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Table 3 Sexual behaviors of the study participants with biological women and men

From: HIV prevalence, risky behaviors, and discrimination experiences among transgender women in Cambodia: descriptive findings from a national integrated biological and behavioral survey

Sexual behaviors

Number (%)

Ever had sex with a woman (lifetime)

117 (8.5)

Ever had sex with a woman in the past 12 months

30 (25.6)

Type of female sexual partners in the past 12 months

 Female commercial partners

0 (0.0)

 Female non-commercial partners

20 (66.7)

 Both (commercial/non-commercial)

10 (33.3)

Role in anal sex with a man

 Insertive

29 (2.2)

 Receptive

1145 (87.5)

 Both

135 (10.3)

Had anal sex with a man, past 3 months

1183 (86.0)

Median number of male partners in past 3 months (IQR)

3 (1–7)

Used condom at last anal sex

732 (61.9)

Anal sex with male non-commercial partners in past 3 months

1122 (85.7)

Median number of male non-commercial partners in past 3 months (IQR)

3 (1–5)

Condom use in anal sex with male non-commercial partner in past 3 months

 Not always

697 (62.1)

 Always

425 (37.9)

Reason for not using condoms with male non-commercial partner in the past 3 months

 We are in a relationship

438 (62.8)

 He/she is not HIV/STI infected

216 (31.0)

 Too high to use condom

37 (5.3)

 No condom available

189 (27.1)

 Feel better without condom

146 (20.9)

 I am HIV-infected

2 (0.3)

 I penetrated, so I am not at risk

4 (0.6)

 Partner refused

119 (17.1)

 Other

11 (1.6)

Had sex with a male commercial partner in the past 12 months

410 (29.8)

Median number of male commercial partners in the past 3 months (IQR)

3 (1–8)

Condom use with male commercial partners in the past 3 months

 Not always

164 (40.0)

 Always

246 (60.0)

Reasons for not using condoms with male commercial partners

 We are in a relationship

59 (32.6)

 She is not HIV/STI infected

25 (13.8)

 Too high to use condom

17 (9.4)

 No condom available

72 (39.8)

 Feel better without condom

39 (21.6)

 I penetrated, so I am not at risk

1 (0.6)

 Partner refused

54 (29.8)

 Other

7 (2.2)

  1. Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range; STI, sexually transmitted infection