Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual risk behaviours among Peruvian MSM and TGW (n=334)
| Characteristics | MSM=294 | TGW=40 | P values |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age* | 25 (25–30) | 25. 5 (22–28) | 0.51† |
| Education | <0.001 | ||
| Primary/Secondary | 118 (40.1) | 30 (75) | |
| Tertiary (no degree) | 71 (24.2) | 5 (12.5) | |
| University (degree) | 105 (35.7) | 5 (12.5) | |
| Birthplace | |||
| Lima | 159 (54.1) | 4 (10) | <0.001 |
| Other | 135 (45.9) | 36 (90) | |
| Current relationship with a man | 0.849 | ||
| No | 194 (66) | 27 (67.5) | |
| Yes | 100 (34) | 13 (32.5) | |
| Current smoker | 0.769 | ||
| No | 199 (67.7) | 28 (70) | |
| Yes | 95 (32.3) | 12 (30) | |
| Sex partners‡ | 0.481§ | ||
| Mostly/only men | 256 (89.5) | 38 (97.4) | |
| Equally men and women | 17 (5.9) | 1 (2.6) | |
| Mostly/only women | 13 (4.6) | 0 (0) | |
| Sex role‡ | <0.001 | ||
| Insertive/mostly insertive | 53 (22.7) | 1 (2.6) | |
| Equally receptive and insertive | 98 (42.1) | 4 (10.5) | |
| Receptive/mostly receptive | 82 (35.2) | 33 (86.9) | |
| Age at first anal intercourse, years† | 0.044 | ||
| <14 | 49 (16.7) | 13 (32.5) | |
| 14–19 | 175 (59.5) | 21 (52.5) | |
| >19 | 70 (23.8) | 6 (15) | |
| Last anal sex without condom with a man‡ | 0.086 | ||
| No | 60 (28) | 4 (13.3) | |
| Yes | 154 (72) | 26 (86.7) | |
| Transactional sex | <0.001 | ||
| No | 221 (75.2) | 7 (17.5) | |
| Yes | 73 (24.8) | 33 (82.5) | |
| Past month sex and alcohol | 0.456 | ||
| No | 208 (70.7) | 26 (65) | |
| Yes | 86 (29.3) | 14 (35) | |
| Past month sex and drugs¶ | 0.091§ | ||
| No | 283 (96.3) | 36 (90) | |
| Yes | 11 (3.7) | 4 (10) | |
| Self-reported current STI symptoms | 0.644 | ||
| No | 223 (75.9) | 29 (72.5) | |
| Yes | 71 (24.1) | 11 (27.5) | |
| Belief in HIV transmission by saliva | 0.238§ | ||
| No | 269 (91.5) | 34 (85) | |
| Yes | 25 (8.5) | 6 (15) | |
| Confidence in rapid HIV blood test | 0.034§ | ||
| Low | 10 (3.4) | 5 (12.5) | |
| Medium | 126 (42.9) | 13 (32.5) | |
| High | 158 (53.7) | 22 (55) | |
| Ever heard about oral HIV test | 0.030 | ||
| No | 211 (71.8) | 22 (55) | |
| Yes | 83 (28.2) | 18 (45) | |
| Potential use of oral test at home‡ | 0.419 | ||
| No | 77 (26.6) | 8 (20.5) | |
| Yes | 213 (73.4) | 31 (79.5) | |
| HIV oral test acceptability | 0.342 | ||
| No | 42 (14.3) | 8 (20) | |
| Yes | 252 (85.7) | 32 (80) | |
*Median (IQR).
†Mann-Whitney test.
‡Because of missing data, not all variables sum to the total n.
§Fisher exact test, other analyses used the χ2test.
¶Marijuana, cocaine, poppers and other.
MSM, men who have sex with men; TGW, transgender women.