Table 2 Description of characteristics reported by MSM from the DOD-CI (2018), IBBS (2015) and CohMSM (2018) study samples, Côte d’Ivoire

Age

NA = 18

  < 20

49

9.5

14.3

154

11.8

14.8

21

8.2

 20–24

228

44.0

47.1

639

49.1

50.4

111

43.4

 25–29

169

32.6

35.9

374

28.8

27.2

80

31.3

  > =30

72

13.9

2.7

134

10.3

7.6

44

17.2

Level of education

NA = 18

 Primary/none

38

7.4

5.6

138

10.6

8.7

26

10.2

 Secondary

289

55.8

66.1

810

62.3

69.0

104

40.6

 Tertiary

191

36.9

28.3

353

27.1

22.4

126

49.2

 Man

322

62.2

65.1

962

73.9

85.1

133

48.5

 Woman

130

25.1

22.2

339^a

26.0^a

14.9^a

48

17.5

 Transgender

66

12.7

12.7

–

–

 Both man and woman

–

–

–

–

–

93

33.9

Sexual orientation

NA = 3

 Homosexual

245

47.3

42.1

499

38.4

35.1

115

42.4

 Bisexual

251

48.5

49.8

775

59.6

64.0

145

53.5

 Heterosexual

22

4.2

8.1

27

2.1

0.9

11

4.1

 Never tested

41

7.9

11.1

259

19.9

29.1

0

0.0

 Negative (≤12 months)

345

66.6

60.4

656

50.4

42.8

224^b

81.8^b

 Negative (> 12 months)

73

14.1

17.1

332

25.5

26.1

 Positive

34

6.6

4.3

54

4.2

2.0

49

17.9

 Do not know

25

4.8

7.8

–

–

–

1

0.4

Disclosure of sexual orientation to one family member

NA = 17

 Yes

216

41.7

29.9

393

30.2

DNA

140

54.5

 No

302

58.3

70.1

908

69.8

DNA

117

45.5

 Yes

100

19.3

10.1

531

40.8

DNA

–

–

 No

418

80.7

89.9

770

59.2

DNA

–

–

Knowledge of the “Clinique Confiance”

NA = 200

 Yes

178

34.4

20.7

645

58.6

DNA

–

–

 No

340

65.6

79.3

456

41.4

DNA

–

–

Region of residence

NA = 17

 Abidjan

327

63.1

58.3

351

27.0

10.9

249

96.9

 Yamoussoukro

15

2.9

3.7

250

19.2

18.4

–

–

 Agboville (Lagunes)

11

2.1

1.2

200

15.4

18.2

–

–

 Bouaké (Bandama)

17

3.3

5.5

350

26.9

35.0

–

–

 Gagnoa (Gôh-Djiboua)

26

5.0

7.8

150

11.5

17.5

–

–

 Other regions

122

23.6

23.5

–

–

–

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