HIV Risk Perception among HIV Negative or Status-Unknown Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

Table 1

Basic characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing, China.

Characteristics^a	𝑛 (𝑁=887)	%
Age at interview (year): mean ± SD^b (range)	30.2 ± 7.9 (18–67)
≤23	148	16.7
24–29	344	38.8
30–39	278	31.3
≥40	87	13.2
Ethnicity
Han	834	94.0
Others	53	6.0
Ever married
Never	647	72.9
Ever	240	27.1
Education (year)
Primary school and lower (≤6)	23	2.6
Middle school (7–9)	145	16.4
Senior high (10–12)	253	28.5
College and higher (>12)	465	52.5
Employment status
Full-time/tenured	565	63.9
Part-time/temporary	186	21.1
Retired/unemployed	47	5.3
Student	46	5.2
Others	40	4.5
Resident in Beijing
No	691	78.0
Yes	195	22.0
Illicit drug use
Never	861	97.2
Ever	25	2.8
Alcohol drinking in the past 4 weeks
Never	41	4.6
Rarely	176	19.9
2–6 times per week	449	50.7
Daily	220	24.8
Sexual orientation
Homosexual	577	65.7
Heterosexual	10	1.2
Bisexual	291	33.1
Preferred sexual position during anal sex
Exclusively receptive	103	11.6
Mainly receptive	155	17.5
Exclusively insertive	181	20.4
Mainly insertive	224	25.2
Dual	193	21.8
No anal sex	31	3.5
Self-perceived risk of HIV infection
High	65	7.3
Medium	248	28.0
Low	463	52.2
No	111	12.5
HIV testing times since last HIV testing (month)
Never	30	3.4
<3	282	31.8
3–5	326	36.8
6–11	132	14.9
≥12	117	13.2
HIV seropositive
No	840	94.7
Yes	47	5.3
Syphilis seropositive
No	739	83.3
Yes	148	16.7

aSample size may vary for different characteristic variables due to missing data.
^bSD: standard deviation.