Research Article
Internet-Based Sex-Seeking Behavior Promotes HIV Infection Risk: A 6-Year Serial Cross-Sectional Survey to MSM in Shenyang, China
Table 1
Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with using the Internet to seek male partners among Shenyang MSM
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| Variables | Using Internet MSM () | Non-Internet MSM () | cOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | | % | | % |
| Age | | | | | | | ≤25 years | 600 | 60.0% | 422 | 43.0% | Ref | | >25 years | 400 | 40.0% | 559 | 57.0% | 2.0 | NA | Monthly income | | | | | | | None | 321 | 32.1% | 219 | 22.3% | Ref | | 1–300 $ | 321 | 32.1% | 480 | 48.9% | 0.5 | NA | >300 $ | 358 | 35.8% | 282 | 28.7% | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) | NA | Education level | | | | | | | Junior high school and below | 229 | 22.9% | 539 | 54.9% | Ref | | Senior high school and above | 771 | 77.1% | 442 | 45.1% | 4.1 | NA | Residence place | | | | | | | Other cities | 633 | 63.3% | 708 | 72.2% | Ref | Ref | Shenyang | 367 | 36.7% | 273 | 27.8% | 1.5 | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | Ethnicity | | | | | | | Non-Han | 148 | 14.8% | 161 | 16.4% | Ref | Ref | Han | 852 | 85.2% | 820 | 83.6% | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) | Marriage status | | | | | | | Others | 181 | 18.1% | 336 | 34.3% | Ref | Ref | Single | 819 | 81.9% | 645 | 65.7% | 2.4 | 2.0 (1.6–2.5) | Sexual orientation | | | | | | | Bisexual orientation | 281 | 28.1% | 366 | 37.3% | Ref | Ref | Homosexual orientation | 704 | 70.4% | 584 | 59.5% | 1.6 | 1.3 | Heterosexual or not sure | 15 | 1.5% | 31 | 3.2% | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | Age of male sexual behavior debut | | | | | | | >25 years | 90 | 9.0% | 218 | 22.5% | Ref | Ref | 18–25 years | 678 | 68.0% | 598 | 61.6% | 2.8 | 1.9 | <18 years | 229 | 23.0% | 155 | 16.0% | 3.6 | 2.5 | Condom use with steady male sex partners in the past year | | | | | | | Occasionally or never use | 371 | 58.1% | 385 | 65.3% | Ref | Ref | Always use | 268 | 41.9% | 205 | 34.7% | 1.4 | 1.3 | Condom use with casual male sex partners in the past year | | | | | | | Occasionally or never use | 384 | 47.5% | 402 | 57.8% | Ref | Ref | Always use | 425 | 52.5% | 294 | 42.2% | 1.5 | 1.4 | Preferred intercourse sexual roles with male partners | | | | | | | Insertive anal sexual role | 295 | 29.7% | 339 | 35.2% | Ref | Ref | Receptive anal sexual role | 204 | 20.5% | 148 | 15.4% | 1.6 | 1.5 | Both insertive and receptive | 495 | 49.8% | 475 | 49.4% | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | Number of male sexual partners in the past year | | | | | | | >10 | 272 | 27.2% | 311 | 31.7% | Ref | Ref | 4–10 | 343 | 34.3% | 296 | 30.2% | 1.3 | 1.2 (0.9–1.5) | 0–3 | 385 | 38.5% | 374 | 38.1% | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) | STD symptoms in the past year | | | | | | | No | 946 | 94.6% | 946 | 96.4% | Ref | Ref | Yes | 54 | 5.4% | 35 | 3.6% | 1.5 (1.0–2.4) | 1.6 |
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a: adjusted for age, monthly income, and education level. cOR: crude odds ratio. aOR: adjusted odds ratio. , , . NA, not applicable.
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