Web-only table 1. Selected demographic characteristics of PLHIV with a regular or a casual sexual partner. |
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Characteristic |
Frequency (%) |
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Regular partner (n = 3 827) |
Casual partner (n = 2 044) |
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Country |
|
|
Bangladesh |
391 (10.2) |
35 (1.7) |
Indonesia |
707 (18.5) |
572 (28.0) |
Lao PDR |
273 (7.1) |
72 (3.5) |
Nepal |
759 (19.8) |
228 (11.2) |
Pakistan |
303 (7.9) |
171 (8.3) |
Philippines |
348 (9.1) |
537 (26.3) |
Vietnam |
1 046 (27.3) |
429 (21.0) |
Age |
|
|
Mean (SD) |
34.7 (6.6) |
32.0 (6.8) |
Sex |
|
|
Male |
2 332 (60.9) |
1 440 (70.5) |
Female |
1 457 (38.1) |
450 (22.0) |
Transgender |
38 (1.0) |
154 (7.5) |
Education |
|
|
Illiterate |
385 (10.1) |
111 (5.4) |
Can read and write/Primary level |
1 006 (26.3) |
324 (15.9) |
Secondary level and above |
2 410 (63.0) |
1 592 (77.9) |
Othera |
26 (0.7) |
17 (0.8) |
Occupation |
|
|
Unemployed |
657 (17.2) |
404 (19.8) |
Employed |
3 170 (82.8) |
1 640 (80.2) |
Income (USD) |
|
|
Mean (SD) |
127.0 (169.2) |
188.7 (215.9) |
Living area |
|
|
Large town or city |
1 961 (51.3) |
1 394 (68.3) |
Small town |
670 (17.5) |
390 (19.1) |
Rural area |
1 190 (31.1) |
258 (12.6) |
NGO/CBO member |
1 717 (44.9) |
706 (34.6) |
Key populationsb |
|
|
MSM |
390 (10.2) |
746 (36.5) |
Lesbian |
10 (0.3) |
10 (0.5) |
Sex worker |
414 (10.9) |
538 (26.4) |
Injecting drug user |
1 091 (28.6) |
516 (25.3) |
Refugee |
159 (4.2) |
96 (4.7) |
Domestic migrant worker |
203 (5.3) |
42 (2.1) |
International migrant worker |
628 (16.5) |
136 (6.7) |
Prisoner |
111 (2.9) |
52 (2.6) |
Note. NGO = nongovernmental organization; CBO = community-based organization; MSM = men who have sex with men; SD= Standard deviation a Participants were asked to specify, most frequent answers were “vocational” and “can sign only”. b Multiple responses were possible. |