Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Total sample N = 349 |
PrEP users N = 159 |
Non-PrEP users N = 190 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years; mean, range) | 41 (18–75) | 42 (20–66) | 40 (18–75) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 344 (98.6%) | 157 (98.7%) | 187 (98.4%) |
| Non-binary/unknown | 5 (1.4%) | 2 (1.3%) | 3 (1.6%) |
| Born in the Netherlands | 281 (80.5%) | 125 (78.6%) | 156 (82.1%) |
| Living in the Netherlands | 335 (96.0%) | 154 (96.9%) | 181 (95.3%) |
| Perceived financial situation (mean, SD; scale 1 = You can't make ends meet without borrowing, to 6 = You are doing really well) | 4.35 (1.13) | 4.62 (1.02) | 4.12 (1.16) |
| Education level | |||
| Master & PhD | 101 (28.9%) | 49 (30.8%) | 52 (27.4%) |
| Bachelor | 117 (33.5%) | 48 (30.2%) | 69 (36.3%) |
| High school & Professional qualification | 131 (37.5%) | 62 (39.0%) | 69 (36.3%) |
| Relationship status | |||
| Single | 196 (56.2%) | 86 (54.1%) | 110 (57.9%) |
| In a relationship | 17 (4.9%) | 5 (3.1%) | 12 (6.3%) |
| In an open relationship | 136 (39.0%) | 68 (42.8%) | 68 (35.8%) |
| STI | |||
| No | 92 (26.4%) | 38 (23.9%) | 54 (28.4%) |
| Yes in the past 12 months | 116 (33.2%) | 65 (40.9%) | 51 (26.8%) |
| Yes more than 12 months ago | 141 (40.4%) | 56 (35.2%) | 85 (44.7%) |
| Used a condom the last time | 161 (46.1%) | 76 (47.8%) | 85 (44.7%) |
| Used drugs in a sexual context | 174 (49.9%) | 85 (53.5%) | 89 (46.8%) |
| Ever had a PEP treatment | 41 (11.7%) | 24 (15.1%) | 17 (8.9%) |
| Number of sex partners in past 6 months (mean, SD) | 14.96 (19.12) | 18.26 (24.18) | 12.19 (12.95) |