Demographic variables
| DES | Tanga | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 200 | 24.61 | 5.27 | 100 | 24.91 | 5.12 |
| Education | 200 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Some primary school and under | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| Completed primary school, some secondary school or complete secondary school | 179 | 89.5 | 91 | 91.0 | ||
| Some or completed tertiary education | 11 | 5.5 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| Marital status | 199 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Never married | 183 | 92.0 | 88 | 88.0 | ||
| Married | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| Living with partner | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | ||
| Ever married/lived with a female partner* | 158 | N | % | 96 | N | % |
| No | 124 | 78.5 | 83 | 86.5 | ||
| Yes | 34 | 27.4 | 13 | 13.5 | ||
| Currently employed† | 199 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Yes | 162 | 81.4 | 81 | 81.0 | ||
| No | 37 | 18.6 | 19 | 19.0 | ||
| Self-identified sexual orientation | 200 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Gay/homosexual | 126 | 63.0 | 49 | 49.0 | ||
| Straight/heterosexual | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| Bisexual | 64 | 32.0 | 44 | 44.0 | ||
| Undecided | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| Sexual activity over the past 5 years | 200 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Only men/mostly men | 161 | 80.5 | 82 | 82.0 | ||
| Equal men/women | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 7.0 | ||
| Mostly women | 34 | 17.0 | 11 | 11.0 | ||
| Paid sex, last month | 200 | N | % | 100 | N | % |
| Been paid for sex | 161 | 80.5 | 84 | 84 | ||
| Paid another man for sex | 36 | 18.5 | 10 | 10 | ||
| If any paid sex, both paid and paying | 30 | 15 | 8 | 8 | ||
*Twenty-four people did not respond in DES.
†Does not include transactional sex.
DES, Dar es Salaam.