Table 1. Characteristics of Study Participants.
| Characteristics | N (%)a | Beijing (%)a | Urumqi (%)a | P d |
| Age, years (median age = 25 years) | 0.900 | |||
| 18–24 | 171 (42.9) | 109 (42.9) | 62 (42.8) | |
| 25–29 | 123 (30.8) | 76 (29.9) | 47 (32.4) | |
| 30–39 | 88 (22.1) | 57 (22.4) | 31 (21.4) | |
| 40–56 | 17 (4.3) | 12 (4.7) | 5 (3.4) | |
| Marital status | 0.307 | |||
| Never married | 334 (83.7) | 209 (82.3) | 125 (86.2) | |
| Ever married | 65 (16.3) | 45 (11.3) | 20 (13.8) | |
| Education | 0.084 | |||
| Junior high school or less | 16 (4.0) | 14 (5.5) | 2 (1.4) | |
| Senior high school | 93 (23.3) | 62 (24.4) | 31 (21.4) | |
| College or more | 290 | 178 | 112 | |
| Beijing/Urumqi local resident | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 135 (33.8) | 62 (24.4) | 73 (50.3) | |
| No | 264 (66.2) | 192 (75.6) | 72 (49.7) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.577 | |||
| Han | 362 (90.7) | 232 (91.3) | 130 (89.7) | |
| Otherb | 37 (9.3) | 22 (8.7) | 15 (10.3) | |
| Salary (RMB)c | <0.001 | |||
| <500 | 84 (21.1) | 44 (17.3) | 40 (27.6) | |
| 500- | 40 (10.0) | 16 (6.3) | 24 (16.6) | |
| 1000- | 119 (29.8) | 68 (26.8) | 51 (35.2) | |
| 2000- | 156 (39.1) | 126 (49.6) | 30 (20.7) | |
| Self reported sexual orientation | 0.596e | |||
| Homosexual | 283 (70.9) | 180 (70.9) | 103 (71.0) | |
| Heterosexual | 74 (18.5) | 50 (19.7) | 24 (16.6) | |
| Bisexual | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Undecided | 41 (10.3) | 23 (9.1) | 18 (12.4) | |
| Occupation | 0.014 | |||
| Office clerk | 149 (37.3) | 106 (41.7) | 43 (29.3) | |
| Student | 93 (23.3) | 53 (20.9) | 40 (27.6) | |
| Civil servant | 20 (5.0) | 7 (2.8) | 13 (9.0) | |
| Other | 120 (30.1) | 77 (30.3) | 43 (29.7) | |
| Unemployed | 17 (4.3) | 11 (4.3) | 6 (4.1) |
Note:
a
Proportions were analyzed based on data of the 399 men who completed a questionnaire;
b
Other ethnicities included Uighur, Kazak, Hui and Manchu;
c
The currency exchange rate was 7 RMB equaled approximately 1 USD at the time of the study;
d
P value from Chi-square test;
e
P value from Fisher's exact test.