Research Article

Transactional Sex between Men and Its Implications on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Nigeria

Table 1

Sociodemographic correlates of men who have sex with men by transactional status.

Transactional sexTotalChi-square value
YesNo

Age (years)
 15–19294 (44.7)363 (55.3)657 (20.7)
 20–24577 (39.6)880 (60.4)1457 (45.9)29.1<0.001
 25 and above341 (32.2)717 (67.8)1058 (33.4)
Education
 None/primary35 (34.3)67 (65.7)102 (3.2)
 Secondary886 (40.2)1320 (59.8)2206 (69.5)11.7<0.001
 Tertiary291 (33.7)573 (66.3)864 (27.2)
Religion
 None8 (44.4)10 (55.6)18 (0.6)
 Christianity798 (35.8)1433 (64.2)2231 (70.3)
 Islam406 (44.0)517 (56.0)923 (29.1)18.9<0.001
Marital status
 Married living with spouse74 (49.7)75 (50.3)149 (4.7)
 Married living other sexual partner5 (45.5)6 (54.5)11 (0.3)
 Married not living with sexual partner5 (29.4)12 (70.6)17 (0.5)26.0<0.001
 Not married living with sexual partner105 (51.0)101 (49.0)206 (6.5)
 Not married, not living with sexual partner1023 (36.7)1766 (63.3)2789 (87.9)
State
 Cross River143 (31.4)312 (68.6)455 (14.3)
 Enugu210 (46.8)239 (53.2)449 (14.2)
 FCT136 (22.7)463 (77.3)599 (18.9)
 Kaduna247 (52.2)226 (47.8)473 (14.9)212.2<0.001
 Kano60 (61.9)37 (38.1)97 (3.1)
 Lagos84 (40.4)124 (59.6)208 (6.6)
 Oyo212 (51.5)200 (48.5)412 (13.0)
 Rivers120 (25.1)359 (74.9)479 (15.1)
 Total1212 (38.2)1960 (61.8)3172 (100.0)