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Table 1 Univariate chi-square analysis of MSM by meeting place

From: A Cross-sectional Survey of HIV Transmission and Behavior among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Different Areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Demographics

Number of respondents

Meeting place

χ 2

P

Bars

Public baths

Parks

Internet

Others

Age (years)

1611

     

57.97

<0.01

 

≤22

183 (11.36)

27

19

113

19

5

  

23–35

820 (50.90)

91

190

442

57

40

  

≥36

608 (37.74)

40

164

373

17

14

  

Education level

1611

     

120.35

<0.01

 

Junior high school or lower

450 (27.93)

22

79

292

11

46

  

Senior high school or technical secondary school

390 (24.21)

45

108

203

33

1

  

College degree or higher

771 (47.86)

91

186

433

49

12

  

Marital status

1611

     

49.8

<0.01

 

Unmarried

905 (56.18)

111

179

513

62

40

  

Married

550 (34.14)

36

155

326

27

6

  

Divorced or widowed

156 (9.68)

11

39

89

4

13

  

Registered permanent residence

1611

     

2.55

0.636

 

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1390 (86.28)

140

319

805

77

49

  

Other provinces

221 (13.72)

18

54

123

16

10

  

Basic knowledge of AIDS

1611

     

55.22

<0.01

 

No

160 (9.93)

8

30

92

8

22

  

Yes

1451 (90.07)

150

343

836

85

37

  

Homosexual anal sex in the past 6 months

1611

     

44.33

<0.01

 

No

240 (14.90)

17

28

183

11

1

  

Yes

1371 (85.10)

141

345

744

82

59

  

Condom use during most recent homosexual anal sex

1371

     

29.25

<0.01

 

No

241 (17.58)

22

48

163

8

0

  

Yes

1130 (82.42)

119

297

581

74

59

  

Frequency of homosexual anal sex in the past week

1368

     

131.38

<0.01

 

0

56 (4.09)

3

9

34

7

3

  
 

1

717 (52.41)

71

156

454

27

9

  
 

2

401 (29.31)

45

131

172

34

19

  
 

3

129 (9.43)

18

30

56

10

15

  
 

4

53 (3.88)

2

15

22

3

11

  
 

5

12 (0.88)

2

1

6

1

2

  

Frequency of condom use for homosexual anal sex in the past 6 months

1371

     

13.27

0.103

 

Never

30 (2.19)

3

3

22

1

1

  

Occasionally

738 (53.83)

66

183

420

39

30

  

Always

603 (43.98)

72

158

302

42

29

  

Commercial homosexual sex in the past 6 months

1371

     

442.1

<0.01

 

No

1288 (93.95)

134

342

713

81

18

  

Yes

83 (6.05)

7

3

31

1

41

  

Heterosexual sex in the past 6 months

1611

     

46.99

<0.01

 

No

1086 (67.41)

123

227

603

78

55

  

Yes

525 (32.59)

35

146

325

15

4

  

Frequency of condom use for heterosexual sex in the past 6 months

525

     

18.81

0.016

 

Never

183 (34.86)

15

36

128

2

2

  

Occasionally

247 (47.04)

17

79

143

7

1

  

Always

95 (18.10)

3

31

54

6

1

  

Condom use at most recent heterosexual sex

525

     

13.52

<0.01

 

No

289 (55.05)

22

65

195

5

2

  

Yes

236 (44.95)

13

81

130

10

2

  

Condom use promotion and distribution/AIDS counseling and testing

1611

     

30

<0.01

 

No

34 (2.11)

2

3

18

9

2

  

Yes

1577 (97.89)

156

370

910

84

57

  

Peer education

1611

     

120.04

<0.01

 

No

365 (22.66)

29

89

162

45

40

  

Yes

1246 (77.34)

129

284

766

48

19

  

HIV or syphilis infection

1611

       
 

HIV-positive

110 (6.83)

8

31

62

7

2

3.261

0.515

 

Syphilis-positive

381 (23.65)

37

86

226

14

18

5.675

0.225

 

Both

51 (3.17)

2

15

29

3

2

2.767

0.598

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