Table 1 Demographic and sexual behavior characteristics among men who have sex with men, stratified by region
From: Regional disparity of HIV incidence and prevalence among men who have sex with men
Variable | Categories | Total % | Region (%) | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico city | South | Centre | Northeast | Northwest | West | ||||
Age (years) | ≥ 41 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 5.0 | < 0.001& |
31–40 | 18.8 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 15.7 | ||
21–30 | 54.0 | 54.6 | 60.7 | 55.5 | 48.9 | 46.8 | 58.1 | ||
18–20 | 18.0 | 16.4 | 22.7 | 24.7 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 21.2 | ||
Wealth index | Low | 10.5 | 9.0 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 8.8 | < 0.001& |
Medium | 22.0 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 23.5 | 21.0 | ||
High | 67.4 | 70.6 | 58.7 | 63.9 | 63.2 | 62.7 | 70.2 | ||
Health service | HIV Specialized Clinic | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | < 0.001& |
Government | 16.1 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 19.2 | ||
Private | 12.4 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 11.6 | ||
No service used | 70.6 | 68.3 | 68.0 | 71.0 | 75.4 | 78.2 | 68.8 | ||
HIV test offered | ≥ 6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | < 0.001& |
1–5 | 34.9 | 37.5 | 33.0 | 26.8 | 27.5 | 40.0 | 37.5 | ||
None | 61.9 | 59.4 | 64.3 | 71.9 | 70.1 | 55.1 | 57.4 | ||
HIV test | Government | 29.3 | 31.4 | 30.3 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 33.1 | 26.8 | < 0.001& |
Private | 12.5 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 12.8 | ||
No test | 51.9 | 50.9 | 47.7 | 55.9 | 56.4 | 48.1 | 51.8 | ||
Meeting points | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 8.6 | ||
Age of sexual debut with men | 8–14 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 20.2 | < 0.001& |
15–19 | 55.5 | 54.9 | 59.0 | 58.9 | 52.0 | 51.6 | 59.1 | ||
≥ 20 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 27.3 | 26.0 | 20.7 | ||
Sexual partners gender | Men only | 87.4 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 86.4 | 83.1 | 82.6 | 91.3 | < 0.001& |
Men and women | 12.6 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 8.7 | ||
Rewarded sex | Yes | 26.7 | 26.7 | 35.3 | 24.0 | 26.6 | 28.0 | 25.9 | 0.007& |
No | 73.3 | 73.3 | 64.7 | 76.0 | 73.4 | 72.0 | 74.1 | ||
Last sexual partner HIV status | I know he has HIV | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | < 0.001& |
I don’t know if he has HIV | 38.4 | 40.4 | 33.7 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 37.4 | ||
I think he does not have HIV | 20.0 | 20.5 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 20.4 | ||
I know he does not have HIV | 37.6 | 34.1 | 48.3 | 41.8 | 38.9 | 39.3 | 38.9 | ||
Known people with HIV/AIDS | Yes | 55.2 | 61.6 | 56.3 | 46.9 | 46.2 | 55.1 | 49.6 | < 0.001& |
No | 44.8 | 38.4 | 43.7 | 53.1 | 53.8 | 44.9 | 50.4 | ||
Number of sexual partners | No answer | 7.0 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 6.1 | < 0.001& |
≥ 11 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
2–10 | 27.2 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 25.6 | 23.4 | 26.3 | 24.9 | ||
0–1 | 64.1 | 61.3 | 60.7 | 63.6 | 72.0 | 65.7 | 67.7 | ||
Condom use | No answer | 5.9 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 6.0 | < 0.001& |
None | 16.1 | 14.4 | 22.0 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 18.9 | 15.5 | ||
1–2 times | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 17.8 | 19.2 | ||
3 times | 61.5 | 63.6 | 53.0 | 58.9 | 66.2 | 57.0 | 59.3 | ||
Sexual role | No answer | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 6.4 | < 0.001& |
Receptive | 21.3 | 20.8 | 23.7 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 22.1 | 18.8 | ||
Both | 46.6 | 47.5 | 40.0 | 47.6 | 44.5 | 41.6 | 50.3 | ||
Insertive | 25.8 | 25.3 | 27.7 | 22.9 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 24.5 | ||