Access to Basic HIV-Related Services and PrEP Acceptability among Men Who Have sex with Men Worldwide: Barriers, Facilitators, and Implications for Combination Prevention

Table 2

Respondent sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

	All participants		Included in analysis
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Total	5779		3748
Region
Asia	1635	28%	980	26%
Caribbean	126	2%	89	2%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	966	17%	629	17%
Latin America	880	15%	567	15%
Middle East and North Africa	129	2%	67	2%
Oceania	288	5%	226	6%
Sub-Saharan Africa	380	7%	202	5%
Western and Northern Europe and North America	1375	24%	988	26%
Age category
<18	72	1%	35	1%
18–25	1221	22%	699	19%
26–30	1194	22%	772	21%
31–40	1426	26%	989	26%
41–50	839	15%	626	17%
51–60	511	9%	414	11%
>60	242	4%	212	6%
Sexual orientation
Other	81	2%	0	0%
Homosexual/gay	4459	84%	3328	89%
Bisexual	676	13%	420	11%
Heterosexual/straight	102	2%	0	0%
Education
No postsecondary	1034	19%	652	17%
Postsecondary	4358	81%	3096	83%
Housing status
Stable place to live	4160	77%	2990	80%
Unstable or no place to live	1232	23%	758	20%
Personal income
None	561	10%	310	8%
Low/impoverished	433	8%	288	8%
Low middle	1713	32%	1202	32%
Middle	2379	44%	1725	46%
High	306	6%	223	6%
Time since last HIV test (HIV-negative participants)
<6 months	1195	37%	1142	37%
6–12 months	590	18%	567	18%
1–3 years	482	15%	459	15%
>4 years	282	9%	273	9%
I have never been tested in HIV	679	21%	638	21%
Time since last HIV test (HIV-positive participants)
In the last 6 months	259	37%	248	37%
Between last 6 months and 1 year ago	56	8%	50	7%
1–3 years ago	71	10%	64	10%
More than 3 years ago	316	45%	306	46%
I have never been tested in HIV	1	0	1	0
HIV status
HIV negative or status unknown	3228	82%	3079	82%
HIV positive	703	18%	669	18%
CD4 count
<500	386	56%	373	56%
>500	309	44%	296	44%