Table 1.
Sociodemographic profile, outness, sexual behaviors, history of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and testing history.
| Denmark (N = 248) |
Germany (N = 794) |
Greece (N = 363) |
Portugal (N = 417) |
Spain (N = 1903) |
Total (Weighted) (N = 3725) |
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | % | |
| Age | |||||||||||
| <25 | 26 | 10.5 | 43 | 5.4 | 61 | 16.8 | 34 | 8.2 | 198 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| 25–29 | 31 | 12.5 | 85 | 10.7 | 61 | 16.8 | 53 | 12.7 | 314 | 16.5 | 13.0 |
| 30–34 | 30 | 12.1 | 95 | 12.0 | 59 | 16.3 | 65 | 15.6 | 301 | 15.8 | 13.6 |
| 35–39 | 39 | 15.7 | 126 | 15.9 | 78 | 21.5 | 80 | 19.2 | 291 | 15.3 | 16.3 |
| 40–49 | 78 | 31.5 | 227 | 28.6 | 74 | 20.4 | 107 | 25.7 | 505 | 26.5 | 27.3 |
| ≥50 | 44 | 17.7 | 218 | 27.5 | 30 | 8.3 | 78 | 18.7 | 294 | 15.4 | 21.7 |
| Place of birth | |||||||||||
| In country of current residence | 212 | 85.8 | 732 | 92.4 | 339 | 97.1 | 360 | 86.7 | 1644 | 87.2 | 90.6 |
| Europe | 22 | 8.9 | 40 | 5.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 14 | 3.4 | 78 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Others | 13 | 5.3 | 20 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.7 | 41 | 9.9 | 163 | 8.6 | 4.9 |
| Number of inhabitants in place of residence | |||||||||||
| ≥1,000,000 | 88 | 35.6 | 198 | 25.0 | 201 | 55.7 | 88 | 21.2 | 666 | 35.1 | 30.2 |
| 100,000–999,999 | 84 | 34.0 | 286 | 36.1 | 70 | 19.4 | 145 | 34.9 | 675 | 35.5 | 34.7 |
| 10,000–99,999 | 45 | 18.2 | 213 | 26.9 | 71 | 19.7 | 126 | 30.4 | 406 | 21.4 | 24.7 |
| <10,000 | 30 | 12.1 | 95 | 12.0 | 19 | 5.3 | 56 | 13.5 | 153 | 8.1 | 10.5 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| Up to upper secondary education | 100 | 40.5 | 264 | 33.3 | 46 | 12.7 | 113 | 27.2 | 479 | 25.2 | 29.4 |
| Post-secondary non-tertiary education | 10 | 4.0 | 190 | 24.0 | 71 | 19.6 | 27 | 6.5 | 251 | 13.2 | 18.6 |
| University education | 137 | 55.5 | 339 | 42.7 | 246 | 67.8 | 276 | 66.3 | 1170 | 61.6 | 52.0 |
| Lives sex life with men… | |||||||||||
| Openly | 190 | 76.6 | 428 | 54.0 | 79 | 21.8 | 85 | 20.4 | 907 | 47.7 | 48.6 |
| Discreetly | 43 | 17.3 | 236 | 29.8 | 171 | 47.1 | 227 | 54.4 | 754 | 39.6 | 35.0 |
| Hidden/In total secrecy | 15 | 6.0 | 129 | 16.3 | 113 | 31.1 | 105 | 25.2 | 241 | 12.7 | 16.4 |
| Number of partners with CAI (last 12 months) | |||||||||||
| None | 57 | 23.5 | 288 | 37.1 | 183 | 51.4 | 134 | 33.1 | 688 | 37.0 | 37.3 |
| 1 | 63 | 25.9 | 222 | 28.6 | 116 | 32.6 | 126 | 31.1 | 612 | 32.9 | 30.2 |
| 2–4 | 66 | 27.2 | 170 | 21.9 | 43 | 12.1 | 101 | 24.9 | 372 | 20.0 | 21.1 |
| ≥5 | 57 | 23.5 | 96 | 12.4 | 14 | 3.9 | 44 | 10.9 | 189 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| History of STI | |||||||||||
| STI diagnosis in the last 12 months | 34 | 14.0 | 72 | 9.4 | 41 | 11.7 | 59 | 14.9 | 203 | 11.0 | 10.5 |
| STI diagnosis > 12 months ago | 100 | 41.2 | 244 | 31.8 | 88 | 25.2 | 112 | 28.2 | 609 | 33.0 | 31.9 |
| No STI diagnosis | 109 | 44.9 | 451 | 58.8 | 220 | 63.0 | 226 | 56.9 | 1031 | 55.9 | 57.6 |
| Number of HIV test (ever) | |||||||||||
| 1 | 33 | 13.3 | 133 | 16.8 | 71 | 19.6 | 73 | 17.5 | 358 | 18.8 | 17.5 |
| 2–5 | 93 | 37.5 | 382 | 48.1 | 160 | 44.1 | 189 | 45.3 | 894 | 47.0 | 46.9 |
| 6–9 | 43 | 17.3 | 127 | 16.0 | 54 | 14.9 | 67 | 16.1 | 317 | 16.7 | 16.2 |
| ≥10 | 79 | 31.9 | 152 | 19.1 | 78 | 21.5 | 88 | 21.1 | 334 | 17.6 | 19.4 |
| Time since last HIV test | |||||||||||
| ≤3 months ago | 68 | 27.4 | 172 | 21.7 | 147 | 40.5 | 92 | 22.1 | 488 | 25.7 | 24.4 |
| 3–12 months ago | 97 | 39.1 | 299 | 37.8 | 120 | 33.1 | 189 | 45.4 | 733 | 38.6 | 38.2 |
| 1–2 years ago | 46 | 18.5 | 135 | 17.0 | 52 | 14.3 | 60 | 14.4 | 338 | 17.8 | 17.0 |
| > 2 years ago | 37 | 14.9 | 186 | 23.5 | 44 | 12.1 | 75 | 18.0 | 339 | 17.9 | 20.4 |