Skip to main content
. 2012 Mar;26(3):148–155. doi: 10.1089/apc.2011.0277

Table 2.

Crude and Adjusted Bivariate Associations Between Selected Variables and HIV Infection among MSM, Beijing, 2009 (using RDSAT-generated weights)

Variable Crude % (n)a Adjusted % (95% CI) p
Age
 18–25 6.4 (11) 4.1 (1.2–8.3) 0.019
 >25 7.6 (25) 10.2 (5.3–15.9)  
Current marital status
 Married 11.5 (12) 13.7 (4.4–23.4) 0.005
 Unmarried 6.1 (24) 5.9 (2.8–9.8)  
Lived in Beijing less than 1 year
 Yes 13.1 (11) 13.7 (5.1–24.1) 0.017
 No 6.0 (25) 6.6 (3.4–10.6)  
Have health insurance
 Yes 3.8 (9) 5.5 (1.6–10.7) 0.029
 No 10.2 (27) 10.2 (5.7–15.8)  
Sexual orientation
 Homosexual 7.2 (25) 8.5 (4.2–13.2) 0.595
 Others 7.1 (11) 7.9 (2.9–13.8)  
Role in anal sex with males
 Insertive 6.0 (8) 6.2 (1.4–12.0) <0.001
 Equally 8.9 (26) 10.4 (5.5–17.4)  
 Receptive 3.0 (2) 3.4 (0–9.3)  
Type of the most recent male partner in the past 6 months
 Regular partner 5.5 (17) 5.5 (2.4–9.8) 0.020
 Casual partner 10.1 (18) 11.4 (4.7–19.3)  
Unprotected insertive anal sex with the most recent male partner in the past 6 months
 Yes 6.3 (8) 8.7 (1.3–16.0) 0.623
 No 7.3 (16) 6.5 (2.7–11.6)  
Unprotected receptive anal sex with the most recent male partner in the past 6 months
 Yes 7.8 (9) 10.7 (2.4–18.6) 0.694
 No 10.0 (17) 8.7 (3.2–13.8)  
Ever had sex with female
 Yes 9.2 (26) 10.8 (5.8–17.1) 0.004
 No 4.6 (10) 3.4 (0.8–7.1)  
Had female sexual partner in the past 6 months
 Yes 9.6 (10) 15.0 (5.0–28.9) 0.003
 No 6.6 (26) 5.8 (3.1–9.1)  
Unprotected sex with female sexual partner in the past 6 months
 Yes 3.4 (1) 34.1 (0–61.9) 0.050
 No 12.0 (9) 20.2 (0–100)  
Discussed HIV status with the most recent male partner
 Yes 4.7 (12) 3.9 (1.6–7.3) 0.002
 No 9.8 (23) 12.3 (6.0–19.2)  
Self–known the HIV status
 Yes 5.3 (17) 8.1 (3.8–13.4) 0.591
 No 8.0 (14) 7.5 (2.8–12.8)  
Known the HIV status of the most recent male partner
 Yes 1.6 (2) 1.0 (0–2.3) 0.014
 No 9.2 (33) 10.1 (5.6–15.4)  
Told the most recent male partner your HIV status
 Yes 4.2 (10) 4.0 (1.4–7.1) 0.003
 No 9.9 (25) 11.5 (5.6–18.0)  
Level of HIV risk for self-perception
 Great 28.6 (18) 28.7 (15.1–43.7) <0.001
 Moderate 7.6 (7) 13.1 (4.0–24.7)  
 Small 3.5 (10) 4.3 (1.1–7.2)  
 None 1.7 (1) 1.5 (0–5.4)  
Ever had a HIV test
 Yes 7.5 (25) 10.3 (5.1–15.3) 0.250
 No 6.6 (11) 7.2 (2.6–12.5)  
Had a HIV test in the past 12 months
 Yes 6.0 (16) 7.3 (3.2–11.0) 0.370
 No 8.6 (20) 9.5 (4.6–15.4)  
Received free condoms/lubricant in the past 12 months
 Yes 7.3 (32) 8.3 (4.2–10.8) 0.291
 No 6.3 (4) 32.6 (6.1–49.8)  
Bought condoms in the past 12 months
 Yes 5.2 (13) 4.7 (2.1–8.5) 0.005
 No 9.2 (23) 11.1 (5.8–17.4)  
Syphilis status
 Positive 13.6 (15) 19.1 (8.4–31.5) <0.001
 Negative 5.4 (21) 4.8 (2.4–7.6)  
Condoms use social norms AOR    
(Cronbach α=0.925, median 18, range 5–20) (95% CI) Wald χ2=26.409 <0.001
  0.8 (0.7–0.9)    
a

Subgroups do not always add up to totals due to missing data.

MSM, men who have sex with men; CI, confidence interval; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.