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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the EMIS-2010 sample, total and grouped by transactional sex behavior (N = 160,719)

From: Links between transactional sex and HIV/STI-risk and substance use among a large sample of European men who have sex with men

 

Frequent selling

Frequent buying

Not frequent TS

Total sample

n = 1650

n = 4910

n = 154,159

n = 160,719

Age

 <20 yrs

182 (11.1)

29 (0.6)

8400 (5.5)

8599 (5.4)

 20–24 yrs

457 (27.6)

121 (2.5)

26,538 (17.1)

27,097 (16.8)

 25–29 yrs

375 (22.7)

297 (6.0)

27,875 (18.1)

28,530 (17.8)

 30–39 yrs

420 (25.5)

1242 (25.3)

44,978 (29.2)

46,664 (29.0)

 ≥40 yrs

216 (13.1)

3221 (65.6)

46,368 (30.1)

49,829 (31.0)

Education 1

 High (ISCED 5–6)

568 (34.9)

2837 (58.0)

77,744 (50.6)

81,142 (50.7)

 Mid (ISCED 3–4)

763 (46.9)

1711 (35.0)

63,900 (41.6)

66,366 (41.5)

 Low (ISCED 1–2)

296 (18.2)

340 (7.0)

11,850 (7.8)

12,508 (7.8)

Sexual orientation

 Gay or homosexual

1155 (70.3)

3674 (75.1)

120,232 (78.1)

125,028 (78.1)

 Bisexual

289 (17.6)

843 (17.2)

21,539 (14.0)

22,394 (14.0)

 Straight or heterosexual

24 (1.5)

28 (0.6)

824 (0.5)

873 (0.5)

 Other or don’t use a term

176 (10.7)

347 (7.1)

11,225 (7.4)

11,774 (7.4)

Relationship status

 Steady relationship with man/men

657 (39.9)

1592 (32.4)

64,502 (41.9)

66,808 (41.7)

 Steady relationship with woman/women

83 (5.0)

464 (9.5)

8337 (5.4)

8831 (5.5)

 Steady relationship with man and woman

21 (1.3)

43 (0.9)

790 (0.5)

854 (0.5)

 Single

886 (53.8)

2811 (57.2)

80,225 (52.1)

83,901 (52.3)

Occupation

 Employed full- or part time

984 (60.1)

3063 (62.6)

111,168 (72.3)

116,212 (72.5)

 Unemployed

226 (13.8)

174 (3.5)

9107 (5.9)

9498 (5.9)

 Self-employed

358 (21.9)

1017 (20.8)

17,766 (11.6)

19,135 (11.9)

 Student

262 (16.0)

86 (1.8)

23,303 (15.2)

23,681 (14.8)

 Retired

22 (1.3)

336 (6.9)

3514 (2.3)

3866 (2.4)

 Other

142 (8.7)

216 (4.4)

6600 (4.3)

6952 (4.3)

Closeted about sexual identity

 Out to no-one or very few

381 (23.4)

1784 (36.5)

44,733 (29.2)

46,908 (29.3)

 Out to more than a few

1247 (76.6)

3097 (63.5)

108,697 (70.8)

113,031 (70.7)

Settlement size

 ≥500,000

975 (61.3)

2549 (53.9)

69,393 (46.1)

72,912 (46.5)

 <500,000

616 (38.7)

2176 (46.1)

81,091 (53.9)

83,891 (53.5)

Region of residence

 WHO “Western Europe”

1404 (85.1)

4320 (88.0)

132,315 (85.8)

138,024 (85.9)

 WHO “Central Europe”

163 (9.9)

315 (6.4)

13,968 (9.1)

14,469 (9.0)

 WHO “Eastern Europe”

83 (5.0)

274 (5.6)

7876 (5.1)

8226 (5.1)

Born in country of residence

 Yes

1189 (73.6)

3988 (84.5)

129,526 (86.0)

134,773 (85.9)

 No, born in another country

427 (26.4)

732 (15.5)

21,121 (14.0)

21,198 (13.6)

  1. Legend: ISCED International Classification of Education (1997), where ISCED 1 is primary education and ISCED 6 is the second stage of tertiary education (e.g.,Ph.D.). TS Transactional sex. Region of residence were grouped into the World Health Organization European sub-regions