Association between Psychological Factors and Condom Use with Regular and Nonregular Male Sexual Partners among Chinese MSM: A Quantitative Study Based on the Health Belief Model

Table 3

Single analyses between demographics and consistent condoms use with regular and nonregular partner.

	Consistent condoms use with regular partner (); ORu (95% CI)	Consistent condoms use with nonregular partner (); ORu (95% CI)
Demographics
Age
<25	1.00	1.00
25-49	0.79(0.46, 1.37)	0.56 (0.34, 0.95)
≥50	0.42 (0.23, 0.76)	0.20 (0.13, 0.33)
Education level
Primary school or lower	1.00	1.00
Middle school	1.24 (0.54, 2.87)	1.45 (0.80, 2.63)
High school/technical school	1.60 (0.87, 2.95)	4.82 (3.02, 7.68)
College and above	2.24 (0.82, 6.12)	3.73 (1.37, 10.18)
Sexual orientation
Homosexual	1.00	1.00
Bisexual/heterosexual	0.78 (0.46, 1.32)	0.43 (0.29, 0.64)
Marital status
Unmarried	1.00	1.00
Married	0.56 (0.32, 0.99)	0.23 (0.15, 0.37)
Divorced/widowed	0.22 (0.09, 0.55)	0.26 (0.14, 0.47)
Vocation
Employed	1.00	1.00
Unemployed/retired	0.54 (0.21, 1.39)	0.33 (0.19, 0.58)
Student	1.38 (0.86, 2.22)	2.40 (1.51, 3.79)
Monthly income (in RMB)
<1000	1.00	1.00
1000-1999	0.92 (0.47, 1.79)	2.15 (1.20, 3.85)
2000-2999	1.72 (0.74, 1.96)	1.92 (1.02, 3.62)
3000-3999	0.57 (0.24, 1.39)	0.75 (0.38, 1.45)
≥4000	0.75 (0.38, 1.48)	1.75 (0.96, 3.18)^†
AIDS-related characteristic
Previous STD infection
Yes	1.00	1.00
No/unsure	1.65 (0.81, 3.34)	1.43 (0.85, 2.39)
HIV infection
Yes	1.00	1.00
No/unsure	1.63 (0.68, 1.89)	1.80 (0.85, 3.79)

Note: STD: “sexually transmitted diseases.” ORu: univariate odds ratios. ^†; ; .