Table 4.
Exposure to psychosocial stressors 1 of the interviewed men who have sex with men, Manzanillo, Mexico.
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Transgender identity | Yes | 34 | 23.9 |
No | 108 | 76.1 | |
Level of social marginality 2 | High | 54 | 38.0 |
Medium/low | 88 | 62.0 | |
Sexual work experience within the last six months | Yes | 64 | 45.1 |
No | 78 | 54.9 | |
Survival sex experience within the last year | Yes | 96 | 67.6 |
No | 46 | 32.4 | |
Intimate partner violence within the last year | Yes | 66 | 64.5 |
No | 76 | 53.5 | |
Sexual abuse experience | Yes | 32 | 22.5 |
No | 110 | 77.5 | |
Imprisonment experience | Yes | 24 | 16.9 |
No | 118 | 83.1 |
1 Syndemic exposure to psychosocial stressors: yes (3–7 events) = 49.3%; no (0–2 events) = 50.7%; 2 This variable was added to the syndemic scale when individuals had high marginality.