||
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>2 years | 53 (16.6) | 239 (25.5) | 67 (13.3) | 93 (17.5) | 61 (19.9) | 445 (18.5) | 21.5 | |||||||
a Weighted percentages, calculated exclusively using valid data.