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. 2021 Jul 30;18:46. doi: 10.1186/s12981-021-00374-8

Table 2.

Sexual behavior characteristics and willingness to use PrEP

Variables Total
(N = 829)
n (%)
Unwilling to use PrEP (n = 578) n (%) Willing to
use PrEP
(n = 251) n (%)
χ2/t p-value
Number of male sex partners in lifetime 5.340 0.254
 1 82 (9.9) 64 (11.1) 18 (7.2)
 2–5 404 (48.7) 287 (49.7) 117 (46.6)
 6–10 157 (19.0) 102 (17.6) 55 (21.9)
 11–20 88 (10.6) 60 (10.4) 28 (11.2)
  > 20 98 (11.8) 65 (11.2) 33 (13.1)
Ever had anal sex with a man 1.743 0.187
 Yes 774 (93.4) 544 (94.1) 230 (91.6)
 No 55 (6.6) 34 (5.9) 21 (8.4)
Age of first anal sex with a man (years) 22.64 ± 6.34 22.57 ± 6.62 22.80 ± 5.61 0.474 0.636
Number of male anal sex partners in the past month 1.136 0.768
 ≤1 412 (53.2) 287 (52.7) 125 (54.4)
 2–5 309 (39.9) 222 (40.8) 87 (37.8)
 6–10 33 (4.3) 21 (3.9) 12 (5.2)
  > 10 20 (2.6) 14 (2.6) 6 (2.6)
Condom use at last anal sex with a man 2.679 0.102
 Yes 561 (72.5) 385 (70.8) 176 (76.5)
 No 213 (27.5) 159 (29.2) 54 (23.5)
Ever had oral sex with a man 9.213 0.002
 Yes 738 (89.0) 502 (86.9) 236 (94.0)
 No 91 (11.0) 76 (13.1) 15 (6.0)
Number of male oral sex partners in the past month 5.669 0.129
 ≤ 1 355 (55.4) 246 (56.4) 109 (53.2)
 2–5 245 (38.2) 167 (38.3) 78 (38.0)
 6–10 28 (4.4) 18 (4.1) 10 (4.9)
  > 10 13 (2.0) 5 (1.2) 8 (3.9)
Had commercial sex in the past 6 months 0.350 0.554
 Yes 42 (5.1) 31 (5.4) 11 (4.4)
 No 787 (94.9) 547 (94.6) 240 (95.6)
Had casual sex other than commercial sex in the past 6 months 19.179 < 0.001
 Yes 335 (40.4) 262 (45.3) 73 (29.1)
 No 494 (59.6) 316 (54.7) 178 (70.9)
Number of female sex partners in lifetime 3.849 0.427
 0 456 (55.0) 323 (55.9) 133 (53.0)
 1 227 (27.4) 163 (28.2) 64 (25.5)
 2–5 127 (15.3) 80 (13.8) 47 (18.7)
 6–10 11 (1.3) 7 (1.2) 4 (1.6)
  > 10 8 (1.0) 5 (0.9) 3 (1.2)
Age of first sex with a woman (years) 22.15 ± 3.90 22.16 ± 3.92 22.12 ± 3.86 0.085 0.933
Condom use at last sex with a woman 0.472 0.492
 Yes 145 (43.4) 93 (42.1) 52 (46.0)
 No 189 (56.6) 128 (57.9) 61 (54.0)