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. 2014 Dec 18;14:696. doi: 10.1186/s12879-014-0696-8

Table 3.

Characteristics correlated with unprotected anal intercourse among MSM in Guangzhou: trend from 2008 to 2013 a

Characteristics Percentage of UAI in different stratums
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 χ 2value P b
% (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
Age (years)
  <20 64.3 (9) 70.0 (7) 69.2 (9) 80.0 (12) 88.9 (8) 73.3 (1) 0.94 0.333
  20-29 60.8 (132) 55.1 (125) 61.2 (150) 62.4 (156) 55.7 (127) 58.7 (226) 0.07 0.786
  30-39 64.0 (71) 54.9 (62) 58.3 (70) 67.3 (68) 55.5 (71) 51.7 (90) 2.61 0.106
  ≥40 56.8 (21) 45.7 (16) 40.7 (11) 35.3 (12) 58.3 (21) 57.6 (34) 0.55 0.458
Marital status
  Single 58.4 (125) 47.8 (111) 57.0 (146) 60.8 (158) 53.5 (138) 52.3 (225) 0.37 0.544
  Cohabiting with male partner 73.1 (49) 69.6 (48) 64.5 (40) 76.1 (35) 68.3 (43) 77.9 (81) 0.88 0.349
  Married 58.2 (46) 56.5 (39) 63.5 (47) 56.2 (50) 53.6 (37) 52.6 (40) 0.84 0.360
  Divorced or widowed 68.4 (13) 80.0 (12) 53.8 (7) 100.0 (5) 81.8 (9) 65.2 (15) 0.01 0.952
Education level
  Junior high school or lower 59.7 (43) 66.0 (31) 62.1 (41) 62.3 (33) 61.2 (30) 74.3 (26) 0.80 0.372
  Senior high school 62.2 (69) 55.6 (55) 64.3 (74) 65.0 (91) 59.2 (61) 59.1 (65) 0.01 0.914
  College or higher 61.7 (121) 51.9 (124) 55.8 (125) 59.9 (124) 54.6 (136) 55.3 (270) 0.44 0.509
Number of male partners in the past 6 months
  1 69.1 (65) 58.5 (72) 57.0 (69) 58.5 (72) 55.1 (75) 59.8 (110) 1.31 0.252
  2 60.0 (48) 58.7 (54) 59.4 (57) 70.4 (69) 68.0 (66) 62.9 (100) 1.25 0.263
  3 69.6 (48) 65.2 (43) 77.8 (49) 72.7 (48) 66.7 (48) 58.9 (66) 2.39 0.122
  4-9 75.4 (52) 60.5 (23) 80.0 (48) 70.6 (48) 62.5 (25) 72.4 (76) 0.16 0.689
  ≥10 83.3 (20) 62.1 (18) 85.0 (17) 78.6 (11) 72.2 (13) 58.3 (7) 0.07 0.403
HIV test in the past 12 months
  Yes 64.5 (40) 53.3 (146) 55.1 (98) 55.4 (98) 59.1 (117) 53.3 (180) 0.17 0.679
  No 60.9 (193 57.7 (64) 62.6 (142) 67.1 (147) 54.3 (107) 61.4 (181) 0.03 0.863

aOnly significant factors in multivariate logistic regression were analyzed.

bLinear-by-linear association chi-square test.