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Table 2 General characteristics of the participants of the HIV Testing Week 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

From: HIV testing week 2015: lowering barriers for HIV testing among high-risk groups in Amsterdam

General characteristics (N = 1231)

Years (IQRa) n/N (%)

Median age

33.0 (26–45)

Gender

 Male

716 (58.2%)

 Female

484 (39.3%)

 Transgender

3 (0.2%)

 Unknown

28 (2.3%)

Sexual orientation menb

 Men who have sex with men:

304 (24.7%)

  Homosexual men

164 (13.3%)

  Bisexual men

140 (11.4%)

 Heterosexual men

400 (32.5%)

 Unknown

12 (1.0%)

Ethnicity

 Dutch native

497 (40.4%)

 First-generationcmigrant from a non-Westernd country

275 (22.3%)

 Second-generatione migrant from a non-Western country

193 (15.7%)

 First-generation migrant from a Western country

101 (8.2%)

 Second-generation migrant from a Western country

26 (2.1%)

 Unknown

139 (11.3%)

  1. ainterquartile range
  2. b% of total study population
  3. cfirst-generation migrant = participant is born in a country other than the Netherlands
  4. daccording to a country list of the Dutch central agency of statistics (CBS)
  5. esecond-generation migrant = at least one of the parents of the paricipant is born in a country other than the Netherlands