Table 1 Descriptive and bivariate analysis of demographic characteristics and selected variables for all MSM, stratified by the selling and buying sex outcome variable (n = 4443)
From: Prevalence and risk factors for transactional sex among Swedish-born and foreign-born MSM in Sweden
Characteristics | All MSM n (%) | Selling sex | Buying sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never n (%) | Ever n (%) | Never n (%) | Ever n (%) | ||
Age | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
<20 | 111 (2.5) | 57 (1.5) | 34 (5.8) | 91 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) |
20–24 | 290 (6.5) | 219 (5.9) | 57 (9.7) | 271 (7.1) | 5 (1.04) |
25–29 | 426 (9.6) | 308 (8.3) | 101 (17.2) | 398 (10.4) | 9 (1.9) |
30–34 | 392 (8.8) | 312 (8.4) | 68 (11.6) | 363 (9.5) | 18 (3.7) |
35–39 | 419 (9.4) | 338 (9.1) | 67 (11.4) | 367 (9.6) | 38 (7.9) |
40–44 | 452 (10.2) | 382 (10.3) | 62 (10.5) | 396 (10.4) | 47 (9.8) |
45–49 | 450 (10.1) | 398 (10.7) | 45 (7.6) | 375 (9.8) | 66 (13.7) |
50–54 | 554 (12.5) | 490 (13.2) | 50 (8.5) | 480 (12.6) | 58 (12.1) |
55–59 | 476 (10.7) | 441 (11.9) | 26 (4.4) | 397 (10.4) | 70 (14.5) |
60–64 | 363 (8.2) | 324 (8.7) | 30 (5.1) | 291 (7.6) | 62 (12.9) |
≥ 65 | 510 (11.5) | 447 (12.0) | 48 (8.2) | 388 (10.2) | 108 (22.4) |
Total | 4443 (100) | 3716 (100) | 588 (100) | 3817 (100) | 481 (100) |
Country of birth | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
Foreign-born | 656 (14.8) | 524 (14.1) | 105 (17.9) | 555 (14.6) | 76 (15.9) |
Swedish-born | 3775 (85.2) | 3183 (85.9) | 481 (82.1) | 3253 (85.4) | 403 (84.1) |
Total | 4431 (100) | 3707 (100) | 586 (100) | 3808 (100) | 479 (100) |
Education | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
Low level | 270 (7.0) | 220 (6.8) | 32 (6.5) | 227 (6.8) | 23 (5.6) |
Mid-level (upper secondary at least; 2–5 years spent in full-time education since the age of 16 years) | 1818 (47.2) | 1511 (46.4) | 262 (53.1) | 1603 (48.1) | 166 (40.7) |
High-level (first stage of tertiary education or more) | 1764 (45.8) | 1524 (46.8) | 199 (40.4) | 1502 (45.1) | 219 (53.7) |
Total | 3852 (100) | 3255 (100) | 493 (100) | 3332 (100) | 408 (100) |
Current gender identity | p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
Man | 4321 (97.2) | 3622 (97.5) | 565 (96.1) | 3705 (97.1) | 476 (99.0) |
Trans man | 122 (2.8) | 94 (2.5) | 23 (3.9) | 112 (2.9) | 5 (1.0) |
Total | 4443 (100) | 3716 (100) | 588 (100) | 3817 (100) | 481 (100) |
Sexual orientation | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
Gay or homosexual | 2814 (63.4) | 2335 (62.9) | 408 (69.5) | 2380 (62.4) | 359 (74.8) |
Bisexual | 1210 (27.3) | 1045 (28.2) | 120 (20.4) | 1070 (28.1) | 94 (19.6) |
Straight or heterosexual | 118 (2.7) | 103 (2.8) | 8 (1.4) | 103 (2.7) | 8 (1.7) |
Any other term | 96 (2.2) | 75 (2.0) | 16 (2.7) | 85 (2.2) | 5 (1.0) |
I do not usually use a term | 199 (4.5) | 153 (4.1) | 35 (6.0) | 174 (4.6) | 14 (2.9) |
Total | 4437 (100) | 3711 (100) | 587 (100) | 3812 (100) | 480 (100) |
People who knew about attraction to men (Outness) | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
All or almost all | 1935 (45.1) | 1588 (44.4) | 312 (54.1) | 1648 (44.8) | 249 (53.8) |
More than half | 551 (12.9) | 448 (12.5) | 89 (15.4) | 470 (12.8) | 66 (14.2) |
Less than half | 376 (8.8) | 317 (8.9) | 46 (8.0) | 328 (8.9) | 34 (7.3) |
Few | 878 (20.5) | 750 (21.0) | 89 (15.4) | 754 (20.5) | 84 (18.1) |
None | 548 (12.8) | 470 (13.2) | 41 (7.1) | 481 (13.1) | 30 (6.5) |
Total | 4288 (100) | 3573 (100) | 577 (100) | 3681 (100) | 463 (100) |
Having a steady partner (current partner) | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
No, and not sure | 2505 (56.4) | 2050 (55.2) | 363 (61.7) | 2133 (56.0) | 279 (58.1) |
Yes, I have a steady partner | 1933 (43.6) | 1661 (44.8) | 225 (38.3) | 1680 (44.0) | 201 (41.9) |
Total | 4438 (100) | 3711 (100) | 588 (100) | 3813 (100) | 480 (100) |
Number of sex partners in the previous 12 months | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
No sex partners | 663 (14.9) | 513 (13.8) | 50 (8.5) | 512 (13.4) | 50 (10.4) |
One partner | 880 (19.8) | 790 (21.3) | 67 (11.4) | 805 (21.1) | 49 (10.2) |
2–5 partners | 1445 (32.6) | 1275 (34.3) | 159 (27.0) | 1294 (33.9) | 139 (28.9) |
6–10 partners | 651 (14.7) | 554 (14.9) | 96 (16.3) | 569 (15.0) | 81 (16.8) |
More than 10 partners | 801 (18.0) | 584 (15.7) | 216 (36.7) | 637 (16.7) | 162 (33.7) |
Total | 4440 (100) | 3716 (100) | 588 (100) | 3817 (100) | 481 (100) |
Sex with a woman in the previous 12 months | p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | |||
No | 3537 (80.1) | 2950 (79.8) | 483 (82.3) | 3013 (79.3) | 415 (86.6) |
Yes | 881 (19.9) | 748 (20.2) | 104 (17.7) | 787 (20.7) | 64 (13.4) |
Total | 4418 (100) | 3698 (100) | 587 (100) | 3800 (100) | 479 (100) |
Living on present income | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | |||
Living really comfortably | 1208 (23.3) | 892 (24.1) | 107 (18.3) | 868 (22.8) | 130 (27.1) |
Living comfortably | 1560 (35.3) | 1354 (36.6) | 161 (27.5) | 1340 (35.3) | 174 (36.2) |
Neither comfortable nor struggling | 1097 (24.8) | 914 (24.7) | 145 (24.8) | 958 (25.2) | 99 (20.3) |
Struggling | 454 (10.3) | 354 (9.6) | 91 (15.6) | 400 (10.5) | 44 (9.2) |
Really struggling | 283 (6.4) | 188 (5.1) | 81 (13.8) | 235 (6.2) | 33 (6.9) |
Total | 4422 (100) | 3702 (100) | 585 (100) | 3801 (100) | 480 (100) |