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Table 1 Sociodemographic and behavioral variables and knowledge aboutPrEP. Ribeirão Preto, SP, 2020

From: Knowledge of PEP and PrEP among people living with HIV/aids in Brazil

Characteristics

Knowledge of PrEP

Sexual orientation

Total

Yes

No

P Value

 Heterosexual woman

140 (35.3%)

11 (18.6%)

129 (38.5%)

0.001

 Heterosexual man

121 (30.5%)

13 (22%)

106 (31.6%)

 MSM

136 (34.3%)

35 (59.3%)

100 (29.9%)

Age

 18–24

30 (7.6%)

5 (8.5%)

25 (7.5%)

0.417

 25–34

87 (21.9%)

18 (30.5%)

68 (20.3%)

 35–44

147 (37%)

21 (35.6%)

124 (37%)

 45+

133 (33.5%)

15 (25.4%)

118 (35.2%)

Education

 <  11 years

214 (53.9%)

13 (22%)

199 (59.4%)

0.001

 > 11 years

183 (46.1%)

46 (78%)

136 (40.6%)

Race

 White

210 (53.3%)

32 (54.2%)

176 (52.9%)

0.407

 Not white

184 (46.7%)

27 (45.8%)

157 (47.1%)

Employment status

 Employed

259 (65.2%)

43 (72.9%)

213 (63.6%)

0.621

 Unemployed

84 (21.2%)

11 (18.6%)

73 (21.8%)

 Others

49 (12.3%)

4 (6.8%)

45 (13.4%)

 Unable to work

5 (1.3%)

1 (1.7%)

4 (1.2%)

Time since HIV diagnosis (years)

 <  2 to 2–4.9

154 (38.8%)

26 (44.1%)

127 (37.9%)

0.657

 ≥ 5

243 (61.2%)

33 (55.9%)

208 (62.1%)

Type of partner

 Fixed

255 (64.2%)

41 (69.5%)

213 (63.6%)

0.579

 Casual

125 (31.5%)

15 (25.4%)

108 (32.2%)

 Fixed/Casual

17 (4.3%)

3 (5.1%)

14 (4.2%)

Serology of partner

 HIV-positive

111 (28%)

10 (16.9%)

101 (30.1%)

0.064

 HIV-negative/unknown

286 (72%)

49 (83.1%)

234 (69.9%)

Use of alcohol during sex

 Yes

169 (42.6%)

24 (40.7%)

142 (42.4%)

0.126

 No

228 (57.4%)

35 (59.3%)

193 (57.6%)

Use of drugs during sex

 Yes

76 (19.1%)

8 (13.6%)

67 (20%)

0.419

 No

321 (80.9%)

51 (86.4%)

268 (80%)

Use of condom

 Consistent

254 (64%)

46 (78%)

208 (62.1%)

0.004

 Inconsistent

143 (36%)

13 (22%)

127 (37.9%)

  1. Source: The authors