Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics, sexual risk and infection status of men who have sex with men, Morocco, 2010–2011

	Agadir (N=323)			Marrakech (N=346)
	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI
Age (years)
≤24	235	78.2	71.8 to 83.8	228	75.6	68.7 to 81.5
25+	88	21.8	16.2 to 28.2	117	24.4	18.3 to 31.4
Current education level
None/Koranic	16	8.3	4.1 to 15.2	33	10.3	6.0 to 15.1
Primary	80	21.0	14.7 to 27.4	100	24.8	19.3 to 30.9
Secondary/professional	198	61.9	52.5 to 68.2	206	64.3	57.0 to 71.1
College/> secondary	29	8.7	4.5 to 15.7	6	0.7	0.2 to 1.4
Current employment status
None	163	50.6	42.3 to 59.1	189	55.0	46.6 to 63.6
Employed	74	21.9	15.8 to 28.8	78	18.5	13.4 to 24.2
Student	86	27.5	20.2 to 35.3	79	26.5	18.5 to 34.7
Marital status
Single	308	96.2	93.4 to 98.4	330	97.2	94.7 to 99.0
Married	13	3.5	1.3 to 6.2	5	0.9	0 to 2.5
Divorced	2	0.3	0 to 0.8	10	2.0	0.5 to 4.0
Sexual orientation
None	13	1.9	0.9 to 3.5	–	–	–
Homosexual/gay	102	25.1	18.0 to 32.8	88	21.0	14.2 to 28.3
Bisexual	182	67.3	59.0 to 74.3	224	69.8	62.8 to 76.6
Heterosexual	7	3.0	1.0 to 5.7	32	8.8	5.5 to 13.0
Transsexual	4	2.3	0 to 6.6	1	0.4	0 to 1.0
Other	2	0.5	0 to 1.3	–	–	–
Current type of relationship
Not in a stable relationship	61	15.8	10.9 to 20.9	85	25.3	18.8 to 32.7
As a couple with a man	57	25.2	18.0 to 32.7	89	27.8	20.7 to 34.3
As a couple with a woman	26	7.6	4.3 to 11.6	46	12.3	8.3 to 17.6
As a couple with a man and woman	178	51.5	43.9 to 59.1	124	34.5	27.6 to 41.5
Paid money or goods for sex (past 6 months)
Yes	52	17.3	11.5 to 23.4	50	13.8	8.9 to 19.7
No	270	82.7	76.6 to 88.5	290	86.2	80.3 to 91.1
Received money or goods for sex in past 6 months
Yes	214	64.7	58.1 to 72.1	234	65.6	57.6 to 72.9
No	108	35.3	27.9 to 41.9	109	34.4	27.1 to 42.4
Condom use—last anal sex with male commercial sex partner
Yes	125	59.0	42.4 to 69.0	93	31.3	21.0 to 44.8
No	82	41.0	31.0 to 57.6	154	68.7	55.2 to 79.1
Anal sex—occasional male sex partners (past 6 months)
Yes	245	78.0	71.0 to 83.8	179	52.7	44.1 to 60.0
No	77	22.0	16.2 to 29.0	165	47.3	40.0 to 55.9
Condom use—last anal sex with occasional male sex partner
Yes	117	49.3	35.0 to 61.1	62	37.1	22.6 to 56.5
No	94	50.0	38.3 to 64.3	110	62.9	43.5 to 77.5
Anal sex—regular male sex partners (past 6 months)
Yes	158	44.0	37.0 to 51.3	114	32.2	24.9 to 39.0
No	165	56.0	48.7 to 63.0	232	67.8	61.0 to 75.2
Condom use—last anal sex with regular male sex partner
Yes	106	46.5	35.9 to 62.5	50	40.9	17.7 to 62.1
No	93	53.5	37.5 to 64.1	73	59.1	37.9 to 82.3
Ever had sex with a woman
Yes	224	80.9	74.5 to 85.7	282	83.0	75.9 to 89.2
No	99	19.1	13.3 to 25.5	62	17.0	10.8 to 24.1
Number of female sex partners (past 6 months)
0	6	1.2	0 to 2.5	34	11.3	5.2 to 17.6
1	42	19.0	9.0 to 25.3	68	24.0	15.8 to 30.2
2–4	73	35.4	28.6 to 48.8	95	36.1	28.2 to 45.5
≥5	100	44.3	34.3 to 54.2	87	28.6	22.5 to 37.8
Condom use—last sex with female sex partner
Yes	109	47.2	32.5 to 54.9	75	29.2	19.8 to 37.2
No	107	52.8	45.1 to 67.5	175	70.8	62.8 to 80.2
HIV status
Negative	303	94.4	90.3 to 97.7	332	97.2	95.0 to 99.1
Positive	19	5.6	2.3 to 9.8	14	2.8	0.9 to 5.0
Syphilis status
Negative	285	93.0	89.6 to 96.1	304	89.2	83.9 to 94.7
Positive	37	7.0	4.0 to 10.4	36	10.8	5.3 to 16.1