Table 1.
Sample characteristics, men who have sex with men, Beijing, China, 2010 (N=500).
| Demographics or behaviors | Total, N=500(%) |
|---|---|
| Age* (median ± SD, year) | 28±9.4 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Han | 469(93.8) |
| Other | 31(6.2) |
| Year of highest level of schooling | |
| Never attended | 1(0.2) |
| Elementary primary school | 14(2.8) |
| Middle school | 112(22.4) |
| High school | 161(32.2) |
| College or above | 212(42.4) |
| Currently employed | 419(83.8) |
| Personal monthly income last year (US Dollar) | |
| >462 | 186(37.2) |
| ≤462 | 314(62.8) |
| Has health insurance | 275(55.0) |
| Has a local residence permit (HUKOU) | 98(19.6) |
| Years lived in Beijing (median± SD, year) | 5±13.0 |
| Currently married | 77(15.4) |
| Living situation | |
| Living with wife | 29(5.8) |
| Living with other female sexual partner | 4(0.8) |
| Living with boyfriend | 109(21.8) |
| Living with other male sexual partner | 48(9.6) |
| Alone | 310(62.0) |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Homosexual | 275(55.0) |
| Bisexual | 225(45.0) |
| No. of male partners, last 6 months (mean, median ± SD, year) | 4.9,2±12.7 |
| Relationship type, most recent male partner | |
| Primary | 273(57.0) |
| Casual | 206(43.0) |
| Anal sex role with male partners | |
| Exclusively insertive | 121(25.1) |
| Largely insertive anal sex | 87(18.0) |
| Almost equally insertive and receptive anal sex | 157(32.5) |
| Largely receptive anal sex | 58(12.0) |
| Exclusively receptive anal sex | 60(12.4) |
| Condom use during insertive anal sex over last 6 months | |
| Never | 49(10.2) |
| Sometime | 70(14.6) |
| Always | 192(40.1) |
| No such sex | 168(35.1) |
| Condom use during receptive anal sex over last 6 months | |
| Never | 66(13.8) |
| Sometime | 54(11.3) |
| Always | 132(27.6) |
| No such sex | 227(47.4) |
| Any female partners, last 6 months | 60(12.0) |
| Condom use during vaginal sex, female partners | |
| Never | 41(8.2) |
| Sometime | 10(2.0) |
| Always | 9(1.8) |
| Condom use during anal sex, female partners | |
| Never | 1(0.2) |
| Always | 1(0.2) |
| No anal sex | 58(11.6) |
| Ever had HIV test | |
| No | 148(29.6) |
| yes | 352(70.4) |
| Ever talked about HIV/AIDS with male partners | |
| No | 157(32.8) |
| yes | 322(67.2) |
Note: Individual categories may not add up total due to missing data for the specific variables