Table 5.

History of STDs and Partner Notification Among Chinese Migrants Visiting STD Clinics

	Overall	Female	Male
Reported a history of STD	495	250	245
Type of STD infected
Gonorrhea	32.1	21.6	42.9e
Nongonococcal urethritis	20.2	18.8	21.6
Herpes genitals	11.7	8.8	14.7c
Condyloma acuminata	37.6	48.8	26.1e
Syphilis	16.8	25.2	8.2e
Perceived transmitters/source of infection
Regular partner	29.3	40.6	17.8d
Temporary partner	51.5	42.2	61.0
Contact with STD patients	7.6	6.3	8.9
Don’t know	11.6	10.9	12.3
Age at the first STD infection
20	6.9	12.0	1.7e
20	44.3	50.0	38.3
25	29.8	26.4	33.3
30	19.0	11.6	26.7
% Reported two or more STDs	45.9	55.2	36.5d
Reasons for two or more STDsa
Recurring	26.6	37.8	9.2d
Did not cure	33.6	32.4	35.5
Had contact with STD patients	16.7	18.9	13.2
Had high risk behaviors	23.1	10.8	42.1
Notification of STD
Did not tell my partner	54.9	46.0	64.1d
Told my stable partner only	32.7	39.7	25.5
Told my temporary partner only	9.0	11.1	6.9
Told both my stable and temporary partner	3.4	3.2	3.5
Reasons for not notifying sex partnersb
Unwilling to tell	57.1	47.2	64.5c
Worried about being scolded by partners	22.7	26.6	19.8
Couldn’t find him/her	10.3	9.8	10.7
Other (i.e., violence of partner)	9.8	16.4	5.0
Places of receiving treatment
Comprehensive hospital	19.6	20.3	18.8c
Specialized hospital	55.5	50.0	61.1
Formal clinic	17.5	20.3	14.6
Private clinic	4.3	7.8	0.7
Self-treated	3.2	1.6	4.9

^aData were available for 227 (138 females and 89 males) migrants who reported two or more STDs.

^bData were available for 272 (115 females and 157 males) migrants who did not notify their partner about their STD infection.

^cp < 0.05.

^dp < 0.01.

^ep < 0.001.

STD, sexually transmitted diseases.