HIV Risk Perception, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Prevalence among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men at a Community-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and sexual behavior of MSM clients.
Demography and sexual behavior
Perceived risk
Low
Medium
High
Unsure
(1) Age group in years ()*
<20
3 (42.9%)
0
0
4 (57.1%)
20–29
50 (19.7%)
78 (30.7%)
23 (9.1%)
103 (40.6%)
30–39
29 (22.8%)
33 (26.0%)
12 (9.4%)
53 (41.7%)
40–49
11 (44.0%)
6 (24.0%)
1 (4.0%)
7 (28.0%)
50–59
4 (66.7%)
1 (16.7%)
0
1 (16.7%)
>60
2 (100%)
0
0
0
(2) Ethnic group ()*
Malay
15 (13.0%)
30 (26.1%)
11 (9.6%)
59 (51.3%)
Chinese
64 (25.6%)
75 (30.0%)
20 (8.0%)
91 (36.4%)
Indian
6 (31.6%)
3 (15.8%)
0
10 (52.6%)
Other
15 (42.9%)
10 (28.6%)
3 (8.6%)
7 (20.0%)
(3) Sexuality ()*
Homosexual
82 (23.4%)
101 (28.9%)
33 (9.4%)
134 (38.3%)
Bisexual
19 (26.0%)
18 (23.3%)
3 (4.1%)
34 (46.6%)
(4) Education level ()*
Primary
4 (25.0%)
2 (12.5%)
0
10 (62.5%)
Secondary
19 (25.7%)
23 (31.1%)
5 (6.8%)
27 (36.5%)
Tertiary
67 (25.5%)
78 (28.7%)
23 (8.7%)
95 (36.1%)
(5) Monthly income (MYR) ()*
<1000
6 (20.0%)
9 (30.0%)
4 (13.3%)
11 (36.7%)
1000–2000
15 (16.9%)
27 (30.3%)
10 (11.2%)
37 (41.6%)
2001–5000
37 (24.3%)
44 (28.9%)
16 (10.5%)
55 (36.2%)
>5000
16 (39.0%)
11 (26.8%)
3 (7.3%)
11 (26.8%)
(6) Sexual preference ()*
Anal and oral
71 (21.6%)
98 (28.8%)
32 (9.7%)
128 (38.9%)
Oral only
9 (40.9%)
5 (22.7%)
0
8 (36.4%)
Vaginal and anal and oral
6 (24.0%)
6 (24.0%)
1 (4.0%)
12 (48.0%)
Anal only
6 (26.1%)
4 (17.4%)
2 (8.7%)
11 (47.8%)
Vaginal only
4 (66.7%)
1 (16.7%)
0
1 (16.7%)
Vaginal and oral
3 (33.3%)
1 (11.1%)
0
5 (55.5%)
Vaginal and anal
0
2 (100%)
0
0
(7) Role during anal sex ()*
Bottom
11 (14.7%)
18 (24.0%)
11 (14.7%)
35 (46.7%)
Top
21 (29.2%)
21 (29.2%)
3 (4.2%)
27 (37.3%)
Versatile
32 (22.9%)
42 (30.0%)
11 (7.9%)
55 (38.3%)
Number of clients who responded to this part of the pre-HIV testing questionnaire. MYR: Malaysian ringgit.
