Research Article
Understanding the Role of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in HIV Prevention in Nantong, China
Table 1
Comparing characteristics of HIV-positive VCT participants and HIV-negative VCT participants from 2010 to 2015 in Nantong, China.
| | Characteristics | Total () (%) | HIV-positive () (%) | HIV-negative () (%) | | |
| | Gender | | | | 248.95 | <0.001 | | Female | 5347 (46.25) | 36 (8.57) | 5311 (47.68) | | | | Male | 6213 (53.75) | 384 (91.43) | 5829 (52.32) | | | | Age (years) | | | | 50.81 | <0.001 | | <20 | 427 (3.69) | 13 (3.10) | 414 (3.72) | | | | 20- | 4426 (38.29) | 156 (37.14) | 4270 (38.33) | | | | 30- | 3806 (32.92) | 105 (25.00) | 3701 (33.22) | | | | 40- | 2133 (18.45) | 85 (20.24) | 2048 (18.38) | | | | 50- | 597 (5.16) | 46 (10.95) | 551 (4.95) | | | | ≥60 | 171 (1.48) | 15 (3.57) | 156 (1.40) | | | | Marital status | | | | 239.14 | <0.001 | | Married | 7748 (67.02) | 191 (45.48) | 7557 (67.84) | | | | Unmarried | 3552 (30.73) | 178 (42.38) | 3374 (30.29) | | | | Divorced or widowed | 260 (2.25) | 51 (12.14) | 209 (1.88) | | | | Education level | | | | 152.31 | <0.001 | | Junior high school or lower | 8100 (70.07) | 181 (43.10) | 7919 (71.09) | | | | Senior high school or secondary school | 1763 (15.25) | 116 (27.62) | 1647 (14.78) | | | | College or higher | 1697 (14.68) | 123 (29.29) | 1547 (14.13) | | | | Counseling source | | | | 348.94 | <0.001 | | Active counseling | 8723 (75.46) | 346 (82.38) | 8377 (75.20) | | | | Outreach services for high-risk groups | 2460 (21.28) | 2 (0.48) | 2458 (22.06) | | | | Referral counseling | 377 (3.26) | 72 (17.14) | 305 (2.74) | | | | Counseling reasons | | | | 1861.04 | <0.001 | | Noncommercial/nonfixed heterosexual behaviors | 2290 (19.81) | 27 (6.43) | 2263 (20.31) | | | | Commercial heterosexual behaviors | 6921 (59.87) | 78 (18.57) | 6843 (61.43) | | | | HIV-positive spouse/fixed sex partners | 619 (5.35) | 31 (5.01) | 588 (5.28) | | | | Male-male sexual behaviors | 1026 (8.88) | 282 (67.14) | 744 (6.68) | | | | IDU (injected drug use) | 25 (0.22) | 2 (0.48) | 23 (0.21) | | | | Blood transmission | 116 (1.00) | 0 (0.00) | 116 (1.04) | | | | No high-risk behavior | 432 (3.74) | 0 (0.00) | 432 (3.88) | | | | Othersa | 131 (1.13) | 0 (0.00) | 131 (1.18) | | | | Ever tested for HIV | | | | 154.93 | <0.001 | | No | 9567 (82.76) | 253 (60.24) | 9314 (83.61) | | | | Yes | 1993 (17.24) | 167 (39.76) | 1826 (16.39) | | | | Having a syphilis antibody test this time | | | | 86.67 | <0.001 | | No | 2498 (21.61) | 32 (7.62) | 2466 (22.14) | | | | Yes, syphilis antibody (+) | 95 (0.82) | 15 (3.57) | 80 (0.72) | | | | Yes, syphilis antibody (-) | 8967 (77.57) | 373 (88.81) | 8594 (77.15) | | |
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aOthers include rejecting telling the enquiry reasons, history of taking care of the HIV+ person, and father HIV-positive history.
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