TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics and Sexual Behaviors of Male Study Participants: Chinese Health and Family Life Survey, 1999–2000
| All Participants |
MSM |
Heterosexuals |
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| No./Total Sample | % | No./Total Sample | % | No./Total Sample | % | Pa | |
| Age, y | .107b | ||||||
| < 30 | 500/1861 | 26.9 | 17/41 | 41.5 | 483/1820 | 26.5 | |
| 31–50 | 1058/1861 | 56.9 | 20/41 | 48.8 | 1038/1820 | 57.0 | |
| ≥ 51 | 303/1861 | 16.3 | 4/41 | 9.8 | 299/1820 | 16.4 | |
| Education | .041b | ||||||
| Primary school or less | 299/1861 | 16.1 | 1/41 | 2.4 | 298/1820 | 16.4 | |
| Secondary school | 706/1861 | 37.9 | 17/41 | 41.5 | 689/1820 | 37.9 | |
| High school | 556/1861 | 29.9 | 17/41 | 41.5 | 539/1820 | 29.6 | |
| Collegec | 300/1861 | 16.1 | 6/41 | 14.6 | 294/1820 | 16.2 | |
| Current location of residence | .116b | ||||||
| Rural | 385/1861 | 20.7 | 4/41 | 9.8 | 381/1820 | 20.9 | |
| Urban | 1476/1861 | 79.3 | 37/41 | 90.2 | 1439/1820 | 79.1 | |
| Employment status | .601b | ||||||
| Unemployed | 104/1763 | 5.9 | 3/41 | 7.3 | 101/1722 | 5.9 | |
| Temporary | 361/1763 | 20.5 | 10/41 | 24.4 | 351/1722 | 20.4 | |
| Full-time | 1298/1763 | 73.6 | 28/41 | 68.3 | 1270/1722 | 73.8 | |
| Monthly income, yuan | .911b | ||||||
| < 100 | 141/1860 | 7.6 | 2/41 | 4.9 | 139/1819 | 7.6 | |
| 200–800 | 952/1860 | 51.2 | 22/41 | 53.7 | 930/1819 | 51.1 | |
| ≥ 900 | 767/1860 | 41.2 | 17/41 | 41.5 | 750/1819 | 41.3 | |
| Marital status | .027b | ||||||
| Never married | 231/1850 | 12.5 | 11/41 | 26.8 | 220/1809 | 12.2 | |
| Currently married | 1560/1850 | 84.3 | 28/41 | 68.3 | 1532/1809 | 84.7 | |
| Cohabiting | 34/1850 | 1.8 | 1/41 | 2.4 | 33/1809 | 1.8 | |
| Divorced | 25/1850 | 1.3 | 1/41 | 2.4 | 24/1809 | 1.3 | |
| Gender of spouse/primary sex partner | .021b | ||||||
| Male | 1/1649 | 0.1 | 1/34 | 2.9 | 0/1615 | 0.0 | |
| Female | 1648/1649 | 99.9 | 33/34 | 97.1 | 1615/1615 | 100.0 | |
| Last time had sex with spouse/primary sex partner | .262b | ||||||
| Within last 2 wk | 1198/1645 | 72.8 | 23/34 | 67.6 | 1175/1611 | 72.9 | |
| Within last mo | 202/1645 | 12.3 | 5/34 | 14.7 | 197/1611 | 12.2 | |
| Within last y | 161/1645 | 9.8 | 2/34 | 5.9 | 159/1611 | 9.9 | |
| 1 y ago or more | 84/1645 | 5.1 | 4/34 | 11.8 | 80/1611 | 5.0 | |
| Frequency of sex with spouse/primary sex partner | .730b | ||||||
| More than once per wk | 892/1561 | 57.1 | 17/30 | 56.7 | 875/1531 | 57.2 | |
| 2–3 times per mo | 443/1561 | 28.4 | 10/30 | 33.3 | 433/1531 | 28.3 | |
| Once per mo or less | 226/1561 | 14.5 | 3/30 | 10.0 | 223/1531 | 14.6 | |
| Condom use with spouse/primary sex partner | .367b | ||||||
| Always | 97/1559 | 6.2 | 2/30 | 6.7 | 95/1529 | 6.2 | |
| Sometimes | 460/1559 | 29.5 | 12/30 | 40.0 | 448/1529 | 29.3 | |
| Never | 1002/1559 | 64.3 | 16/30 | 53.3 | 986/1529 | 64.5 | |
| Had sex with others while with spouse/primary sex partner | .047 | ||||||
| Yes | 315/1648 | 19.1 | 11/34 | 32.4 | 304/1614 | 18.8 | |
| No | 1333/1648 | 80.9 | 23/34 | 67.6 | 1310/1614 | 81.2 | |
| Received money, gifts, or valuables for sex in past y | .128b | ||||||
| Yes | 29/1855 | 1.6 | 2/40 | 5.0 | 27/1815 | 1.5 | |
| No | 1826/1855 | 98.4 | 38/40 | 95.0 | 1788/1815 | 98.5 | |
| Gave money, gifts, or valuables for sex in past y | .031 | ||||||
| Yes | 149/1861 | 8.0 | 7/41 | 17.1 | 142/1820 | 7.8 | |
| No | 1712/1861 | 92.0 | 34/41 | 82.9 | 1678/1820 | 92.2 | |
Note. MSM = men who have sex with men. Sum of total sample varies because of missing values.
a
P value obtained from the Pearson χ2 test for categorical variables unless otherwise indicated.
b
P value obtained from the Fisher exact test
c
Junior college or above.