Research Article
Risk Factors for HIV/Syphilis Infection and Male Circumcision Practices and Preferences among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China
Table 1
Demographics, HIV/syphilis Infection, and risk factors among men who have sex with men in Chengdu, China, 2009.
| | Variables | (%) | HIV (, %) | Prevalence (%) |
| | Demographics | | | | | Age (years) | | | | | 18–24 | 226 (39.7) | 29 (38.2) | 12.8 | | 25–34 | 210 (36.8) | 26 (34.2) | 12.4 | | ≥35 | 134 (23.5) | 21 (27.6) | 15.7 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Education | | | | | Junior high | 102 (17.9) | 24 (31.6) | 23.5 | | Senior high | 130 (22.8) | 22 (28.9) | 16.9 | | College or higher | 338 (59.3) | 30 (39.5) | 8.9 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Marital status | | | | | Never married | 407 (71.4) | 49 (64.5) | 12.0 | | Married | 76 (13.3) | 10 (13.2) | 13.2 | | Live with a partner (male/female) | 44 (7.7) | 8 (10.5) | 5.9 | | Divorced/widowed | 43 (7.5) | 9 (11.8) | 6.3 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Household registration | | | | | Local resident | 261 (45.8) | 26 (34.2) | 10.0 | | Nonlocal resident | 309 (54.2) | 50 (65.8) | 16.2 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Time period of living in Chengdu | | | | | 0-1 years | 61 (10.7) | 9 (11.8) | 14.8 | | 1-2 years | 54 (9.5) | 8 (10.5) | 14.8 | | ≥2 years | 455 (79.8) | 59 (77.6) | 13.0 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Self-identified sexual orientation | | | | | Homosexual | 372 (65.3) | 49 (64.5) | 13.2 | | Heterosexual | 7 (1.2) | 0 (0) | 0 | | Bisexual | 191 (33.5) | 27 (35.5) | 14.1 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Sexual behavior in the past 6 months | | | | | Venues for finding sex partners | | | | | Bars/tea houses/dance halls | 104 (18.2) | 16 (21.1) | 15.4 | | Public bathhouses/saunas | 60 (10.5) | 11 (14.5) | 5.0 | | Parks/public restroom | 31 (5.4) | 6 (7.9) | 7.2 | | Internet sites | 337 (59.1) | 41 (53.9) | 12.2 | | Refused/missing | 38 (6.7) | 2 (2.6) | | | Anal sex with men | | | | | Exclusively insertive | 178 (31.2) | 13 (17.1) | 7.3 | | Predominantly insertive | 132 (23.2) | 19 (25.0) | 14.4 | | Exclusively receptive | 102 (17.9) | 20 (25.3) | 19.6 | | Predominantly receptive | 108 (18.9) | 22 (28.9) | 20.4 | | Refused/missing | 50 (8.8) | 2 (2.6) | | | Buy male sex | | | | | No | 549 (96.3) | 72 (94.7) | 13.1 | | Yes | 21 (3.7) | 4 (5.3) | 19.0 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Sell sex to a male | | | | | No | 545 (95.6) | 70 (92.1) | 12.8 | | Yes | 25 (4.4) | 6 (7.9) | 24.0 | | Refused/missing | | | | | Number of male sex partners | | | | | 0 | 49 (8.6) | 2 (2.6) | 4.1 | | 1 | 178 (31.2) | 15 (19.7) | 8.4 | | 2–9 | 304 (53.3) | 47 (61.8) | 15.5 | | ≥10 | 32 (5.6) | 11 (14.5) | 34.4 | | Refused/missing | 7 (1.2) | 2 (2.6) | | | Consistent condom use with male partner | | | | | Always | 321 (51.1) | 55 (72.3) | 17.1 | | Sometimes or never | 200 (34.7) | 19 (25.0) | 9.5 | | Refused/missing | 49 (14.2) | 2 (2.6) | | | Number of female sex partners | | | | | 0 | 476 (83.5) | 67 (88.2) | 14.1 | | 1 | 67 (11.8) | 5 (6.6) | 7.5 | | ≥2 | 27 (4.7) | 4 (5.3) | 14.8 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | HIV knowledge | | | | | Correctly answered questions about HIV | | | | | No | 261 (45.8) | 50 (65.8) | 19.1 | | Yes | 309 (54.2) | 26 (34.2) | 8.4 | | Refused/missing | 0 | 0 | | | Biological outcome | | | | | Syphilis | | | | | Negative | 477 (83.7) | 42 (55.3) | 8.8 | | Positive | 90 (15.8) | 34 (44.7) | 37.8 | | Refused/missing | 3 (5.3%) | 0 | |
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