Table 1.
Comparison of Demographic Characteristics between MSM and MSMW in China (N=610), 2014
| Overall N (%) |
MSMW N (%) |
MSM N (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | .000 | |||
| 24 and below | 307 (50.3%) | 54 (27.4%) | 253 (61.3%) | |
| 25 and above | 303 (49.7%) | 143 (72.6%) | 160 (38.7%) | |
| Education | .831 | |||
| High School or Less | 159 (26.1%) | 52 (26.4%) | 107 (25.9%) | |
| College | 405 (66.4%) | 132 (67%) | 273 (66.1%) | |
| Graduate School | 46 (7.5%) | 13 (6.6%) | 33 (8%) | |
| Income (per month) | .000 | |||
| <1500 RMB ($250) | 127 (20.8%) | 16 (8.1%) | 111 (26.9%) | |
| 1500–3000 RMB | 170 (27.9%) | 37 (18.8%) | 133 (32.2%) | |
| 3001–5000 RMB | 191 (31.3%) | 83 (42.1%) | 108 (26.2%) | |
| 5001–8000 RMB | 83 (13.6%) | 45 (22.8%) | 38 (9.2%) | |
| >8000 RMB ($1333) | 39 (6.4%) | 16 (8.1%) | 23 (5.6%) | |
| Ethnicity | .106 | |||
| Han Chinese | 561 (92.4%) | 187 (94.9%) | 374 (91.2%) | |
| Ethnic minority | 46 (7.6%) | 10 (5.1%) | 36 (8.8%) | |
| Sexual Orientation | .000 | |||
| Gay | 476 (78%) | 114 (57.9%) | 362 (87.7%) | |
| Bisexual | 128 (21%) | 79 (40.1%) | 49 (11.9%) | |
| Straight | 6 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| Living Location | .893 | |||
| Urban | 556 (91.1%) | 180 (91.4%) | 376 (91%) | |
| Rural | 54 (8.9%) | 17 (8.6%) | 37 (9%) | |
| Region | .011 | |||
| North | 129 (21.1%) | 33 (16.8%) | 96 (23.2%) | |
| East | 206 (33.8%) | 84 (42.6%) | 122 (29.5%) | |
| South | 125 (20.5%) | 34 (17.3%) | 91 (22%) | |
| West | 150 (24.6%) | 46 (23.4%) | 104 (25.2%) | |
| Total | 610 (100%) | 197 (32.3%) | 413 (67.7%) | - |