Table III.
Partnership characteristics of Peruvian MSM and TW by conversation patterns and sexual practices, 2017, partner N= 1634
| MSM (partner N = 1285)a | TW (partner N = 349)a | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condom Use Discussions (n/N= 163/1281)b | HIV serostatus Communication (n/N= 196/1281)b | CAI (n/N= 681/1278)b | Condom Use Discussions (n/N= 45/347)b | HIV serostatus Communication (n/N= 59/347)b | CAI (n/N= 146/347)b | |||||||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| N (%) or Median (IQR) | N (%) or Median (IQR) | N (%) or Median (IQR) | N (%) or Median (IQR) | N (%) or Median (IQR) | N (%) or Median (IQR) | |||||||
| Partner Gender Identity | ||||||||||||
| Cisgender man | 1094 (98.1) | 161 (98.8) | 1064 (98.3) | 191 (97.5) | 562 (98.6) | 647 (97.9) | 294 (97.4) | 38 (84.4) | 280 (97.2) | 52 (88.1) | 184 (95.8) | 137 (95.1) |
| Cisgender woman | 11 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 9 (0.8) | 2 (1.0) | 6 (1.1) | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (2.2) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (1.7) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.7) |
| Transgender woman | 10 (0.9) | 2 (1.2) | 9 (0.8) | 3 (1.5) | 2 (0.4) | 10 (1.5) | 6 (2.0) | 6 (13.3) | 6 (2.1) | 6 (10.2) | 6 (3.1) | 6 (4.2) |
| Perceived Partner Sexual Orientation | ||||||||||||
| Heterosexual | 152 (13.8) | 26 (16.2) | 147 (13.8) | 31 (15.8) | 94 (16.7) | 78 (11.9) | 104 (34.6) | 15 (33.3) | 101 (35.1) | 18 (31.0) | 65 (34.0) | 48 (33.3) |
| Bisexual | 429 (38.9) | 54 (33.5) | 423 (39.6) | 60 (30.6) | 221 (39.3) | 247 (37.8) | 175 (58.1) | 27 (60.0) | 166 (57.6) | 36 (62.1) | 115 (60.2) | 83 (57.6) |
| Gay | 521 (47.3) | 81 (50.3) | 497 (46.6) | 105 (53.6) | 248 (44.1) | 329 (50.3) | 22 (7.3) | 3 (6.7) | 21 (7.3) | 4 (6.9) | 11 (5.8) | 13 (9.0) |
| Partner Type | ||||||||||||
| Stable | 96 (8.6) | 18 (11.0) | 70 (6.5) | 44 (22.5) | 52 (9.1) | 52 (7.9) | 48 (15.9) | 4 (8.9) | 36 (12.5) | 16 (27.1) | 29 (15.1) | 16 (11.1) |
| Casual | 649 (58.1) | 86 (52.8) | 632 (58.3) | 103 (52.6) | 301 (52.7) | 402 (60.7) | 104 (34.4) | 18 (40.0) | 106 (36.8) | 16 (27.1) | 68 (35.4) | 53 (36.8) |
| Anonymous | 292 (26.1) | 42 (25.8) | 301 (27.8) | 33 (16.8) | 166 (29.1) | 164 (24.8) | 57 (18.9) | 12 (26.7) | 58 (20.1) | 11 (18.6) | 39 (20.3) | 30 (20.8) |
| Commercial | 80 (7.2) | 17 (10.4) | 81 (7.5) | 16 (8.2) | 52 (9.1) | 44 (6.7) | 93 (30.8) | 11 (24.4) | 88 (30.6) | 16 (27.1) | 56 (29.2) | 45 (31.3) |
| Median Partnership Length (days) | 3 (0,141) | 20 (0,253) | 2 (0,138) | 21 (0,241) | 0 (0,83) | 8 (0,193) | 10 (0,248) | 3 (0,213) | 8 (0,207) | 118 (0,764) | 10 (0,146) | 8 (0, 385) |
| Partnership Concurrency | ||||||||||||
| No | 671 (60.0) | 95 (58.6) | 663 (61.2) | 103 (52.6) | 311 (54.4) | 434 (65.7) | 228 (75.5) | 22 (48.9) | 210 (72.9) | 40 (67.8) | 140 (72.9) | 102 (70.8) |
| Yes | 447 (40.0) | 67 (41.4) | 421 (38.8) | 93 (47.5) | 261 (45.6) | 227 (34.3) | 74 (24.5) | 23 (51.1) | 78 (27.1) | 19 (32.2) | 52 (27.1) | 42 (29.2) |
| Alcohol use by participant or partner | ||||||||||||
| No | 764 (70.5) | 107 (70.4) | 762 (70.1) | 112 (73.7) | 452 (75.7) | 450 (66.1) | 173 (59.3) | 24 (54.6) | 164 (56.6) | 33 (68.8) | 127 (63.2) | 78 (53.4) |
| Yes | 319 (29.5) | 45 (29.6) | 325 (29.9) | 40 (26.3) | 145 (24.3) | 231 (33.9) | 119 (40.8) | 20 (45.5) | 126 (43.5) | 15 (31.3) | 74 (36.8) | 68 (46.6) |
| Drug use by participant or partner | ||||||||||||
| No | 965 (89.1) | 131 (86.2) | 974 (89.6) | 125 (82.2) | 538 (90.1) | 596 (87.5) | 217 (74.3) | 32 (72.7) | 220 (75.9) | 31 (64.6) | 144 (71.6) | 112 (76.7) |
| Yes | 118 (10.9) | 21 (13.8) | 113 (10.4) | 27 (17.8) | 59 (9.9) | 85 (12.5) | 75 (25.7) | 12 (27.3) | 70 (24.1) | 17 (35.4) | 57 (28.4) | 34 (23.3) |
| Knowledge of partner HIV status | ||||||||||||
| No | 1004 (89.8) | 138 (84.7) | -- | -- | 524 (91.1) | 620 (93.5) | 274 (90.7) | 43 (95.6) | -- | -- | 182 (93.8) | 137 (95.1) |
| Yes | 114 (10.2) | 25 (15.3) | -- | -- | 51 (8.9) | 43 (6.5) | 28 (9.3) | 2 (4.4) | -- | -- | 12 (6.2) | 7 (4.9) |
| Condom use discussions before or during sex | ||||||||||||
| No | -- | -- | 983 (90.6) | 135 (68.9) | 512 (89.5) | 570 (86.1) | -- | -- | 268 (93.1) | 34 (57.6) | 166 (86.5) | 126 (87.5) |
| Yes | -- | -- | 102 (9.4) | 61 (31.1) | 60 (10.5) | 92 (13.9) | -- | -- | 20 (6.9) | 25 (42.4) | 26 (13.5) | 18 (12.5) |
| HIV serostatus communication | ||||||||||||
| No | 983 (87.9) | 102 (62.6) | -- | -- | 499 (86.8) | 587 (88.5) | 268 (88.7) | 20 (44.4) | -- | -- | 163 (84.0) | 127 (88.2) |
| Yes | 135 (12.1) | 61 (37.4) | -- | -- | 76 (13.2) | 76 (11.5) | 34 (11.3) | 25 (55.6) | -- | -- | 31 (16.0) | 17 (11.8) |
a
All Ns are at partner-level; Ns for some variables do not total to MSM partner N = 1285 or TW partner N = 349, due to missing data.
b
n represents the population size reporting each outcome, written over the total population size, N. Definitions: CAI: condomless anal intercourse; IQR: interquartile range.