| Characteristics |
Men (n = 220) |
Women (n = 87) |
p-valuea |
| Age (25 years or less) |
56.8% |
48.3% |
0.18 |
| Being married |
16.8% |
31.0% |
0.006 |
| Some higher education |
48.6% |
55.2% |
0.30 |
| Monthly income < 15,000 rubles |
32.3% |
69.0% |
<0.0001 |
| Unemployed |
40.0% |
47.1% |
0.25 |
| Ever had an STIb |
34.1% |
39.1% |
0.41 |
| Number of sexual partner, past 3 months |
|
|
0.02 |
| 1 |
24.1% |
36.8% |
|
| 2 |
29.1% |
33.3% |
|
| 3 or more |
46.8% |
29.9% |
|
| Commercial sex workers |
4.1% |
2.3% |
0.73c |
| Intravenous drug use |
4.5% |
1.1% |
0.19e |
| Alcohol misuse identified by AUDIT scored |
84.1% |
44.8% |
<0.0001 |
| Depressive symptoms |
17.3% |
27.6% |
0.04 |
aObtained from the Chi-squared test when not otherwise specified.
bSTI: sexually transmitted infection.
cObtained from Fisher’s exact test.
dAUDIT: the Alcohol Use Disorders IdentificationTest; scores ≥ 8 indicate alcohol
misuse.
eIdentified by the CES-D-10: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression
Scale. The mean and median CES-D-10 scores were 6.1 and 5.0, respectively;
CES-D-10 scores ≥ 10 indicate depressive symptoms. |
