Table 2.
The comparison of the characteristics of men who have sex with men between 2 voluntary counseling and testing models.
| Variable | Total (N=430) | Traditional VCTa model (n=215) | Social networking VCT model (n=215) | t test (df) | Chi-square (df) | P value | ||||||||
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Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) |
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| Age (years) | 29.97(7.61) | N/Ab | 30.03(7.8) | N/A | 29.79(7.5) | N/A | −0.39 (214) | N/A | .70 | |||||
| Education | N/A | 0.0 (2) | >.99 | |||||||||||
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Above university | N/A | 86 (20.0) | N/A | 43 (20.0) | N/A | 43 (20.0) |
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College or university | N/A | 294 (68.4) | N/A | 147 (68.4) | N/A | 147 (68.4) |
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High school or less | N/A | 50 (11.6) | N/A | 25 (11.6) | N/A | 25 (11.6) |
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| Employment status | N/A | 0.0 (2) | >.99 | |||||||||||
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Student | N/A | 92 (21.4) | N/A | 46 (21.4) | N/A | 46 (21.4) |
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Employed | N/A | 296 (68.8) | N/A | 148 (68.8) | N/A | 148 (68.8) |
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Unemployed | N/A | 42 (9.8) | N/A | 21 (9.8) | N/A | 21 (9.8) |
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| Religion | N/A | 0.2 (1) | .70 | |||||||||||
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Yes | N/A | 206 (47.9) | N/A | 101 (47.0) | N/A | 105 (48.8) |
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No | N/A | 224 (52.1) | N/A | 114 (53.0) | N/A | 110 (51.2) |
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| Coming out of sexual orientation | N/A | 0.97 (1) | .32 | |||||||||||
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Yes | N/A | 260 (60.5) | N/A | 125 (58.1) | N/A | 135 (62.8) |
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No | N/A | 170 (39.5) | N/A | 90 (41.9) | N/A | 80 (37.2) |
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aVCT: voluntary counseling and testing.
bN/A: not applicable.