Table 2.
A comparative analysis of the demographic and behavioral characteristics of MSM who had sought sexual partners in core venues and who had not.
| Overall (2010–2022) | 2010–2014 | 2015–2019 | 2020–2022 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 2,922) | Yes (n = 1,486) | χ2/F | No (n = 1,382) | Yes (n = 794) | χ2/F | No (n = 1,421) | Yes (n = 449) | χ2/F | No (n = 384) | Yes (n = 235) | χ2/F | |
| PLWHA | ||||||||||||
| No | 2,521 (86.3) | 1,244 (83.7) | 5.19* | 1,158 (83.8) | 636 (80.1) | 4.75* | 1,259 (88.6) | 406 (90.4) | 1.16 | 341 (88.8) | 206 (87.7) | 0.19 |
| Yes | 401 (13.7) | 242 (16.3) | 224 (16.2) | 158 (19.9) | 162 (11.4) | 43 (9.6) | 43 (11.2) | 29 (12.3) | ||||
| Educational levels | 9.05* | 1.34 | 10.81* | 1.82 | ||||||||
| Junior high school and below | 364 (12.5) | 196 (13.2) | 206 (14.9) | 120 (15.1) | 158 (11.1) | 56 (12.5) | 28 (7.3) | 20 (8.5) | ||||
| High middle school | 774 (26.5) | 451 (30.3) | 484 (35.0) | 295 (37.1) | 288 (20.3) | 121 (26.9) | 69 (18.0) | 51 (21.7) | ||||
| College and above | 1,771 (60.6) | 834 (56.1) | 692 (50.1) | 377 (47.5) | 975 (68.6) | 272 (60.6) | 287 (74.7) | 164 (69.8) | ||||
| UAI | 1.32 | 7.69* | 0.32 | 0.25 | ||||||||
| Yes | 1,091 (37.337) | 530 (35.666) | 576 (41.678) | 283 (35.642) | 492 (34.623) | 162 (36.080) | 120 (31.25) | 78 (33.191) | ||||
| No | 1818 (62.217) | 953 (64.131) | 806 (58.321) | 511 (64.357) | 929 (65.376) | 287 (63.919) | 264 (68.75) | 157 (66.808) | ||||
| Drug abuse | 0.97 | 4.44* | 0.12 | 0.21 | ||||||||
| Yes | 377 (12.9) | 208 (14.0) | 66 (4.8) | 55 (6.9) | 318 (22.4) | 97 (21.6) | 81 (21.1) | 46 (19.6) | ||||
| No | 2,532 (86.7) | 1,275 (85.8) | 1,316 (95.2) | 739 (93.1) | 1,103 (77.6) | 352 (78.4) | 303 (78.9) | 189 (80.4) | ||||
| HIV test | 105.03** | 40.46** | 56.11** | 34.91** | ||||||||
| Yes | 1,347 (46.1) | 929 (62.5) | 557 (40.3) | 432 (54.4) | 730 (51.4) | 321 (71.5) | 216 (56.3) | 187 (79.6) | ||||
| No | 1,562 (53.5) | 554 (37.3) | 825 (59.7) | 362 (45.6) | 691 (48.6) | 128 (28.5) | 168 (43.8) | 48 (20.4) | ||||
| HIV service | 168.13** | 78.38** | 67.9** | 15.4** | ||||||||
| Yes | 1,897 (64.9) | 1,244 (83.7) | 923 (66.8) | 669 (84.3) | 917 (64.5) | 382 (85.1) | 264 (68.8) | 195 (83.0) | ||||
| No | 1,012 (34.6) | 239 (16.1) | 459 (33.2) | 125 (15.7) | 504 (35.5) | 67 (14.9) | 120 (31.3) | 40 (17.0) | ||||
| Income | 27.54** | 23.91** | 2.85 | 3.07 | ||||||||
| <3,000 | 333 (11.4) | 106 (7.1) | 119 (8.6107) | 40 (5.0377) | 185 (13.019) | 45 (10.022) | 47 (12.239) | 19 (8.0851) | ||||
| 3,000–5,000 | 809 (27.7) | 375 (25.2) | 438 (31.7) | 200 (25.2) | 392 (27.6) | 129 (28.7) | 39 (10.2) | 29 (12.3) | ||||
| >5,000 | 1,766 (60.4) | 1,000 (67.3) | 824 (59.6) | 552 (69.5) | 844 (59.4) | 275 (61.2) | 298 (77.6) | 187 (79.6) | ||||
| Length of residence | 23.11** | 1.03 | 12.49* | 9.45* | ||||||||
| 0–6 months | 500 (17.111) | 186 (12.516) | 174 (12.590) | 103 (12.972) | 296 (20.830) | 64 (14.253) | 62 (16.145) | 22 (9.3617) | ||||
| 6–24 months | 462 (15.811) | 202 (13.593) | 180 (13.024) | 91 (11.460) | 260 (18.296) | 73 (16.258) | 61 (15.885) | 27 (11.489) | ||||
| >24 months | 1,946 (66.598) | 1,090 (73.351) | 1,028 (74.384) | 594 (74.811) | 865 (60.872) | 312 (69.487) | 261 (67.968) | 186 (79.148) | ||||
| Sexual orientation | 24.93** | 31.55** | 1.6 | 3.43 | ||||||||
| Homosexual | 2,057 (70.4) | 1,038 (69.9) | 938 (67.9) | 518 (65.2) | 1,042 (73.3) | 330 (73.5) | 280 (72.9) | 179 (76.2) | ||||
| Heterosexual | 30 (1.0) | 44 (3.0) | 14 (1.0) | 38 (4.8) | 16 (1.1) | 4 (0.9) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.9) | ||||
| Bisexual | 605 (20.7) | 310 (20.9) | 327 (23.7) | 186 (23.4) | 257 (18.1) | 88 (19.6) | 76 (19.8) | 35 (14.9) | ||||
| Unsure | 217 (7.4) | 89 (6.0) | 103 (7.5) | 50 (6.3) | 106 (7.5) | 27 (6.0) | 27 (7.0) | 19 (8.1) | ||||
| Sexual roles | 9.28* | 0.78 | 14.36** | 0.72 | ||||||||
| Inserters | 839 (28.7) | 495 (33.3) | 374 (27.1) | 234 (29.5) | 416 (29.3) | 172 (38.3) | 142 (37.0) | 81 (34.5) | ||||
| Inserted | 568 (19.4) | 258 (17.4) | 233 (16.9) | 136 (17.1) | 315 (22.167) | 76 (16.926) | 74 (19.3) | 43 (18.3) | ||||
| Both | 1,457 (49.9) | 722 (48.6) | 728 (52.7) | 416 (52.4) | 690 (48.6) | 201 (44.8) | 168 (43.8) | 111 (47.2) | ||||
| Preferred platform to find male sex partners | 207.96** | 59.1** | 386.89** | 26.31** | ||||||||
| Venues | 396 (13.6) | 473 (31.8) | 160 (11.8) | 192 (24.2) | 73 (5.1) | 189 (42.1) | 38 (9.9) | 59 (25.1) | ||||
| Internet | 1,884 (64.5) | 775 (52.2) | 895 (64.8) | 445 (56.0) | 876 (61.6) | 172 (38.3) | 284 (74.0) | 150 (63.9) | ||||
| Others | 629 (21.5) | 235 (15.8) | 327 (23.7) | 157 (19.8) | 472 (33.2) | 88 (19.6) | 62 (16.1) | 26 (11.1) | ||||
| MB | 52.18** | 38.38** | 7.09* | 0.27 | ||||||||
| Yes | 98 (3.4) | 125 (8.4) | 76 (5.5) | 104 (13.1) | 14 (1.0) | 12 (2.7) | 6 (1.6) | 5 (2.1) | ||||
| No | 2,811 (96.2) | 1,358 (91.4) | 1,306 (94.5) | 690 (86.9) | 1,407 (99.0) | 437 (97.3) | 378 (98.4) | 230 (97.9) | ||||
| STIs | 6.65* | 3.44 | 2.41 | 0.51 | ||||||||
| Yes | 271 (9.3) | 175 (11.8) | 140 (10.1) | 101 (12.7) | 266 (18.7) | 99 (22.0) | 25 (6.5) | 12 (5.1) | ||||
| No | 2,638 (90.3) | 1,308 (88.0) | 1,242 (89.9) | 693 (87.3) | 1,155 (81.3) | 350 (78.0) | 359 (93.5) | 223 (94.9) | ||||
| Number of sexual partners | 12.56* | 1.64 | 16.55** | 0.31 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1,268 (43.4) | 603 (40.6) | 580 (42.0) | 313 (39.4) | 632 (44.5) | 186 (41.4) | 175 (45.6) | 102 (43.4) | ||||
| 2 | 663 (22.7) | 302 (20.3) | 275 (19.9) | 158 (19.9) | 362 (25.5) | 85 (18.9) | 98 (25.5) | 61 (26.0) | ||||
| ≥3 | 978 (33.5) | 578 (38.9) | 527 (38.1) | 323 (40.7) | 427 (30.0) | 178 (39.6) | 111 (28.9) | 72 (30.6) | ||||
| MSMW | 0.91 | 0.08 | 4.34* | 0.07 | ||||||||
| Yes | 2,606 (89.2) | 1,312 (88.3) | 1,174 (84.9) | 671 (84.5) | 1,332 (93.7) | 408 (90.9) | 363 (94.5) | 221 (94.0) | ||||
| No | 316 (10.8) | 175 (11.8) | 208 (15.1) | 123 (15.5) | 89 (6.3) | 41 (9.1) | 21 (5.5) | 14 (6.0) | ||||
| Core MSM | 1.68 | 0.6 | 2.86 | 0.76 | ||||||||
| No | 2,174 (74.4) | 1,133 (76.2) | 1,029 (74.5) | 603 (76.0) | 343 (24.1) | 127 (28.1) | 91 (23.7) | 63 (26.8) | ||||
| Yes | 748 (25.6) | 354 (23.8) | 353 (25.5) | 191 (24.1) | 1,078 (75.9) | 325 (71.9) | 293 (76.3) | 172 (73.2) | ||||
| Age# | 29.6 (7.7) | 31.4 (8.4) | 53.23** | 28.5 (6.9) | 29.9 (7.9) | 17.88** | 30.1 (7.9) | 32.7 (8.7) | 32.56** | 31.7 (8.3) | 33.8 (8.8) | 8.46* |
#Variance analysis. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001.