Research Article
Early Sexual Debut and HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shenzhen, China
Table 1
Sociodemographic and risky sexual characteristics of MSM by HIV infection status.
| | Variables | Category | Total sample (%) | HIV positive (%) | HIV negative (%) | value | value |
| | Present age | | | | | 2.141 | 0.143 | | | <25 | 93 (17.4) | 28 (30.1) | 65 (69.9) | | | | | ≥25 | 440 (82.6) | 101 (23.0) | 339 (77.0) | | | | Ethnicity | | | | | 0.537 | 0.464 | | | Han | 499 (93.6) | 119 (23.8) | 380 (76.2) | | | | | Minority | 34 (6.4) | 10 (29.4) | 24 (70.6) | | | | Marital status | | | | | 2.158 | 0.142 | | | Married | 129 (24.2) | 25 (19.4) | 104 (80.6) | | | | | Never married/divorced/widowed | 404 (75.8) | 104 (25.7) | 300 (74.3) | | | | Educational level | | | | | 2.577 | 0.108 | | | ≤junior middle school | 160 (30.0) | 46 (28.8) | 114 (71.2) | | | | | >junior middle school | 373 (70.0) | 83 (22.3) | 290 (77.7) | | | | Socioeconomic disconnection | | | | | 0.232 | 0.630 | | | Yes | 52 (9.8) | 14 (26.9) | 38 (73.1) | | | | | No | 481 (90.2) | 115 (23.9) | 366 (76.1) | | | | Monthly income (RMB) | | | | | 2.460 | 0.117 | | | <2500 | 73 (13.7) | 23 (31.5) | 50 (68.5) | | | | | ≥2500 | 460 (86.3) | 106 (23.0) | 354 (77.0) | | | | Length of stay in Shenzhen | | | | | 0.100 | 0.752 | | | <1 month | 38 (7.1) | 10 (26.3) | 28 (73.7) | | | | | ≥1 month | 495 (92.9) | 119 (24.0) | 376 (76.0) | | | | Syphilis infection | | | | | 48.539 | <0.001 | | | Yes | 159 (29.8) | 70 (44.0) | 89 (56.0) | | | | | No | 374 (70.2) | 59 (15.8) | 315 (84.2) | | | | Ever had vaginal sexual intercourse | | | | | 0.620 | 0.431 | | | Yes | 354 (66.4) | 82 (23.2) | 272 (76.8) | | | | | No | 179 (33.6) | 47 (26.3) | 132 (73.7) | | | | Fixed homosexual partner | | | | | 0.054 | 0.816 | | | Yes | 368 (69.0) | 88 (23.9) | 280 (76.1) | | | | | No | 165 (31.0) | 41 (24.8) | 124 (75.2) | | | | Number of anal sexual partners in the past 6 months | | | | | 5.285 | 0.071 | | | ≤2 | 217 (40.7) | 44 (20.3) | 173 (79.7) | | | | | 3–5 | 150 (28.1) | 46 (30.7) | 104 (69.3) | | | | | >5 | 166 (31.2) | 39 (23.5) | 127 (76.5) | | | | Role in anal sexual intercourse | | | | | 44.861 | <0.001 | | | Insertive | 212 (41.1) | 21 (9.9) | 191 (90.1) | | | | | Receptive | 123 (23.8) | 50 (40.7) | 73 (59.3) | | | | | Both | 181 (35.1) | 54 (29.8) | 127 (70.2) | | | | Always use condom in anal sexual intercourse in the past 6 months | | | | | 6.089 | 0.014 | | | Yes | 214 (42.5) | 39 (18.2) | 175 (81.8) | | | | | No | 289 (57.5) | 80 (27.7) | 209 (72.3) | | | | With a comprehensive knowledge of HIV | | | | | 0.114 | 0.736 | | | Yes | 378 (70.9) | 93 (24.6) | 285 (75.4) | | | | | No | 155 (29.1) | 36 (23.2) | 119 (76.8) | | |
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Data may not add up to 533 because of missing value.
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