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female sex workers (seven out of 13) were divorced or separated and two were widowed.With the transgender, six were single, one divorced or separated and another was livingwith a partner (Table 2a).Educational attainmentWhile almost one in ten (9.7%) had no formal education another 10.8% had tertiary leveleducation. Those with tertiary education were mainly males with 5 out of 8 from theMSM group. In comparison, only one woman out or 34 had tertiary education. Of therespondents, 30.1% had completed their SPM of STPM, 20.4% their primary educationand another 26.9% their lower secondary education and only two of them had completedtheir vocational education. By group all DU males had studied beyond their lowersecondary, while the heterosexually infected men had lower secondary or less education.The MSM tended to be the best educated. The refugee had only primary or no educationat all. Almost half (12 out of 26) had attained SPM/STPM or higher education, two hadnever been to school, five had completed their primary education and another sevencompleted their PMR. Female sex workers had very little education with half who hadnever been to school and the other half either completing their primary education (three)or one who had attained her PMR. Transgenders were better educated with one who hadnever been to school, two out of eight having completed their primary education, and theother six with completing their PMR and another three their upper school education(Table 2b).Employment statusAlmost half (47.4%) of the respondents were unemployed at the time of the study andonly 22.6% were employed full time and another 10.8% self-employed. Meanwhile 8.6%worked as volunteers, 3.2% were employed part-time and one respondent was too ill towork. Generally, most of the heterosexually infected women (15 out of 22) wereunemployed as were 11 out of 27 male DUs. All MSM were working full time either forothers or self employed. Of the seven refugee men, four were unemployed, two employedfulltime and another part time. Of the eight transgender, five of them said that they wereunemployed but to our knowledge they were sex workers. Of the 13 female sex workers,four of them said that they were unemployed while another five said that they wereemployed fulltime, one self employed and the final three reported that they were involvedin sex work.Types of full time employment varied widely ranging from managers and executives tomiddle management workers like clerks, nurse and technicians as well as general workersin restaurants and mini-markets. Two respondents worked full-time as sex workers.Those who were self employed were also in very varied occupations ranging from beingelectricians, designers, tailors, hairdressers, musician and sales personnel. Onerespondent reported that she was self-employed as a sex worker.Table 2bDistribution of Respondents by Education and Employment StatusHeterosexuallysexuallyGenderHetero-Trans-WomenTOTALGroups DUMSM RefugeeSexinfectedinfectedSex-WorkersNo %MenWomenWorkersNUMBER (N) 27 8 8 7 22 13 8 93 100EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT102