Sociodemographic characteristics of self-reported HIV-negative or HIV-unknown participants for whom pre-exposure prophylaxis was clinically recommended
| Characteristic | Montréal n = 511 | Toronto n = 247 | Vancouver n = 401 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude %* | RDS-adjusted % (95% CI)† | Crude %* | RDS-adjusted % (95% CI)† | Crude %* | RDS-adjusted % (95% CI)† | |
| Age, median (Q1, Q3), yr | 30 (25, 36) | 30 (26, 34) | 30 (26, 35) | |||
| Gender identity‡ | ||||||
| Cis | 94.5 | 88.5 (82.3–94.7) | 96.8 | 99.0 (97.8–100.0) | 96.5 | 97.2 (93.8–100.0) |
| Trans | 0.6 | 1.6 (0.0–4.5) | 0.4 | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Genderqueer/gender nonconforming | 3.3 | 3.3 (1.1–5.5) | 2.4 | 0.9 (0.0–2.0) | 2.5 | 1.4 (0.0–3.1) |
| Other | 1.6 | 6.6 (1.2–12.0) | 0.4 | 0.1 (0.0–0.1) | 1.0 | 1.4 (0.0–4.4) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Gay | 87.5 | 83.8 (78.1–89.4) | 80.6 | 81.4 (71.6–91.2) | 86.8 | 89.3 (85.1–93.4) |
| Queer | 5.1 | 3.4 (1.1–5.8) | 14.6 | 12.7 (4.2–21.1) | 5.7 | 2.7 (0.3–5.2) |
| Bisexual | 4.3 | 6.0 (2.1–10.0) | 2.4 | 5.1 (0.0–11.4) | 5.0 | 6.7 (3.5–9.8) |
| Other | 3.1 | 6.8 (2.9–10.6) | 2.4 | 0.8 (0.0–1.7) | 2.5 | 1.3 (0.2–2.5) |
| Ethnicity§ | ||||||
| Canadian | 56.6 | 47.8 (40.2–55.3) | 40.1 | 31.2 (21.4–41.0) | 46.1 | 40.0 (32.1–48.0) |
| European | 16.6 | 16.0 (11.0–21.1) | 24.7 | 29.0 (19.3–38.8) | 22.4 | 18.2 (10.6–25.7) |
| Asian | 4.1 | 5.4 (1.3–9.6) | 13.4 | 12.0 (6.9–17.0) | 16.7 | 23.3 (16.8–29.9) |
| Latin American | 9.8 | 13.5 (7.0–20.0) | 7.7 | 8.7 (3.2–14.2) | 6.7 | 11.2 (6.4–16.1) |
| African, Black, Caribbean | 2.9 | 3.9 (0.7–7.0) | 3.2 | 3.9 (0.0–8.5) | 1.5 | 1.2 (0.0–2.8) |
| Arab or North African | 3.9 | 7.4 (3.6–11.3) | 1.2 | 1.6 (0.0–3.6) | 0.7 | 0.6 (0.0–2.2) |
| Aboriginal or Indigenous | 0.8 | 2.0 (0.0–4.8) | 0.4 | 0.1 (0.0–0.1) | 1.7 | 0.5 (0.0–1.3) |
| Other | 5.3 | 3.9 (0.8–6.9) | 9.3 | 13.5 (5.0–22.0) | 4.0 | 5.0 (0.7–9.3) |
| Born in Canada | ||||||
| Yes | 63.6 | 54.5 (46.8–62.3) | 60.3 | 49.0 (38.3–59.6) | 62.8 | 55.6 (47.2–64.1) |
| No | 36.4 | 45.5 (37.7–53.2) | 39.7 | 51.0 (40.4–61.7) | 37.2 | 44.4 (35.9–52.8) |
| Education | ||||||
| High school or less | 14.9 | 15.4 (10.9–19.9) | 9.3 | 12.9 (6.2–19.6) | 10.7 | 10.6 (6.1–15.0) |
| More than high school | 85.1 | 84.6 (80.1–89.1) | 90.7 | 87.1 (80.4–93.8) | 89.3 | 89.4 (85.0–93.9) |
| Annual income, $ | ||||||
| < 30 000 | 52.4 | 65.1 (58.4–71.8) | 44.1 | 52.3 (41.6–63.0) | 40.9 | 54.7 (46.5–63.0) |
| 30 000–50 000 | 26.6 | 18.6 (13.4–23.8) | 23.5 | 22.0 (14.8–29.2) | 23.7 | 21.5 (14.7–28.4) |
| ≥ 50 000 | 20.9 | 16.3 (11.7–21.0) | 32.4 | 25.7 (16.0–35.5) | 35.4 | 23.7 (16.6–30.9) |
| Primary care provider aware of male sexual partners | ||||||
| Yes | 53.4 | 40.9 (33.4–48.4) | 66.8 | 54.7 (43.6–65.8) | 45.4 | 27.6 (20.5–34.6) |
| No | 7.6 | 14.5 (9.0–20.0) | 10.1 | 14.8 (6.1–23.5) | 18.0 | 26.4 (19.5–33.4) |
| No primary care provider | 38.9 | 44.6 (37.0–52.2) | 23.1 | 30.5 (20.0–41.0) | 36.7 | 46.0 (37.6–54.4) |
| Has medication insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 73.6 | 68.0 (60.9–75.0) | 62.3 | 55.4 (45.2–65.7) | 69.3 | 61.9 (53.8–70.1) |
| No | 26.4 | 32.0 (25.0–39.1) | 37.7 | 44.6 (34.3–54.8) | 30.7 | 38.1 (29.9–46.2) |
Note: CI = confidence interval, RDS = respondent-driven sampling.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.
↵† RDS-II weights were used.31
↵‡ Participants were asked “If you had to choose one term that you felt best described your gender, which would you choose?” The “other” category included 2-spirit, genderfluid and agender.
↵§ As worded in the questionnaire.