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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of tested population (overall and stratified by type of setting)

From: HIV rapid testing in community and outreach sites: results of a nationwide demonstration project in Italy

 

Tested population

NGO facilities

Services for migrants

DU services

 

N = 2949 (%)

N = 1597 (%)

N = 928 (%)

N = 424 (%)

Median age (IQR)

33 years (26–43)

31 years (25–41)

37 years (29–47)

35 years (28–44)

Gender

 Men

1934 (65.6)

1123 (70.3)

531 (57.2)

280 (66. 0)

 Women

973 (33)

445 (27.9)

391 (42.1)

137 (32.3)

 Transgender

32 (1.1)

23 (1.5)

4 (0.4)

5 (1.2)

 Unknown

10 (0.3)

6 (0.4)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.5)

Origin

 Italian

1782 (60.4)

1432 (89.7)

86 (9.3)

264 (62.3)

 Foreigners

1167 (39.6)

165 (10.3)

842 (90.7)

160 (37.7)

Education (yy)

  ≤ 8

684 (23.2)

167 (10.5)

340 (36.6)

177 (41.7)

  > 8

2249 (76.3)

1421 (88.9)

583 (62.8)

245 (57.8)

 Unknown

16 (0.5)

9 (0.6)

5 (0.6)

2 (0.5)

Occupation

 Employed

1478 (50.1)

939 (58.8)

413 (44.5)

126 (29.7)

 Occasional employed

485 (16.4)

426 (26.7)

37 (4)

22 (5.2)

 Unemployed

968 (32.8)

223 (14)

472 (50.9)

273 (64.4)

 Unknown

18 (0.6)

9 (0.6)

6 (0.6)

3 (0.7)

Marital status

 Never married

1895 (64.3)

1283 (80.3)

374 (40.3)

238 (56.1)

 Married/Cohabiting

694 (23.5)

206 (12.9)

378 (40.7)

110 (25.9)

 Married before

305 (10.3)

78 (4.9)

156 (16.8)

71 (16.7)

 Unknown

55 (1.9)

30 (1.9)

20 (2.2)

5 (1.2)

Previous HIV test

 No

1334 (45.2)

565 (35.4)

613 (66.1)

156 (36.8)

 Yes

1545 (52.4)

1016 (63.3)

283 (30.5)

246 (58.0)

 Unknown

70 (2.4)

16 (1.0)

32 (3.4)

22 (5.2)

Previous STIa

 No

2406 (81.6)

1289 (80.7)

777 (83.7)

431 (80.4)

 Yes

392 (13.3)

257 (16.1)

90 (9.7)

45 (10.6)

 Unknown

151 (5.1)

52 (3.3)

61 (6.6)

38 (9.0)

  1. IQR interquartile range, NGO nongovernmental organization, DU drug users, STI sexually transmitted infection
  2. ain previous 12 months