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Table 3 Bivariate analysis of high and low HIV risk behavior group

From: Knowledge, attitudes, practices about HIV and implications in risk and stigma prevention among French Guianese and Brazilian border inhabitants

Statement (n = 621)

Low HIV risk behavior

Frequency

N (row %)

N = 494

High HIV risk behaviora

Frequency

N (row %)

N = 127

p value

Sex

 Male

176 (72.4)

67 (27.6)

0.001

 Female

317 (83.9)

61 (16.1)

 

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

468 (82.1)

102 (17.9)

0.045

 Homosexual

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

 

 Bisexual

5 (71.4)

2 (28.6)

 

 Missing data

12 (40.0)

18 (60.0)

 

 Mean age at first sexual intercourse [IC95%]]

16.03 [15.73–16.34]

15.17 [14.5–15.84]

0.020

Native language

 French

24 (75.0)

8 (25.0)

0.351

 French Guianese creole

54 (85.7)

9 (14.3)

 

 Portuguese

376 (78.7)

102 (21.3)

 

 Amerindian

24 (75.0)

8 (25.0)

 

 Others

15 (93.8)

1 (6.2)

 

Education level

0.567

 Any level to middle school

218 (80.4)

53 (19.6)

 

 High school to University

275 (78.6)

75 (21.4)

 

Income

 Paid employment

78 (76.5)

24 (23.5)

0.012

 Informal work

54 (78.3)

15 (21.7)

 

 Social allowance

147 (88.0)

20 (12.0)

 

 None

177 (76.6)

54 (23.4)

 

 Others

32 (69.6)

14 (30.4)

 

 Missing data

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

 

Place of residence

 STGb (French Guiana)

209 (82.9)

43 (17.1)

0.071

 Oiapoque (Brazil)

284 (774)

84 (223)

 

Level of HIV knowledge

 Poor

218 (76.8)

66 (23.2)

0.137

 High

275 (81.6)

62 (18.4)

 

Prior HIV test n = 601

 Yes

394 (82.3)

85 (17.8)

0.012

 No

88 (72.1)

34 (27.9)

 

 Missing Data

11 (55)

9 (45)

 
  1. aHigh HIV risk behavior was defined as a non-systematic use of condoms with casual or commercial sex partners or having more than two sexual partners
  2. bSaint-Georges-de-l’Oyapock