Table 1

Socio-demographic and health characteristics

MSM (n=641)
n (%)
FSW (n=937)
n (%)
DU (n=537)
n (%)
Total (=2115)
n (%)
P value
Age (years)<0.001
 18–25442 (68.9)456 (48.7)183 (34.1)1081 (51.1)
 >25199 (31.1)481 (51.3)354 (65.9)1034 (48.9)
Sex<0.001
 Male641 (100.0)0 (0.0)510 (95.0)1151 (54.4)
 Female0 (0.0)937 (100.0)27 (5.0)964 (45.6)
Marital status<0.001
 Married41 (6.4)130 (13.9)185 (34.5)356 (16.8)
 Not married600 (93.6)807 (86.1)352 (65.5)1759 (83.2)
Education level<0.001
 Never went to school1 (0.2)158 (16.8)29 (5.4)188 (8.9)
 Primary school51 (7.9)263 (28.1)163 (30.4)477 (22.6)
 Secondary school356 (55.5)471 (50.3)316 (58.8)1143 (54.0)
 College/university233 (36.4)45 (4.8)29 (5.4)307 (14.5)
Religion<0.001
 Other/non-believers65 (10.1)100 (10.7)98 (18.2)263 (12.4)
 Christians522 (81.5)743 (79.3)356 (66.3)1621 (76.7)
 Muslims54 (8.4)94 (10.0)83 (15.5)231 (10.9)
Place of residence<0.001
 Lomé447 (69.7)526 (5.1)316 (58.8)1289 (60.9)
 Other194 (30.3)411 (43.9)221 (41.2)826 (39.1)
Psychological distress<0.001
 Likely not to have psychological distress497 (77.5)538 (57.4)243 (45.2)1278 (60.4)
 Likely to have mild psychological distress80 (12.5)223 (23.8)123 (22.9)426 (20.1)
 Likely to have moderate psychological distress55 (8.6)117 (12.5)103 (19.2)275 (13.0)
 Likely to have severe psychological distress9 (1.4)59 (6.3)68 (12.7)136 (6.5)
HIV infection<0.001
 Yes131 (20.4)119 (12.7)15 (2.8)265 (12.5)
 No480 (74.9)787 (84.0)410 (76.3)1677 (79.3)
 Not tested30 (4.7)31 (3.3)112 (20.9)173 (8.2)
  • DU, drug users; FSW, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men.