Table 2.
Demographic and HIV-related behavioral characteristics of MSM in the Asian Internet MSM Sex Survey (data are in percentages unless indicated otherwise)
| N = 10,413 | |
|---|---|
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 31.9 (9.38) |
| Median | 30 |
| Country currently living | |
| Mainland China | 32.9 |
| Singapore | 14.8 |
| Malaysia | 11.2 |
| Taiwan | 10.1 |
| Hong Kong | 9.5 |
| Thailand | 7.0 |
| Japan | 4.4 |
| Indonesia | 3.7 |
| The Philippines | 2.5 |
| Other | 3.9 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Chinesea | 70.6 |
| Malaya | 4.3 |
| Thai | 4.0 |
| Japanese | 3.5 |
| Filipino | 2.5 |
| Indian | 1.0 |
| Mixed | 2.3 |
| Caucasian | 7.8 |
| Other | 3.9 |
| Education level | |
| Secondary or less | 8.8 |
| Some college/tech/vocational | 23.4 |
| University | 49.6 |
| Post graduate | 18.3 |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 3.7 |
| Student | 16.1 |
| On pension/social security | 7.6 |
| Employed full time | 72.6 |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 84.6 |
| Married (Opposite Sex) | 9.1 |
| Married/Civil Partnership (Same Sex) | 4.2 |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 2.0 |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Bisexual | 0.8 |
| Heterosexual/other | 15.2 |
| Gay/homosexual | 84.0 |
| Number of male sex partnersb | |
| One | 27.8 |
| 2–5 | 47.0 |
| 6–10 | 14.2 |
| 11–50 | 9.4 |
| >50 | 1.6 |
| Number of female sex partnersb | |
| None | 93.0 |
| One | 5.1 |
| 2–5 | 1.5 |
| 6–10 | 0.1 |
| >11 | 0.3 |
| Anal sex with either regular or casual partnerb | 85.8 |
| Any insertive anal intercourse(n = 8,936) | 77.8 |
| UIAIE prevalence | 46.8 |
| Any receptive anal intercourse (n = 8,936) | 81.8 |
| URAIE prevalence | 47.5 |
| Recreational drugs before sexb | |
| At least monthly | 3.3 |
| Once or a few times | 10.5 |
| Never | 86.2 |
| Alcohol during or before sexb | |
| At least monthly | 7.9 |
| Once or a few times | 31.7 |
| Never | 60.4 |
| Self-perceived risk for infection | |
| Low to very low | 70.7 |
| Medium | 21.1 |
| High to very high | 8.1 |
| Main way to meet sex partnersb | |
| Internet | 70.6 |
| Others | 29.4 |
| HIV testing | |
| Never | 34.0 |
| Within the past year | 43.9 |
| More than 1 year ago | 22.1 |
| HIV statusc | |
| Negative | 93.8 |
| Positive | 6.2 |
a
Chinese include Chinese from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore; Malay include Malay from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore b in the past 6 months, c only include those who know their HIV status (n = 6,435)