Table 2.
Migration Patterns of Men Who Have Sex With Men by Region and Year, 2008–2012, China
| Destination of Out-migration |
Region of Residence, No. (%) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast China |
North China | East China | South China | Central China | Northwest China |
Southwest China |
Total | ||||||||
| Northeast China | 8323 | 20.2 | 15 328 | 37.3 | 8782 | 21.4 | 3691 | 9.0 | 2024 | 4.9 | 1252 | 3.0 | 1708 | 4.2 | 41 108 |
| North China | 4356 | 10.9 | 16 494 | 41.3 | 8207 | 20.5 | 3404 | 8.5 | 3195 | 8.0 | 2194 | 5.5 | 2131 | 5.3 | 39 981 |
| East China | 4131 | 6.2 | 12 632 | 19.1 | 29 835 | 45.1 | 7541 | 11.4 | 5528 | 8.4 | 3084 | 4.7 | 3387 | 5.1 | 66 138 |
| South China | 569 | 3.7 | 1701 | 11.0 | 3370 | 21.8 | 6258 | 40.5 | 1771 | 11.5 | 462 | 3.0 | 1317 | 8.5 | 15 448 |
| Central China | 1358 | 2.6 | 6922 | 13.5 | 14 541 | 28.4 | 20 206 | 39.4 | 3713 | 7.2 | 1747 | 3.4 | 2801 | 5.5 | 51 288 |
| Northwest China | 674 | 3.9 | 3565 | 20.4 | 3993 | 22.8 | 2777 | 15.9 | 1453 | 8.3 | 3047 | 17.4 | 1980 | 11.3 | 17 489 |
| Southwest China | 1208 | 3.1 | 5252 | 13.6 | 10 065 | 26.1 | 9159 | 23.8 | 2456 | 6.4 | 2332 | 6.1 | 8069 | 20.9 | 38 541 |
Northeast China comprises Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang; north China comprises Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia; east China comprises Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, and Shanghai; south China comprises Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan; central China comprises Hubei, Hunan, Henan, and Jiangxi; northwest comprises Shan’anxi, Gangsu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang; southwest China comprises Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Tibet.