Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 618 MSM participants

Age (years)^a

618

23.7

(21.2–27.0)

249

23.4

(21.1–26.3)

133

24.4

(22.1–27.7)

121

23.2

(20.9–26.6)

115

23.6

(20.3–27.3)

  ≤ 25

388

(62.8%)

166

(66.7%)

74

(55.6%)

82

(67.8%)

66

(57.4%)

Educational level

562

227

122

109

104

 Never attended school/Koranic

19

(3.4%)

11

(5.4%)

5

(4.1%)

3

(2.7%)

0

–

 Primary school

72

(12.8%)

48

(20.5%)

6

(4.9%)

10

(9.2%)

7

(7.7%)

 Secondary school

250

(44.5%)

88

(36.6%)

44

(36.1%)

60

(55.1%)

58

(55.8%)

 University

221

(39.3%)

80

(37.5%)

67

(54.9%)

36

(33.0%)

38

(36.5%)

Marital status

562

227

122

109

104

 Married/free union

100

(17.8%)

20

(8.8%)

64

(52.4%)

9

(8.3%)

7

(6.8%)

 Single/divorced/separated/widowed

462

(82.2%)

207

(91.2%)

58

(47.6%)

100

(91.7%)

97

(92.2%)

Self-defined sexual orientation

598

248

131

105

114

 Homosexual/gay

230

(38.5%)

70

(28.2%)

54

(41.2%)

41

(39.1%)

65

(57.0%)

 Heterosexual

13

(2.2%)

2

(0.8%)

1

(0.8%)

3

(2.9%)

7

(6.1%)

 Transsexual/transgender

19

(3.2%)

15

(6.1%)

1

(0.8%)

1

(0.9%)

2

(1.7%)

 Bisexual

336

(56.2%)

161

(64.9%)

75

(53.2%)

60

(57.1%)

40

(35.1%)

Self-identified gender

617

248

133

121

115

 A man/a boy

354

(57.4%)

147

(59.3%)

61

(45.9%)

63

(52.1%)

83

(72.2%)

 Both a man and a woman

179

(29.0%)

67

(27.0%)

45

(33.8%)

43

(35.5%)

24

(20.9%)

 Much more a woman

75

(12.1%)

32

(12.9%)

27

(20.3%)

8

(6.6%)

8

(7.0%)

 Neither man nor woman

9

(1.5%)

2

(0.8)

0

–

7

(5.8%)

0

–

Sexual attraction

617

248

133

121

115

 To men

319

(51.8%)

92

(37.1%)

86

(64.7%)

60

(49.6%)

81

(70.4%)

 To men and women

269

(43.6%)

151

(60.9%)

40

(30.1%)

53

(43.8%)

25

(21.7%)

 To women

29

(4.7%)

5

(2.0%)

7

(5.3%)

8

(6.6%)

9

(7.87%)

Condom use during insertive anal sex^b

610

245

130

121

114

 Consistent

190

(31.2%)

72

(29.4%)

36

(27.7%)

46

(38.0%)

36

(31.5%)

 Inconsistent

185

(30.3%)

55

(22.4%)

42

(32.3%)

47

(38.9%)

41

(36.0%)

 No insertive anal sex

237

(38.5%)

118

(48.2%)

52

(40.0%)

28

(23.1%)

37

(32.5%)

Condom use during receptive anal sex^b

611

246

130

121

114

 Consistent

168

(27.5%)

73

(29.7%)

29

(22.3%)

34

(28.1%)

32

(28.1%)

 Inconsistent

206

(33.7%)

79

(32.1%)

56

(43.1%)

35

(28.9%)

36

(31.6%)

 No receptive anal sex

237

(38.8%)

94

(38.2%)

45

(35.6%)

52

(43.0%)

46

(40.3%)

Received payment (whether financial or other) for transactional sex with male partners^b

611

246

130

121

114

 Never

417

(68.2%)

157

(63.8%)

94

(72.3%)

90

(74.4%)

76

(66.7%)

 Sometimes/always

194

(38.8%)

89

(36.1%)

36

(27.7%)

31

(25.6%)

38

(33.3%)

Provided payment (whether financial or other) for transactional sex with male partners^b

611

246

130

121

114

 Never

540

(88.4%)

214

(87.0%)

122

(93.8%)

109

(90.1%)

96

(83.3%)

 Sometimes/always

71

(11.6%)

32

(13.0%)

8

(6.2%)

12

(9.9%)

19

(16.7%)

Group sex with male partners^b

611

246

130

121

114

 Never

456

(74.6%)

197

(80.1%)

82

(63.1%)

82

(67.8%)

95

(83.3%)

 Once

75

(12.3%)

21

(8.5%)

20

(15.4%)

23

(19.0%)

11

(9.7%)

 Twice or more

80

(13.1%)

28

(11.4%)

28

(21.5%)

16

(13.2%)

8

(7.0%)

Number of male sexual partners^b

612

247

130

121

114

 1

187

(30.5%)

92

(37.2%)

31

(23.8%)

28

(23.1%)

36

(31.6%)

 2–5

351

(57.3%)

130

(52.6%)

71

(54.6%)

82

(67.8%)

68

(59.7%)

 6–10

54

(8.8%)

18

(7.3%)

20

(14.4%)

9

(7.4%)

7

(6.1%)

  > 10

20

(3.3%)

7

(2.8%)

8

(6.2%)

2

(1.7%)

3

(2.6%)

Received psychological support

512

382

(74.6%)

211

147

(69.7%)

113

90

(79.6%)

89

67

(75.3%)

99

78

(78.8%)

History of HIV screening

618

532

(86.1%)

249

218

(87.6%)

133

113

(85.0%)

121

96

(79.3%)

115

105

(91.3%)

STI (other than HIV) symptoms

618

78

(12.6%)

249

13

(5.2%)

133

17

(12.8%)

121

37

(30.6%)

115

11

(9.6%)