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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Papillomavirus Res. 2015 Oct 8;1:126–135. doi: 10.1016/j.pvr.2015.09.001

Table 1.

Distribution of baseline demographic and behavioral characteristics by age group.

Characteristics Overall (N=4085) Age group
18–24 (N=1231) 25–34 (N=1245) 35–44 (N=1082) 45–54 (N=351) 55–70 (N=176)
Country of residence, N (%)
US 1326 (32.5) 734 (59.6) 209 (16.8) 210 (19.4) 99 (28.2) 74 (42.0)
Brazil 1410 (34.5) 261 (21.2) 509 (40.9) 462 (42.7) 123 (35.0) 55 (31.3)
Mexico 1349 (33.0) 236 (19.2) 527 (42.3) 410 (37.9) 129 (36.8) 47 (26.7)
Race, N (%)
White 1818 (44.5) 668 (54.3) 460 (36.9) 445 (41.1) 144 (41.0) 101 (57.4)
Black 636 (15.6) 152 (12.3) 210 (16.9) 180 (16.6) 69 (19.7) 25 (14.2)
Asian/pacific islander 112 (2.7) 81 (6.6) 13 (1.0) 16 (1.5) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6)
Other/mixed race 1334 (32.7) 248 (20.1) 506 (40.6) 403 (37.2) 129 (36.8) 48 (27.3)
Refused 185 (4.5) 82 (6.7) 56 (4.5) 38 (3.5) 8 (2.3) 1 (0.6)
Education (years), N (%)
<12 905 (22.2) 142 (11.5) 324 (26.0) 295 (27.3) 95 (27.1) 49 (27.8)
12 1086 (26.6) 340 (27.6) 347 (27.9) 301 (27.8) 79 (22.5) 19 (10.8)
13–15 1035 (25.3) 565 (45.9) 178 (14.3) 176 (16.3) 71 (20.2) 45 (25.6)
16 785 (19.2) 161 (13.1) 305 (24.5) 212 (19.6) 69 (19.7) 38 (21.6)
≥17 249 (6.1) 16 (1.3) 82 (6.6) 93 (8.6) 35 (10.0) 23 (13.1)
Refused 25 (0.6) 7 (0.6) 9 (0.7) 5 (0.5) 2 (0.6) 2 (1.1)
Marital status, N (%)
Single 1833 (44.9) 1066 (86.6) 500 (40.2) 205 (18.9) 48 (13.7) 14 (8.0)
Married 1391 (34.1) 73 (5.9) 437 (35.1) 580 (53.6) 189 (53.8) 112 (63.6)
Cohabiting 484 (11.8) 80 (6.5) 212 (17.0) 148 (13.7) 39 (11.1) 5 (2.8)
Divorced/separated/widowed 355 (8.7) 6 (0.5) 87 (7.0) 144 (13.3) 74 (21.1) 44 (25.0)
Refused 22 (0.5) 6 (0.5) 9 (0.7) 5 (0.5) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6)
Current smoker, N (%)
No 3105 (76.0) 978 (79.4) 888 (71.3) 825 (76.2) 264 (75.2) 150 (85.2)
Yes 961 (23.5) 247 (20.1) 350 (28.1) 253 (23.4) 86 (24.5) 25 (14.2)
Refused 19 (0.5) 6 (0.5) 7 (0.6) 4 (0.4) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6)
Circumcision, N (%)
No 2570 (62.9) 582 (47.3) 929 (74.6) 746 (68.9) 220 (62.7) 93 (52.8)
Yes 1515 (37.1) 649 (52.7) 316 (25.4) 336 (31.1) 131 (37.3) 83 (47.2)
HPV status at baseline
Positive 2135 (52.3) 544 (44.2) 725 (58.2) 588 (54.3) 185 (52.7) 93 (52.8)
Negative 1950 (47.7) 687 (55.8) 520 (41.8) 494 (45.7) 166 (47.3) 83 (47.2)
Lifetime number of female sex partners, N (%)
0–1 719 (17.6) 339 (27.5) 171 (13.7) 153 (14.1) 40 (11.4) 16 (9.1)
2–9 1621 (39.7) 588 (47.8) 517 (41.5) 365 (33.7) 103 (29.3) 48 (27.3)
10–49 1273 (31.2) 240 (19.5) 414 (33.3) 400 (37.0) 149 (42.5) 70 (39.8)
≥50 228 (5.6) 21 (1.7) 59 (4.7) 92 (8.5) 29 (8.3) 27 (15.3)
Refused 244 (6.0) 43 (3.5) 84 (6.7) 72 (6.7) 30 (8.5) 15 (8.5)
Number of recent female sex partners (within past six months), N (%)
0 1229 (30.1) 347 (28.2) 349 (28.0) 347 (32.1) 115 (32.8) 71 (40.3)
1 1654 (40.5) 514 (41.8) 496 (39.8) 420 (38.8) 154 (43.9) 70 (39.8)
2 525 (12.9) 163 (13.2) 171 (13.7) 138 (12.8) 39 (11.1) 14 (8.0)
≥3 528 (12.9) 183 (14.9) 173 (13.9) 135 (12.5) 23 (6.6) 14 (8.0)
Refused 149 (3.6) 24 (1.9) 56 (4.5) 42 (3.9) 20 (5.7) 7 (4.0)
Lifetime number of male anal sex partners, N (%)
0–1 3619 (88.6) 1124 (91.3) 1088 (87.4) 940 (86.9) 313 (89.2) 154 (87.5)
2–9 232 (5.7) 57 (4.6) 67 (5.4) 77 (7.1) 17 (4.8) 14 (8.0)
≥10 162 (4.0) 39 (3.2) 61 (4.9) 44 (4.1) 14 (4.0) 4 (2.3)
Refused 72 (1.8) 11 (0.9) 29 (2.3) 21 (1.9) 7 (2.0) 4 (2.3)
Number of recent male anal sex partners (within past months), N (%)
0 3832 (93.8) 1151 (93.5) 1149 (92.3) 1023 (94.5) 336 (95.7) 173 (98.3)
≥1 244 (6.0) 78 (6.3) 92 (7.4) 57 (5.3) 14 (4.0) 3 (1.7)
Refused 9 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 4 (0.3) 2 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)

P values were derived using Monte Carlo estimation of the exact Pearson chi-squared test and were significant (P < 0.05) for all variables except lifetime number of male anal sex partners. Data reflect responses collected at baseline.