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. 2017 Sep 7;12(9):e0183418. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183418

Table 1. Demographic characteristics, awareness of HIV-related prevention knowledge, and behavioral characteristics of included subjects.

Variables Xichang N = 2797 χ2 P Zhaojue and Butuo N = 3983 χ2 P
HIV-positive % HIV-negative % HIV-positive % HIV-negative %
N = 11 2786 N = 277 N = 3706
Ethnicity
Yi 8 1.79 439 98.21 26.48 <0.001 276 7.03 3648 92.97 - 0.125
Han or other 3 0.13 2347 99.87 1 1.69 58 98.31
Education level
Primary school or below 7 1.79 383 98.21 - <0.001 272 7.23 3492 92.77 - 0.011
Secondary or high school 3 0.18 1666 99.82 12.77a <0.001a 3 1.94 152 98.06 6.356a 0.012a
Junior college or above 1 0.14 737 99.86 2 3.13 62 96.88
Age, yrs
Mean age 30.73±6.640 26.54±4.82 -2.87 0.004 30.36±6.80 29.61±7.35 -1.65 0.07
 <25 2 0.19 1039 99.81 - 0.189 55 5.11 1022 94.89 9.2 0.01
 25–30 4 0.36 1120 99.64 3.36a 0.08a 75 6.91 1010 93.09 9.43a 0.01a
 ≥30 5 0.79 627 99.21 147 8.07 1674 91.93
Number of previous births
0 5 0.27 1818 99.73 - 0.013b 40 4.80 794 95.20 14.64 0.002
1 3 0.39 774 99.61 8.00a 0.01a 83 7.66 1001 92.34 1.09a 0.30a
2 1 0.64 156 99.36 97 8.85 999 91.15
3 or above 2 5.00 38 95.00 57 5.88 912 94.12
History of out-migrating for work
No 9 0.45 2003 99.55 - 0.738 238 6.67 3330 93.33 4.27 0.04
Yes 2 0.25 783 99.75 39 9.40 376 90.60
Husband’s history of out-migrating for work
No 8 0.41 1932 99.59 - 1 211 6.41 3083 93.59 8.87 0.003
Yes 3 0.35 854 99.65 66 9.58 623 90.42
Awareness of HIV-related prevention knowledge
No 4 0.49 806 99.51 - 0.53 70 7.83 824 92.17 1.37 0.24
Yes 7 0.35 1980 99.65 207 6.70 2882 93.30
Drug use
No 11 0.39 2782 99.61 - 1 277 6.99 3684 93.01 - 0.79
Non-injection drug use 0 0.00 2 100.00 0 0.00 14 100.00
IDU 0 0.00 2 100.00 0 0.00 8 100.00
Husband with drug use
No 9 0.32 2772 99.68 - 0.002 263 6.77 3619 93.23 7.64 0.01
Yes 2 12.50 14 87.50 14 13.86 87 86.14
Sexual history with men other than husband during marriage
No 10 0.36 2760 99.64 - 0.1 263 6.83 3586 93.17 2.62 0.11
Yes 1 3.70 26 96.30 14 10.45 120 89.55
History of STD
No 13 0.40 2773 99.60 0.05 0.82 22 6.88 2784 93.12 5.62 0.18
Yes 0 0.00 11 100.00 5 18.52 3684 81.48
History of STD of husband
No 10 0.36 2769 99.64 - 0.07 261 6.73 3618 93.27 11.73 0.001
Yes 1 5.56 17 94.44 16 15.38 88 84.62

a: Trend chi-square test.