Table 1.

Frequencies of socio-demographic and sexual behavioral characteristics comparing MSM participants who have tested for HIV to those who have not in the past year, Jiangsu Province, China (N=523).

	HIV testing in the past year
	Total		No (N=156)		Yes (N=367)
Explanatory variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Age
18–25	156	29.9	51	32.7	105	28.9	0.382
26–35	191	37.1	60	38.5	131	36.1
36 or older	172	33.0	45	28.9	127	35.0
Education
Middle school or less	76	14.5	22	14.1	54	14.7	0.907
High school or technical school	227	43.4	70	44.9	157	42.8
College or higher	220	42.1	64	41.0	156	42.5
Marital Status
Single	299	57.3	91	58.3	208	56.8	0.001
Married	107	20.5	44	28.2	63	17.2
Divorced/Separated	116	22.2	21	13.5	95	26.0
Co-habitation
With a woman	100	19.6	36	23.5	64	17.9	0.226
With a man	104	20.4	26	17.0	78	21.8
No	307	60.1	91	59.5	216	60.3
Employment
Full time	434	83.0	125	80.1	309	84.2	0.257
Other	89	17.0	31	19.8	58	15.8
Hukou
Nanjing/Jiangsu	108	20.6	26	16.7	82	22.3	0.142
Other province	415	79.4	130	83.3	285	77.7
Location of residence
Nanjing metropolitan area	335	64.1	88	56.4	247	67.3	0.018
Outside of Nanjing	188	35.9	68	43.6	120	32.7
Monthly income (RMB)
2,999 or less	177	33.8	57	36.5	120	32.7	0.695
3,000–4,999	198	37.9	57	36.5	141	38.4
5,000 or higher	148	28.3	42	26.9	106	28.9
Sexual orientation
Gay	352	67.3	98	62.8	254	69.2	0.154
Bisexual/Heterosexual/Not sure	171	32.7	58	37.2	113	30.8
Number of male sex partners (past 6 months)
0–1	195	39.2	58	38.9	137	39.4	0.493
2–5	226	45.5	64	43.0	162	46.6
6 or above	76	15.3	27	18.1	49	14.1
Condomless receptive anal sex (past 6 months)
Yes	142	27.1	55	35.3	87	23.7	0.007
No	381	72.9	101	64.7	280	76.3
Condomless insertive anal sex (past 6 months)
Yes	178	34.0	58	37.2	120	32.7	0.322
No	345	66.0	98	62.8	247	67.3