Table 2. Socio-demographic and behavioral risk factors of young (18–24 year old) and older adult (25+) Men who have sex with men (MSM) participants, Mozambique 2012.

	18–24		25+		p-value
	n	%	n	%
Single or never married	1022	90.4	176	59.3	<0.001
Secondary education level or higher	956	84.5	235	79.1	0.028
Currently employed	601	53.1	254	85.5	<0.001
Uncircumcised	395	34.9	115	38.7	0.221
Experienced stigma in the last 12 months	112	9.9	17	5.7	0.026
Did not seek health services in the last 12 months	604	53.4	126	42.4	0.001
Low perception of HIV riska	790	72.3	157	56.7	<0.001
Lack of comprehensive HIV knowledge	529	46.7	134	45.1	0.620
Never had HIV test	481	42.5	82	27.7	<0.001
HIV infection	36	3.3	78	27.0	<0.001
Self-reported STI	127	11.2	61	20.5	<0.001
No access to comprehensive prevention servicesb	760	67.1	202	68.0	0.775
Binge drinkingc	347	31.6	126	43.8	<0.001
Illicit drug use in the last 12 months	101	8.9	38	12.8	0.045
Physical Violence in the last 12 months	43	3.8	8	2.7	0.366
Sexual Violence in the last 12 months	14	1.2	4	1.4	0.776
Less than 15 years old at first anal sexual experience	108	9.6	14	4.8	0.023
2+ male anal sex partnersd	494	45.6	138	48.3	0.426
Concurrent male and female sexual partner in the last 12 months	560	49.5	176	59.3	0.003
Receptive anal sex in the last 12 months	411	36.3	112	37.7	0.655
Insertive anal sex in the last 12 months	967	85.4	252	84.9	0.803
No Condom use at last sexual encounter	304	27.0	96	32.5	0.060
Paid or received sex in exchange for money in the last 12 months	484	42.8	152	51.2	0.010

*Significance level assessed at p<0.05

^a Analysis excludes those with knowledge of HIV-positive status

^b Contact with a peer educator and received free condoms, lubricants, and Information education and communication (IEC) materials

^c Binge drinking defined as having six or more drinks in one occasion multiple times in the past week or month.

^d Analysis only includes MSM who reported anal sex in last 12 months.