Fishermen as a Suitable Population for HIV Intervention Trials

Table 2

Factors depicting fishermen along Lake Victoria in Kisumu as a suitable population for a male microbicide trial.

Factor	Frequency (%)
Sexual behavior (𝑛=𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒)^∗
Engage in extra-marital sex (for married men) (𝑛=174)^∗∗	170 (98%)
Involved concurrent relationship among the last three partners (𝑛=100)	38 (38%)
Transactional sex with at least one of the last three sexual partners (𝑛=175)	113 (65%)
Use condoms consistently with the last three sexual partners (𝑛=124)	37 (30%)
STI/HIV prevalence (𝑛=250)
HIV-1	64 (26%)
HSV-2	185 (74%)
HPV	142 (57%)
Syphilis	24 (10%)
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia	11 (4%)
Non-specific urethritis	10 (4%)
Interest and retention in trial (𝑛=𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒)^∗
Willing to participate in a 2-year efficacy trial (𝑛=250)	244 (98%)
Worked on only one boat in the year preceding the survey (𝑛=246)	111 (45%)
Worked on only one beach in the year preceding the survey (𝑛=248)	169 (68%)
Worked on a beach outside the district in the year preceding survey (𝑛=246)	64 (26%)
Will continue working in the fishing industry beyond five years (𝑛=139)	42 (30%)

^∗𝑛<250 due to missing variables; ^∗∗𝑛<250 due to use of sub-population.