Understanding the Role of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in HIV Prevention in Nantong, China

Table 3

Comparing characteristics of repeated testers and first-time testers.

Characteristics	Repeat testers ()	First-time testers ()
Year			280.58	<0.001
2010	259 (13.00)	1588 (16.60)
2011	214 (10.74)	1826 (19.09)
2012	265 (13.30)	1517 (15.86)
2013	254 (12.74)	1919 (20.06)
2014	407 (20.42)	1529 (15.98)
2015	594 (29.80)	1188 (12.42)
Gender			63.89	<0.001
Female	760 (38.13)	4587 (47.95)
Male	1233 (61.87)	4980 (52.05)
Age			41.11	<0.001
<20	67 (3.36)	360 (3.76)
20-	871 (43.70)	3550 (37.16)
30-	581 (29.15)	3225 (33.71)
40-	336 (16.86)	1797 (18.78)
50-	95 (4.77)	502 (5.25)
≥60	43 (2.16)	128 (1.34)
Marital status			106.34	<0.001
Married	656 (32.92)	2875 (30.05)
Unmarried	1241 (62.27)	6493 (67.87)
Divorced or widowed	96 (4.82)	199 (2.08)
Education level			490.64	<0.001
Junior high school or lower	1008 (50.58)	7092 (74.19)
Senior high school or secondary school	420 (21.07)	1343 (14.04)
College or higher	565 (28.35)	1132 (11.83)
Counseling source			211.03	<0.001
Active counseling	1570 (78.78)	7153 (74.77)
Outreach services for high-risk groups	271 (13.60)	2189 (22.88)
Referral counseling	152 (7.63)	225 (2.35)
Counseling reasons			1047.35	<0.001
IDU (injected drug use)	9 (0.45)	16 (0.17)
HIV-positive spouse/fixed sex partners	265 (13.30)	354 (3.70)
Commercial heterosexual behaviors	808 (40.54)	6113 (63.90)
Noncommercial/nonfixed heterosexual behaviors	314 (15.76)	1976 (20.65)
Male-male sexual behaviors	469 (23.53)	557 (5.82)
No high-risk behavior	88 (4.42)	344 (3.60)
Blood transmission	4 (0.20)	11 (0.11)
Others	36 (1.81)	196 (2.05)
HIV status			154.93	<0.001
HIV-positive	167 (8.38)	253 (2.64)
HIV-negative	1826 (91.62)	9314 (97.36)
Having a syphilis antibody test			103.59	<0.001
Yes, syphilis antibody (+)	29 (1.46)	66 (0.69)
Yes, syphilis antibody (-)	1696 (85.10)	7271 (76.00)
No	268 (13.45)	2230 (23.31)