Table 1 Profile of respondents by area of resident (N = 299)
S. no | Variables | MSM Rural (n = 95) | MSM Urban (n = 204) | X2 | p value | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sex | |||||
Male | 95 (100%) | 202(99.0%) | 0.94 | 1.00 | 297(98.6%) | |
Transgender | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.0%) | 2 (0.7%) | |||
2 | Educational Level | |||||
None | 5 (5.3%) | 4 (2.0%) | 34.77 | < 0.001 | 9 (3.0%) | |
Primary | 51(53.7%) | 47 (23.0%) | 98 (32.8%) | |||
Secondary | 37(39.0%) | 138(67.6%) | 175(58.5%) | |||
Tertiary | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (6.4%) | 13 (4.3%) | |||
No Response (8–1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (1.4%) | |||
3 | Age range | |||||
18-24 yrs | 27(28.4%) | 73 (34.8%) | 2.70 | 0.44 | 100(33.4%) | |
25-34 yrs | 43(45.3%) | 74 (36.3%) | 117(39.1%) | |||
35-45 yrs | 18(18.9%) | 44 (21.5%) | 62 (20.7%) | |||
46+ | 7 (7.4%) | 13 (6.4%) | 20 (6.7%) | |||
4 | Ever used drugs | |||||
Yes | 10(10.5%) | 47 (23.0%) | 9.13 | 0.003 | 57 (19.1%) | |
No | 80(84.2%) | 125(61.3%) | 205(68.6%) | |||
No response | 5(5.3%) | 32 (15.7%) | 37 (12.3%) | |||
5 | Ever injected drugs | |||||
Yes | 2 (20.0%) | 8 (17.0%) | 0.05 | 1.00 | 10 (17.5%) | |
No | 8 (80.0%) | 39 (83.0%) | 47 (82.5%) | |||
6 | History of sexual intercourse | |||||
Yes | 91(95.8%) | 201(98.5%) | 1.35 | 0.56 | 292(97.7%) | |
No | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.5%) | 3 (1.0%) | |||
No response | 4 (4.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.3%) | |||