Research Article
Barriers to Acceptance of Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenyang, China: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of MSM (
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| Demographic/behavioral characteristics | Number of baseline MSM (%, Proportion) |
| Hometown | | Liaoning | 322 (73.5) | Others | 116 (26.5) | Age (years) | | Younger (<28) | 232 (53.0) | Older (⩾28) | 206 (47.0) | Ethnic | | Han | 370 (84.5) | Others | 67 (15.3) | Education | | At least high school | 250 (57.1) | Less than high school | 188 (42.9) | Occupation | | Unemployed | 287 (65.5) | Employed | 148 (33.8) | Monthly income (RMB) | | ⩾1000 | 289 (66.0) | <1000 | 149 (34.0) | Looking for sexual partners place | | Internet | 205 (46.8) | Park | 133 (30.4) | Others | 93 (21.2) | Had male regular sexual partner in past 12 months | | Yes | 296 (67.6) | No | 142 (32.4) | Consistent condom use with regular male sexual partner | | Yes | 73 (16.7) | No answer | 145 (33.1) | No | 220 (50.2) | Had male casual sexual partner in past 12 months | | Yes | 352 (80.4) | No | 86 (19.6) | Consistent condom use with casual male sexual partner | | Yes | 101 (23.1) | No answer | 88 (20.1) | No | 249 (56.8) |
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