Table 1 Selected socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of the study participants
CHARACTERISTIC | |
|---|---|
Age, median (IQR), years (n=346) | 32 (27-39) |
Ethnicity (%) (n=346) | |
Caucasian | 97.1 |
Hispanic | 2.6 |
Asiatic | 0.3 |
Education (%) (n=250) | |
high-school or less | 52.4 |
university or more | 47.6 |
Annual incomea (%) (n=251) | |
low | 48.2 |
medium | 42.6 |
high | 9.2 |
Age at first intercourse with a man, median (IQR), years (n=254) | 19 (17-23) |
N. lifetime male sex partners, median (IQR) (n=245) | 50 (20-200) |
N. male sex partners in previous 6 monthsb, median (IQR) (n=264) | 5 (2-10) |
Partnership in previous 6 monthsb (%) (n=264) | |
steady partner only | 14.0 |
steady and casual partners | 23.9 |
casual partners only | 62.1 |
Anal sex practices in previous 6 monthsb (%) (n=227) | |
insertive only | 25.1 |
receptive only | 8.8 |
receptive and insertive | 66.1 |
Condom use during receptive intercourse in previous 6 monthsb (%) (n=170) | |
always | 77.6 |
more than half times | 15.9 |
up to half times | 2.9 |
never | 3.5 |
STI historyc (%) (n=264) | |
No | 59.1 |
Yesd | 40.9 |
Genital herpes | 4.6 |
Syphilis | 31.5 |
Gonorrhea (any site) | 35.2 |
Ano-genital warts | 46.3 |