Sexual risk behaviour of bisexual (MSMW) versus homosexual (MSMO) men
| Characteristic | Total N | % MSMW† | Univariate OR (95% CI)‡ | Univariate p value | Adjusted OR§ 95% CI) | Adjusted p value |
| Man first had sex with* | ||||||
| Classmate/friend/colleague | 195 | 42 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Relative | 47 | 32 | 0.65 (0.32 to 1.31) | 0.220 | 0.76 (0.20 to 2.84) | 0.681 |
| Paying client/MSW | 23 | 65 | 2.58 (0.95 to 7.01) | 0.062 | 3.80 (0.98 to 14.6) | 0.053 |
| Stranger | 79 | 38 | 0.84 (0.51 to 1.40) | 0.507 | 0.66 (0.30 to 1.45) | 0.296 |
| Ever sold sex to another man | ||||||
| No | 210 | 58 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 147 | 17 | 0.15 (0.08 to 0.27) | <0.001 | 0.34 (0.12 to 0.96) | 0.041 |
| Ever had non-commercial male partners | ||||||
| No | 132 | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 224 | 48 | 2.16 (1.27 to 3.68) | 0.005 | 1.13 (0.47 to 2.69) | 0.787 |
| Ever had anal sex with known non-commercial men | ||||||
| No | 24 | 58 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 167 | 48 | 0.66 (0.28 to 1.54) | 0.327 | 0.70 (0.08 to 5.97) | 0.736 |
| Type of anal sex with known non-commercial men¶ | ||||||
| Insertive | 64 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Receptive | 61 | 28 | 0.16 (0.07 to 0.39) | <0.001 | 0.15 (0.03 to 0.69) | 0.016 |
| Both insertive and receptive | 42 | 43 | 0.34 (0.13 to 0.77) | 0.013 | 0.44 (0.06 to 3.08) | 0.398 |
| Ever had anal sex with unknown non-commercial men | ||||||
| No | 14 | 43 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 103 | 44 | 1.03 (0.36 to 2.96) | 0.949 | 1.74 (0.28 to 10.7) | 0.543 |
| Type of anal sex with unknown non-commercial men¶ | ||||||
| Insertive | 32 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Receptive | 47 | 30 | 0.29 (0.11 to 0.78) | 0.015 | 0.02 (0.00 to 2.92) | 0.116 |
| Both insertive and receptive | 15 | 60 | 1.03 (0.34 to 3.07) | 0.962 | 0.88 (0.63 to 1.24) | 0.467 |
| Ever bought sex from MSW | ||||||
| No | 245 | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 112 | 69 | 5.61 (3.34 to 9.42) | <0.001 | 4.06 (1.82 to 9.08) | 0.001 |
| Ever bought sex from hijra sex worker | ||||||
| No | 298 | 36 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 58 | 67 | 3.81 (1.94 to 7.51) | <0.001 | 5.47 (1.95 to 15.3) | 0.002 |
↵* Does not add up to 100% as some respondents answered ‘other’.
↵† The percentage of men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) only reporting each behaviour.
↵‡ The reference category for the odds ratio (OR) is men who have sex with men only (MSMO) with MSMW as the comparison group.
↵§ Odds ratio adjusted for age, age at first sex with a man, cruising site, marital status and sexual identity.
↵¶ These questions were only answered by those respondents who had ever had sex with known/unknown non-commercial men and therefore the total does not add up to the total number of individuals in the sample.
MSW, male sex worker.