Table 2.
Sex and drug use behavior, stigma and discrimination, alcohol consumption, HIV knowledge, and HIV prevention services among men who have sex with men in Shandong province, China.
| Variables | Total | Drinking (≥3 times/week) | Stigma and discrimination | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ±SD | |
| Sexual and drug use behaviors | |||||
| Age of first sex (years) | |||||
| ≤20 | 661 | 53.7 | 70 | 10.6 | 38.0 ± 4.1 |
| >20 | 569 | 46.3 | 74 | 13.0 | 36.7 ± 4.6‡ |
| Sex with man in past 6 months | |||||
| No | 105 | 8.6 | 6 | 5.7 | 39.4 ± 3.2 |
| Yes | 1123 | 91.4 | 138 | 12.3 | 37.2 ± 4.4‡ |
| Number of male sex partners in the past week | |||||
| <2 | 499 | 45.7 | 43 | 8.6 | 38.8 ± 3.9 |
| ≥2 | 592 | 54.3 | 92 | 15.5† | 35.9 ± 4.4‡ |
| Condom use during sex with man in the last sex | |||||
| Yes | 794 | 70.8 | 89 | 11.2 | 37.6 ± 4.3 |
| No | 327 | 29.2 | 48 | 14.7 | 36.4 ± 4.5‡ |
| Condom use during sex with man in past 6 months | |||||
| Always | 351 | 31.3 | 27 | 7.7 | 39.1 ± 3.4 |
| Sometimes or never | 770 | 68.7 | 111 | 14.4† | 36.4 ± 4.5‡ |
| Commercial sex with man in past 6 months | |||||
| Yes | 306 | 27.2 | 51 | 16.7† | 35.7 ± 4.2‡ |
| No | 818 | 72.8 | 86 | 10.5 | 37.8 ± 4.3 |
| Condom use with paid male partner during the last sex | |||||
| No | 84 | 6.8 | 18 | 21.4 | 34.3 ± 4.4‡ |
| Yes | 222 | 72.5 | 33 | 14.9 | 36.2 ± 4.0 |
| Condom use with paid male sex partners in past 6 months | |||||
| Always | 91 | 29.8 | 12 | 13.2 | 38.4 ± 3.4 |
| Sometimes or never | 214 | 70.2 | 38 | 17.8 | 34.5 ± 4.0‡ |
| Sold sex to man in past 6 months | |||||
| Yes | 264 | 21.5 | 43 | 16.3* | 36.1 ± 4.2‡ |
| No | 966 | 78.5 | 101 | 10.5 | 37.8 ± 4.3 |
| Condom use in the last time with male partner who sold sex | |||||
| No | 56 | 21.4 | 9 | 16.1 | 34.8 ± 4.3‡ |
| Yes | 206 | 78.6 | 34 | 16.5 | 36.4 ± 4.1 |
| Condom use in past 6 months with male partners who sold sex | |||||
| Always | 82 | 31.1 | 12 | 14.6 | 38.8 ± 3.2 |
| Sometimes or never | 182 | 68.9 | 31 | 17.0 | 34.9 ± 4.1‡ |
| Sex with woman in past 6 months | |||||
| Yes | 287 | 23.4 | 61 | 21.3‡ | 36.8 ± 4.5† |
| No | 942 | 76.6 | 83 | 8.8 | 37.6 ± 4.3 |
| Condom use with female partners in the last sex act | |||||
| Yes | 149 | 52.1 | 23 | 15.4 | 37.7 ± 4.1 |
| No | 137 | 47.9 | 37 | 27.0* | 35.9 ± 4.7‡ |
| Condom use with female partners in past 6 months | |||||
| Always | 93 | 32.5 | 14 | 15.1 | 38.4 ± 3.7 |
| Sometimes or never | 193 | 67.5 | 46 | 23.8 | 36.1 ± 4.6‡ |
| Drug use | |||||
| No | 1210 | 98.9 | 138 | 11.4 | 37.4 ± 4.4 |
| Yes | 13 | 1.1 | 6 | 46.2† | 36.9 ± 3.8 |
| HIV-related prevention services in the past year | |||||
| Condom promotion/VCT | |||||
| Yes | 925 | 75.2 | 116 | 12.5 | 38.1 ± 4.1 |
| No | 305 | 24.8 | 28 | 9.2 | 37.2 ± 4.4† |
| Received peer education | |||||
| Yes | 508 | 41.3 | 69 | 13.6 | 38.7 ± 4.0 |
| No | 722 | 58.7 | 75 | 10.4 | 36.5 ± 4.3‡ |
| Had free HIV test in the past year | |||||
| Yes | 624 | 50.7 | 87 | 13.9* | 38.5 ± 3.9 |
| No | 606 | 49.3 | 57 | 9.4 | 36.3 ± 4.5‡ |
| Drink ≥3 times per week in P6M | |||||
| No | 1086 | 88.3 | — | — | 37.6 ± 4.2 |
| Yes | 144 | 11.7 | — | — | 35.4 ± 5.2‡ |