Recreational Drug Use among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Risky Combination with Unprotected Sex for Acquiring HIV Infection

Table 1

Characteristics of MSM who used or did not use recreational drugs in Shenyang of China.

Characteristics	Drug users (𝑁=145)		Nonusers (𝑁=480)		𝜒^2	𝑃 value
	Number	Proportion (%)	Number	Proportion (%)
Age, year
>25	71	49.0	314	65.4	12.741	<0.001
≤25	74	51.0	166	34.6
Residence in Liaoning Province
Yes	101	69.7	367	76.5
No	44	30.3	113	23.5	2.740	0.098
Ethnic
Han	126	86.9	399	83.1
Non-Han	19	13.1	81	16.9	1.179	0.278
Educational level
College and above	59	40.7	176	36.7
Senior high school and below	86	59.3	304	63.3	0.768	0.381
Marital status
Married with females/cohabitated with males	19	13.1	136	28.3
Single	126	86.9	344	71.7	13.850	<0.001
Average monthly income, USD
≤500	101	69.7	351	73.1
>500	44	30.3	129	26.9	0.670	0.413
Ever sold sex to male partners
No	139	95.9	466	97.1
Yes	6	4.1	14	2.9	0.536	0.464
Main venue to seek male sex partners
Internet	98	67.6	240	50.0	13.904	0.001
Bar/dance halls	8	5.5	44	9.2
Park/public bath	39	26.9	196	40.8
Main sexual role with males
Receptive anal intercourse	29	20.0	93	19.4
Receptive/insertive anal intercourse	82	56.6	240	50.0
Insertive anal intercourse	34	23.4	147	30.6	2.931	0.231
Ever injecting illicit drug
No	145	100.0	478	99.6
Yes	0	0.0	2	0.4	0.606	0.436
UAI with regular male partners
No	103	71.0	381	79.4
Yes	42	29.0	99	20.6	4.434	0.035
UAI with casual male partners
No	111	76.6	324	67.5
Yes	34	23.4	156	32.5	4.312	0.038
UAI with commercial partners in the recent 3 months
No	137	95.1	454	95.2
Yes	7	4.9	23	4.8	0.000	0.985
Number of male partners in the past 3 months
<3	72	49.7	289	60.2
≥3	73	50.3	191	39.8	5.083	0.024

UAI: unprotected anal intercourse.