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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of previously-diagnosed Nigerian men who have sex with men and transgender women living with HIV

From: HIV status disclosure by Nigerian men who have sex with men and transgender women living with HIV: a cross-sectional analysis at enrollment into an observational cohort

Characteristics

Disclosed to Male Sexual Partners

P

Disclosed to Female Sexual Partners

P*

None

(n = 340)

Some/All

(n = 153)

None

(n = 188)

Some/All

(n = 34)

Age

  ≤ 21 years

59 (70.2)

25 (29.8)

0.700

20 (87.0)

3 (13.0)

< 0.001

 22–30 years

229 (69.6)

100 (30.4)

 

135 (90.6)

14 (9.4)

 

  > 30 years

52 (65.0)

28 (35.0)

 

33 (66.0)

17 (34.0)

 

Gender Identity

 Cisgender Man

249 (67.3)

121 (32.7)

0.310

155 (85.6)

26 (14.4)

0.724

 Transgender Woman

49 (76.6)

15 (23.4)

 

14 (77.8)

4 (22.2)

 

 Other/Unknown

42 (71.2)

17 (28.8)

 

19 (82.6)

4 (17.4)

 

Sexual Orientation

 Gay/Homosexual

110 (67.1)

54 (32.9)

0.794*

10 (76.9)

3 (23.1)

0.743

 Bisexual

228 (69.9)

98 (30.1)

 

177 (85.1)

31 (14.9)

 

 Other/Unknown

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

 

1 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

Education Level

 Junior Secondary or Less

16 (55.2)

13 (44.8)

0.083*

11 (78.6)

3 (21.4)

0.890

 Senior Secondary

187 (73.6)

67 (26.4)

 

95 (84.8)

17 (15.2)

 

 Higher than Senior Secondary

134 (65.4)

71 (34.6)

 

81 (85.3)

14 (14.7)

 

 Unknown

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

 

1 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Occupation

 Unemployed

50 (69.4)

22 (30.6)

0.587

24 (96.0)

1 (4.0)

0.122

 Student

48 (75.0)

16 (25.0)

 

26 (96.3)

1 (3.7)

 

 Professional/Self-Employed

40 (64.5)

22 (35.5)

 

25 (86.2)

4 (13.8)

 

 Entertainment/Hospitality

32 (78.0)

9 (22.0)

 

13 (72.2)

5 (27.8)

 

 Driver/Laborer

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

 

5 (83.3)

1 (16.7)

 

 Other/Unknown

164 (66.9)

81 (33.1)

 

95 (81.2)

22 (18.8)

 

Marital Status

 Single/Never Married

306 (70.7)

127 (29.3)

0.062

169 (90.4)

18 (9.6)

< 0.001

 Married/Cohabiting

23 (60.5)

15 (39.5)

 

12 (46.2)

14 (53.8)

 

 Divorced/Widowed/Other

11 (50.0)

11 (50.0)

 

7 (77.8)

2 (22.2)

 

Site

 Abuja

210 (70.9)

86 (29.1)

0.244

127 (82.5)

27 (17.5)

0.225

 Lagos

130 (66.0)

67 (34.0)

 

61 (89.7)

7 (10.3)

 
  1. All data are presented as n (%). Comparisons were made between groups using Pearson’s Chi-square test or, if indicated by an asterisk (*), exact Chi-square test. Statistically significant p-values (p ≤ 0.05) are in bold