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Table 2 Demographic and behavioural characteristics of consultations with male sex workers, female sex workers and MSM. Description of data: Demographic and behavioural characteristics of the male sex workers, female sex workers and MSM consultations

From: High burden of STI and HIV in male sex workers working as internet escorts for men in an observational study: a hidden key population compared with female sex workers and other men who have sex with men

 

Consultations with male sex workers

Consultations with female sex workers

 

Consultations with men who have sex with men (MSM)

 
 

n = 212

n = 801

 

n = 2703

 

Age

  

a

 

a

Younger than 25 years

64 % (136)

13 % (104)

 

25 % (687)

 

25 years and older

36 % (76)

87 % (697)

 

75 % (2016)

 

Ethnicity

  

a, b

 

a, b

Eastern Europe

88 % (172)

23 % (144)

 

2 % (42)

 

Europe (other)/ North America

4 % (8)

64 % (404)

 

92 % (2242)

 

Africa/ Asia / Latin America

8 % (16)

14 % (86)

 

6 % (147)

 

Unknown

(16)

(167)

 

(272)

 

Having sex with men (%) in the past 6 months

100 % (212)

100 % (801)

 

100 % (2703)

 

Having sex with women (%) in the past 6 months

58 % (123)

15 % (120)

a

28 % (753)

a

Number of sex partners in the past 6 months

  

a

 

a

1–3

13 % (26)

14 % (80)

 

47 % (1205)

 

4–49

47 % (93)

15 % (87)

 

52 % (1342)

 

≥50

40 % (80)

71 % (408)

 

1 % (38)

 

Had sexual contact with a commercial sex worker in the past 6 months

17 % (36)

0 % (0)

a

3 % (75)

a

Hepatitis B vaccination status

  

a

 

a

Not vaccinated

26 % (54)

17 % (137)

 

15 % (404)

 

Vaccination series not yet complete

45 % (96)

31 % (244)

 

20 % (531)

 

Fully vaccinated

29 % (61)

52 % (412)

 

65 % (1713)

 

Positive STI history in the past 2 years

42 % (88)

31 % (243)

a

44 % (1179)

 

Known to be HIV positive

5 % (11)

1 % (7)

a

10 % (252)

a

  1. a Variable differs significantly (p < 0.05) between category and reference category male sex workers
  2. b Ethnicity is the only variable with few missing data (‘Ethnicity unknown’). All other characteristics have no missing data