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Table 2 Proportion of men who sell sex among the sample of men who have sex with men in various rural-urban categories

From: How much attention is needed towards men who sell sex to men for HIV prevention in India?

Rural-urban category* (population)

Number of villages/ towns/cities

Total number in sample

Men who sold sex to men Number (%)†

Men who sold sex to men frequently Number (%)†

Men who sold sex to men infrequently Number (%)†

Rural

18

965

306 (31.7)

208 (21.6)

98 (10.2)

Urban (50,000 or less)

9

502

137 (27.3)

91 (18.1)

46 (9.2)

Urban (50,001–100,000)

15

1511

326 (21.6)

157 (10.4)

169 (11.2)

Urban (100,001–200,000)

10

1651

405 (24.5)

266 (16.1)

139 (8.4)

Urban (200,001–300,000)

6

1180

249 (21.1)

139 (11.8)

110 (9.3)

Urban (>300,000)

4

852

353 (41.4)

237 (27.8)

116 (13.6)

Total

62

6661

1776 (26.6)

1098 (16.5)

678 (10.2)

  1. *Rural-urban definition and the populations taken from the Census of India [11].
  2. †Percent of the total number in each rural-urban category.