Research Article
Alcohol Use, Stigmatizing/Discriminatory Attitudes, and HIV High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China
Table 1
Demographics and biological outcomes among men who have sex with men in Shandong province, China.
| Variables | Total | Drinking (≥3 times/week) | Stigma and discrimination | | % | | % | SD |
| Total | 1230 | | 144 | 11.7 | | Demographics | | | | | | Study sites | | | | | | Jinan | 400 | 32.5 | 48 | 12.0 | | Qingdao | 400 | 32.5 | 55 | 13.7 | | Yantai | 430 | 35.0 | 41 | 9.5 | | Recruited venue | | | | | | Bars, night clubs, or tea houses | 329 | 26.7 | 49 | 14.9 | | Bathhouses or sauna | 161 | 13.1 | 24 | 14.9 | | Outdoor cruising area | 98 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.2 | | Internet or HIV testing sites | 642 | 52.2 | 60 | 9.3 | | Age (years) | | | | | | <25 | 548 | 44.6 | 53 | 9.7 | | 25–34 | 505 | 41.1 | 50 | 9.9 | | ≥35 | 177 | 14.3 | 41 | | | Marital status | | | | | | Single/separated | 1018 | 82.8 | 97 | 9.5 | | Married or cohabitating | 212 | 17.2 | 47 | | | Residency | | | | | | Shandong province | 991 | 80.6 | 107 | 10.8 | | Non-Shandong province | 239 | 19.4 | 37 | 15.5 | | Ethnicity group | | | | | | Han | 1206 | 98.0 | 140 | 11.6 | | Others | 24 | 2.0 | 4 | 16.7 | | Occupation | | | | | | Student | 187 | 15.2 | 6 | 3.2 | | Commercial service | 539 | 43.8 | 80 | 14.8 | | Farmer | 117 | 9.5 | 8 | 6.8 | | Full time employee | 268 | 21.8 | 33 | | | Housework and/or unemployed | 119 | 9.7 | 17 | 14.3 | | Education | | | | | | High school or lower | 649 | 52.8 | 94 | | | College or higher | 581 | 47.2 | 50 | 8.6 | | Duration of residence in current location (years) | | | | | | ≥2 | 815 | 66.3 | 97 | 11.9 | | <2 | 415 | 33.7 | 47 | 11.3 | | Self-identified sexual orientation | | | | | | Homosexual | 845 | 68.7 | 73 | 8.6 | | Heterosexual | 17 | 1.4 | 6 | | | Bisexual | 323 | 26.3 | 61 | 18.9 | | Do not know | 45 | 3.7 | 4 | 8.9 | | Being married or cohabitating/ ever had sex with woman in past 6 months | | | | | | Homosexual | 878 | 71.4 | 74 | 8.4 | | Bisexual | 352 | 28.6 | 70 | | | Biological outcome | | | | | | HIV status | | | | | | Negative | 1208 | 98.4 | 142 | 11.8 | | Positive | 20 | 1.6 | 2 | 10.0 | | Syphilis status | | | | | | Negative | 1144 | 93.2 | 130 | 11.4 | | Positive | 84 | 6.8 | 14 | 16.7 | |
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Total for each subgroup may not add up to the total due to missing data; P6M: in the past 6 months; ; ; ; NA: not applicable.
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