HIV risk, risk perception and uptake of HIV testing and counseling among youth men who have sex with men attending a gay sauna

Table 1 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk stratification according to the pre-specified reported characteristics and behaviors of the men who have sex with men participants

Characteristics and behaviors	HIV risk
Characteristics and behaviors	Low	Moderate	High
Number of different sexual partners within 30 days
0–1	√
2–3		√
> 3			√
Number of new sexual partners within 30 days
0–1	√
2–3		√
> 3			√
Using condom with vaginal sex
Always	√
Most of the time	√
About a half of time		√
Sometimes			√
Never			√
Using condom with oral sex
Always	√
Most of the time	√
About a half of time		√
Sometimes		√
Never		√
Using condom with anal sex
Always	√
Most of the time	√
About a half of time		√
Sometimes			√
Never			√
Exchanging sex for money
No	√
Yes			√
Drinking alcohol with sex within 30 days
Never	√
Sometimes		√
About a half of time			√
Most of the time			√
Always			√
Using drug with sex within 30 days
Never	√
Sometimes		√
About a half of time			√
Most of the time			√
Always			√
Ever injected drug with needles
No	√
Yes			√
Ever shared needle to inject drugs
Never	√
Sometimes			√
About a half of time			√
Most of the time			√
Always			√
Ever been in a jail or a prison
No	√
Yes			√
History of STIs within the past year
No	√
Yes/not sure			√
Sexual partner had STIs within the past year
No	√
Yes/not sure			√
Sexual partner had exchanged sex for money or drugs within 30 days
No	√
Yes/not sure			√
Sexual partner had used drug within 30 days
No	√
Yes/not sure			√
Sexual partner had been in a jail or a prison
No	√
Yes/not sure			√

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