Participants' Sociodemographic Profile and Risk Behaviors and HIV and Syphilis Prevalence (N=247)
Characteristics | No. (%) |
---|---|
Age group, years | |
<20 | 70 (28) |
20–24 | 101 (41) |
>25 | 76 (31) |
Occupation | |
Student | 111 (45) |
Service | 63 (26) |
Others | 73 (29) |
Faced violence during/after sex with male partners | |
Yes | 25 (10) |
No | 222 (90) |
Preferred social media platforms | |
Grindr | 161 (22) |
143 (20) | |
139 (19) | |
PlanetRomeo | 65 (9) |
Others | 218 (30) |
Received cash or kind for sex with a man in previous year | |
Yes | 59 (24) |
No | 188 (76) |
Paid cash or kind for sex with a man in previous year | |
Yes | 22(9) |
No | 225 (91) |
Participated in group sex | |
Yes | 27 (11) |
No | 220 (89) |
Uses alcohol and/or drugs during sex | |
Sometimes/often | 73 (30) |
Never | 174 (70) |
Condom use during anal sex (last 10 acts) | |
Consistent | 139 (56) |
Inconsistent | 87 (35) |
Never | 21 (9) |
Never tested for HIV previously | 244 (99) |
Positive HIV test result | 8 (3.2) |
High-titer syphilis (RPR titer ≥ 1:8) | 22 (8.9) |
Abbreviation: RPR, rapid plasma reagin.