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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Dec;16(6):557–570. doi: 10.1521/aeap.16.6.557.53792

TABLE 2.

Comparison of Sociodemographic, Risk Behaviors and Psychological Factors Between Migrants WTP and Those Not WTP

WTP (N=3435)
Not–WTP (N=690)
Characteristics n % n %
Sociodemographic factors
 Age (x ± sd) 23.48 ± 3.75 23.60 ± 4.03
 Male 2060 60 401 58.1
 Han Ethnicity 3330 97.3 643 94.7***
 Single 2413 72.1 459 69.2
 Education
  Elementary 190 5.6 56 8.2
  Middle school 1893 55.4 378 55.5
  High school 1141 33.4 211 31
  Postsecondary 191 5.6 36 5.3
 Type of current worka
  No job 115 3.4 32 4.6
  Self–employed 292 8.5 81 11.8
  Entertainment establishment 1828 53.4 356 51.7
  Industrial worker 910 26.6 157 22.8
  Other 278 8.1 63 9.1
 Monthly income (RMB) 839.7 ± 713.0 877.7 ± 834.3
 Daily working hours 10.14 ± 2.96 10.24 ± 4.77
 Days rest per month 2.91 ± 2.25 2.76 ± 2.26
 Migrating to earn more money 1740 50.7 390 56.5**
 Migrating to learn more about the outside world 2202 64.2 361 52.3***
Knowledge and behavior
 General AIDS awareness 2.35 ± 0.79 2.19 ± 0.82***
 HIV/AIDS knowledge 14.18 ± 2.84 13.76 ± 3.12**
 Having ever used drugs or sold blood 131 3.8 67 9.7***
 Having sexual experience 1726 50.6 393 57.3**
 Having risky sexual behaviors 1420 43.8 308 49.2*
 Ever had a physical exam. 2460 71.9 431 62.7***
 Ever had a STD/HIV test 369 10.8 97 14.1*
Psychological factors
 Peer risk involvement 1.37 ± 0.48 1.49 ± 0.59***
 Perceived intrinsic reward of risk behaviors 2.10 ± 0.56 2.24 ± 0.61***
 Perceived severity of risk behaviors 2.72 ± 0.52 2.53 ± 0.55***
 Perceived vulnerability to HIV/STD 3.66 ± 0.51 3.63 ± 0.61
 HIV–related stigma 2.30 ± 0.48 2.47 ± 0.49***
 Depression 11.22 ± 9.36 12.90 ± 9.64***
 Satisfaction with life/work 3.31 ± 0.97 3.26 ± 1.02
*

Note. p <0.05.

**

p <0.01.

***

p <0.001.

a

There was a significant difference in proportion of occupation by WTP (p = 0.009).