Table 1.
Demographics and vulnerability characteristics of study participants.
| Median age (IQR) | 27 (22-34) |
| Age category (%) | |
| ≤25 years old | 363 (43) |
| >25 years old | 475 (57) |
| Gender identity (%) | |
| Cis Male | 833 (99) |
| Transgender | 4 |
| Other | 1 |
| Schooling (%) | |
| ≤Elementary | 77 (9) |
| Middle | 365 (44) |
| High education | 396 (47) |
| Employment (%)a | |
| Formal employment | 329 (40) |
| Informal work | 158 (19) |
| Unemployed | 344 (41) |
| Income prior to the pandemicb | |
| <1 minimum wage | 219 (27) |
| 1-2 minimum wages | 388 (48) |
| 2-3 minimum wages | 116 (14) |
| 3-4 minimum wages | 44 (5) |
| >4 minimum wages | 48 (6) |
| Type of vulnerabilityc | |
| Men who have sex with men | 526 (63) |
| Illicit drugs or injecting steroids | 110 (13) |
| Other substances (including alcohol) | 536 (64) |
| Sex worker | 16 (2) |
| Partner of person living with HIV | 90 (11) |
Brazilian minimum wage currently corresponds to approximately 197 US dollars.
a
Missing for 7 participants.
b
Missing for 23 participants.
c
Participants were asked by the interviewer to indicate all that apply.