Skip to main content

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and behavioral risk factors in people receiving rapid HIV testing in a mobile program (Madrid, 2008)

From: Preferred HIV testing services and programme characteristics among clients of a rapid HIV testing programme

 

Men (N = 1997)

Women (N = 1123)

Total (N = 3120)

 

MSM

MSW

(MSM vs MSW)

 

(MSW vs women)

 
 

(N = 1100)

(N = 897)

    
 

N

%

N

%

p

N

%

 p

N

%

Age group (years)

    

0.149

  

0.000

  

 <25

300

28.4

215

25.1

 

400

37.2

 

919

30.5

 25-29

278

26.3

254

29.6

 

335

31.2

 

875

29.0

 ≥30

480

45.4

390

45.4

 

339

31.6

 

1220

40.5

Country of birth

    

0.472

  

0.059

  

 Spain

712

66.2

575

65.2

 

688

63.3

 

1984

64.6

 Other developed countriesa

62

5.8

51

5.8

 

71

6.5

 

185

6.0

 Latin America

276

25.7

225

25.5

 

306

28.2

 

818

26.7

 Other developing countries

25

2.3

31

3.5

 

22

2.0

 

82

2.7

Educational level

    

0.002

  

0.000

  

 Primary

177

16.2

175

19.7

 

158

14.2

 

520

16.7

 Secondary

345

31.7

322

36.3

 

344

30.9

 

1020

32.7

 University

568

52.1

391

44.0

 

612

54.9

 

1577

50.6

Marital status

    

0.000

  

0.000

  

 Married

75

6.9

103

11.6

 

73

6.5

 

253

8.1

 Not married

1015

93.1

788

88.4

 

1045

93.4

 

2870

91.9

Resident in Madrid (last 12 months)

783

72.0

667

75.1

0.000

831

74.4

0.014

2299

73.7

Employment status (last 12 months)

    

0.260

  

0.010

  

 Regular employment

808

74.5

649

73.2

 

755

68.1

 

2227

71.7

 No regular employment

134

12.4

134

15.1

 

162

14.6

 

433

13.9

 Other

142

13.1

104

11.7

 

192

17.3

 

445

14.3

≥2 sexual partners and inconsistent condom use (last 12 months)

652

66.1

488

58.5

0.000

540

53.3

0.470

1680

59.3

Ever been paid for sex

145

14.7

46

5.5

0.000

65

6.0

0.726

257

8.8

Ever paid for sex

272

27.0

476

55.6

0.000

21

1.9

0.000

775

26.0

Reported STI (lifetime)

480

48.0

131

17.2

0.000

206

20.7

0.126

822

29.8

Ever injected drugs

29

2.8

27

3.3

0.518

21

1.9

0.051

78

2.6

Previous HIV testing

783

74.3

380

44.5

0.000

480

43.8

0.644

1653

54.8

Reason for having the test in this program

    

0.375

  

0.021

  

 Knew about the program

443

41.8

367

43.3

 

419

38.4

 

1235

41.0

 Passed by and saw the program

597

56.4

455

53.7

 

648

59.4

 

1710

56.7

 Other reason

19

1.8

26

3.1

 

24

2.2

 

69

2.3

  1. Note. MSM Men who have sex with men, MSW Men who have sex exclusively with women, STI Sexually transmitted infection.
  2. aWestern Europe, North America, Australia, Japan.