Young male sex workers are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, a cross-sectional study from Dutch STI clinics, the Netherlands, 2006–2012

Table 1 Characteristics of MSW attending STI clinics in the Netherlands, 2006–2012

	MSW (N = 3,053)
	Number^a	%
Age group
15–24 years	789	26
25–34 years	1,252	41
≥ 35 years	1,011	33
Country/Area of origin
The Netherlands	1,511	50
Eastern Europe	620	20
Other European countries	134	4
Latin America	437	14
Sub-Saharan Africa	40	1
Asia	57	2
Turkey/Morocca	127	4
Other or unknown	124	4
Self-defined sexual preference
Heterosexual	855	28
Homo/bisexual	2,183	72
Intravenous drug user in the past 6 months
No	2,919	98
Yes	64	2
Previous bacterial STI^b in the past 2 years
No	2,208	84
Yes	429	16
Previous HIV test
No	648	22
Yes	2,345	78
HIV result among MSW previously tested
Positive test	207	9
Negative test	2,138	91

^aMissing data: 1 for age, 3 for Country/area of origin, 15 for self-defined sexual preference, 70 for intravenous drug use, 416 for previous bacterial STI, 60 for previous HIV test
^bChlamydia, gonorrhoea and/or syphilis

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