Table 2.
Associations Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and E-technology Communication Methods among MSM in China.
| Would you participate in a HIV research study after 3 month |
Will you give 3 month contact combined? |
Will you give us your cell phone number so we can contact you after 3 months |
Will you give us your email so we can contact you after 3 months |
Will you give us you QQ number so we can contact you after 3 months? |
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| Predictors | Yes (%) | ORa | ORb (95% CI) | Yes (%) | ORa | ORb (95% CI) | Yes (%) | ORa | ORb (95% CI) | Yes (%) | ORa | ORb (95% CI) | Yes (%) | ORa | ORb (95% CI) |
| Age | 1.04*** | 1.04** (1.01–1.07) | 1.02 | 1.02(0.99–1.06) | 1.06*** | 1.04* (1.01–1.07) | 0.97 | 0.99(0.94–1.03) | 1.04* | 1.02(0.98–1.06) | |||||
| Hukou | |||||||||||||||
| Chengdu | 52 | 1.00 (referent) | 74 | 1.00 (referent) | 50 | 1.00 (referent) | 49 | 1.00 (referent) | 64 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| Other | 56 | 1.2 | 1.23(0.87–1.72) | 81 | 1.44 | 1.55* (1.03–2.34) | 55 | 1.24 | 1.29(0.91–1.82) | 58 | 1.45 | 1.37(0.85–2.21) | 77 | 1.95*** | 1.88** (1.24–2.84) |
| Education | |||||||||||||||
| College+ | 49 | 1.00 (referent) | 76 | 1.00 (referent) | 45 | 1.00 (referent) | 53 | 1.00 (referent) | 68 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| Illiterate-middle school | 65 | 1.98* | 1.53(0.79–2.98) | 66 | 0.63 | 0.49* (0.24–0.99) | 71 | 3.06*** | 1.93(0.94–3.96) | 40 | 0.6 | 0.48(0.16–1.48) | 79 | 1.84 | 1.40 (0.53–3.71) |
| High school | 62 | 1.69** | 1.42(0.94–2.13) | 83 | 1.59* | 1.40(0.84–2.31) | 63 | 2.13*** | 1.55* (1.03–2.35) | 57 | 1.21 | 0.86(0.45–1.66) | 74 | 1.37 | 1.24(0.76–2.01) |
| Marital Status | |||||||||||||||
| Other-divorced, widowed, cohabitating | 70 | 1.00 (referent) | 89 | 1.00 (referent) | 82 | 1.00 (referent) | 47 | 1.00 (referent) | 89 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| Never married | 52 | 0.46* | 0.61(0.29–1.30) | 76 | 0.38* | 0.41(0.15–1.16) | 47 | 0.19*** | 0.34* (0.14–0.80) | 54 | 1.34 | 0.76(0.24–2.36) | 68 | 0.26* | 0.30 (0.09–1.09) |
| Married | 53 | 0.48 | 0.44(0.19–1.02) | 72 | 0.31* | 0.30* (0.10–0.90) | 67 | 0.43 | 0.51(0.20–1.33) | 42 | 0.83 | 0.57(0.14–2.37) | 75 | 0.36 | 0.32(0.08–1.37) |
| Orientation (out or closeted) | |||||||||||||||
| Closeted | 54 | 1.00 (referent) | 78 | 1.00 (referent) | 50 | 1.00 (referent) | 55 | 1.00 (referent) | 68 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| Out | 55 | 1.06 | 1.09(0.74–1.60) | 75 | 0.85 | 0.84(0.54–1.31) | 56 | 1.25 | 1.18(0.80–1.75) | 47 | 0.74 | 0.71(0.41–1.22) | 75 | 1.38 | 1.35(0.83–2.20) |
| Monthly income (Yuan) | |||||||||||||||
| >=5000 | 40 | 1.00 (referent) | 76 | 1.00 (referent) | 44 | 1.00 (referent) | 50 | 1.00 (referent) | 74 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| <1000 | 54 | 1.79 | 2.25* (1.13–4.47) | 73 | 0.84 | 0.96(0.44–2.09) | 48 | 1.19 | 1.50(0.75–3.00) | 56 | 1.29 | 1.31(0.55–3.13) | 61 | 0.56 | 0.68 (0.31–1.51) |
| 1000–2999 | 57 | 1.98* | 1.68(0.93–3.03) | 78 | 1.13 | 0.96(0.48–1.92) | 56 | 1.66 | 1.54(0.84–2.80) | 59 | 1.43 | 1.36(0.63–2.93) | 70 | 0.85 | 0.77(0.38–1.57) |
| 3000–4999 | 54 | 1.79 | 1.63(0.88–3.00) | 77 | 1.05 | 0.93(0.46–1.90) | 50 | 1.30 | 1.17(0.63–2.18) | 43 | 0.76 | 0.64(0.29–1.40) | 74 | 1.01 | 0.94(0.45–1.98) |
| HIV Status | |||||||||||||||
| Positive | 63 | 1.00 (referent) | 83 | 1.00 (referent) | 51 | 1.00 (referent) | 64 | 1.00 (referent) | 76 | 1.00 (referent) | |||||
| Negative | 49 | 0.57*** | 0.54*** (0.38–0.78) | 74 | 0.58* | 0.57* (0.37–0.89) | 52 | 1.04 | 0.95(0.66–1.37) | 47 | 0.50** | 0.47** (0.28–0.79) | 66 | 0.62* | 0.61* (0.40–0.94) |
Note:
a
Odds Ratio for univariate analysis,
b
Odds Ratio for multivariate analysis,
*
Odds Ratio is significant at the 0.05 level.,
**
Odds Ratio is significant at the 0.01 level.,
***
Odds Ratio is significant at the 0.001 level.