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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2008 Jan;39(1):99–108.

Table 3.

Prevalence of unprotected anal Intercourse (UAI) and associated predictors by regular or casual male sex partners among men who have sex with men in the past six months (P6M) In Beijing, China

Variable Anal sex with the regular male sex partners Anal sex with the casual male sex partners


N UAI (%) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) N UAI (%) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Overall 336 78.6 361 63.2
Age (median, years) ≤26 215 76.7 1.0 225 58.7 1.0
>26 121 81.8 1.36(0.78–2.39) 136 70.6 1.69(1.07–2.66)b
Ethnicity Han 313 79.6 1.0 340 63.5 1.0
Minority 23 65.2 0.48(0.20–1.19) 21 57.1 0.76(0.31–1.87)
Education Senior high school or Iess 110 78.2 1.0 165 64.8 1.0
Some college or higher 226 78.8 1.03(0.60–1.80) 196 61.7 0.87(0.57–1.34)
Monthly income >200 US dollars 170 73.5 1.00 1.00 178 57.9 1.00
≤200 US dollars 166 83.7 1.85(1.08–3.16)b 1.74(1.01–2.98) 183 68.3 1.57(1.02–2.41)b
Married/Cohabited with male or female partners
No 262 77.1 1.0 310 62.3 1.0
Yes 74 83.8 1.53(0.78–3.04) 51 68.6 1.33(0.70–2.50)
Had Beijing residence card
No 210 77.1 1.0 244 63.1 1.0
Yes 126 81.0 1.26(0.73–2.18) 117 63.2 1.00(0.64–1.59)
Ever found male sex partners through Internet
No 81 76.5 1.0 114 64.9 1.0
Yes 255 79.2 1.17(0.64–2.12) 247 62.4 0.90(0.56–1.42)
Ever found male sex partners through bathhouse, public washroom, and park
No 267 76.0 1.0 1.0 250 56.0 1.0 1.0
Yes 69 88.4 2.40(1.09–5.29)b 2.22(1.00–4.91) 111 79.3 3.01(1,78–5.07)a 3.02(1.76–5.17)
Number of male sex partners, P6M
≤2 205 80.0 1.0 109 54.1 1.0
>2 131 76.3 0.81(0.48–1.37) 252 67.1 1.72(1.09–2.73)b
Participated in male group sex, P6M
No 295 80.0 1.0 305 63.6 1.0
Yes 41 68.3 0.54(0.26–1.10) 56 60.7 0.88(0.49–1.59)
Gave money for sex with men, P6M
No 318 78.3 1.0 343 63.3 1.0
Yes 18 83.3 1.38(0.39–4.92) 18 61.1 0.91(0.34–2.41)
Received money for sex with men, P6M
No 308 79.2 1.0 318 65.4 1.0 1.0
Yes 28 71.4 0.66(0.28–1.56) 43 46.5 0.46(0.24–0.87)b 0.34(0.17–0.68)
Number of male sex partners of insertive anal intercourse, P6M
≤2 260 78.1 1.0 230 59.6 1.0
>2 76 80.3 1.14(0.60–2.16) 131 69.5 1.54(0.98–2.44)
Times of the insertive anal sex with male sex partners, P6M
≤5 184 76.1 1.0 228 64.9 1.0
>5 152 81.6 1.39(0.82–2.37) 133 60.2 0.82(0.52–1.27)
Number of male sex partners of receptive anal intercourse, P6M
≤2 251 78.9 1.0 192 57.3 1.0 1.0
>2 85 77.6 0.93(0.51–1.68) 169 69.8 1.72(1.11–2.67) á 1.80(1.13–2.86)
Times of the receptive anal sex with male sex partners, P6M
≤5 181 76.8 1.0 214 63.1 1.0
>5 155 80.6 1.26(0.74–2.13) 147 63.3 1.01(0.65–1.56)
Used Illicit drugs, P6M No 329 79.3 1.0 348 63.8 1.0
Yes 7 42.9 0.20(0.04–0.89)b 13 46.2 0.49(0.16–1.48)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio

a

P<0.01

b

0.01<P<0.05