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. 2015 Jun 8;10(6):e0129300. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129300

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (N = 620) in Taizhou prefecture of Eastern China, 2013.

Total HIV positive MSM HIV negative MSM
(N = 620) (n1 = 70) (n2 = 550)
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Sociodemographics
Age (years) (χ2 = 1.85, P = 0.60)
18–29 227(36.6) 21(30.0) 206(37.5)
30–39 134(21.6) 15(21.4) 119(21.6)
40–49 141(22.8) 19(27.2) 122(22.2)
50- 118(19.0) 15(21.4) 103(18.7)
Marital status (χ2 = 1.35, P = 0.51)
Never married 249(40.2) 24(34.3) 225(40.9)
Currently married with a woman 307(49.5) 37(52.9) 270(49.1)
Divorced or widowed 64(10.3) 9(12.8) 55(10.0)
Official residency status (‘hukou’) (χ2 = 2.13, P = 0.14)
Local 428(69.0) 43(61.4) 385(70.0)
Non-local 192(31.0) 27(38.6) 165(30.0)
Education (χ2 = 4.19, P = 0.12)
Illiterate or primary school 59(9.5) 8(11.4) 51(9.3)
Middle school 233(37.6) 33(47.2) 200(36.4)
High school or above 328(52.9) 29(41.4) 299(54.3)
Sexual behaviors
Age at first sex with men (years) 2 = 8.38, P = 0.04)
<18 44(7.1) 3(4.2) 41(7.5)
18–29 392(63.2) 37(52.9) 355(64.5)
30–39 114(18.4) 16(22.9) 98(17.8)
40- 70(11.3) 14 (20.0) 56(10.2)
Lifetime male sex partners (χ2 = 1.57, P = 0.67)
1 56(9.0) 4 (5.7) 52(9.4)
2–5 267(43.1) 29(41.4) 238(43.3)
6–10 137(22.1) 16(22.9) 121(22.0)
11- 160(25.8) 21(30.0) 139(25.3)
Lifetime female sexual partners(χ2 = 3.83, P = 0.15)
0 86(13.9) 5(7.2) 81(14.7)
1 293(47.2) 39(55.7) 254(46.2)
2- 241 (38.9) 26(37.1) 215(39.1)
Having multiple male sexual partners in past 12 months (χ2 = 0.02, P = 0.88)
Yes 395(63.7) 44(62.8) 351(63.8)
No 225(36.3) 26(37.2) 191(36.2)
Having both male and female sexual partners in past 12 months (χ2 = 0.17, P = 0.68)
Yes 278(44.8) 33(47.1) 245(44.5)
No 342(55.2) 37(52.9) 305(55.5)