Table 1.
Personal Demographic Characteristics by HIV Status
| Variable | Overall (N=605) |
HIV Positive (n=200) |
HIV Negative (n=405) |
Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Age | 28.8 (7.8) | 28.1 (5.7) | 29.1 (8.6) | F = 1.91, p = .17 |
| Age first MSM sex | 20.0 (4.2) | 20.0 (3.8) | 20.0 (4.4) | F = .09, p = .77 |
| Age first WSM sex | 20.5 (3.9) | 20.2 (3.6) | 20.7 (4.0) | F = .77, p = .38 |
| Age first realized attraction to men | 17.1 (4.1) | 17.6 (4.0) | 16.8 (4.1) | F = 4.4, p = .04 |
| Hukou | ||||
| Chengdu | 342 (56.5) | 107 (53.5) | 235 (58.0) | x2 (1) = 1.12, p = .29 |
| Other | 263 (43.5) | 93 (46.5) | 170 (42.0) | |
| Ethnic group | ||||
| Han | 593 (98.3) | 196 (98.5) | 397 (98.3) | x2 (1) = .04, p = .84 |
| Other | 10 (1.7) | 3 (1.5) | 7 (1.7) | |
| Education | ||||
| Illiterate-middle school | 49 (8.1) | 17 (8.5) | 32 (7.9) | x2 (2) = .16, p = .92 |
| High school | 172 (28.4) | 55 (27.5) | 117 (28.9) | |
| College | 384 (63.5) | 128 (64.0) | 256 (63.2) | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Never married | 492 (81.3) | 180 (90.0) | 312 (77.0) | x2 (2) = 16.63, p < .001 |
| Married | 66 (10.9) | 15 (7.5) | 51 (12.6) | |
| Other-divorced, widowed, cohabitating | 47 (7.8) | 5 (2.5) | 42 (10.4) | |
| Monthly income (Yuan) | ||||
| <1000 | 98 (16.2) | 24 (12.0) | 74 (18.3) | x2 (3) = 9.54, p = .02 |
| 1000–2999 | 283 (46.8) | 109 (54.5) | 174 (43.0) | |
| 3000–4999 | 161 (26.6) | 52 (26.0) | 109 (26.9) | |
| >=5000 | 63 (10.4) | 15 (7.5) | 48 (11.9) | |
| Orientation (out or closeted) | ||||
| Out | 155 (25.7) | 41 (20.6) | 114 (28.3) | x2 (1) = 4.12, p = .04 |
| Closeted | 447 (74.3) | 158 (79.4) | 289 (71.7) |