Pattern of HIV testing and multiple sexual partnerships among men who have sex with men in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic and sexual behavioural factors that associated with HIV testing among Chinese MSM

Characteristics	Total		Changsha		Tianjin		χ²	P-value
	(N = 447)		(N = 238)		(N = 209)		χ²	P-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age							6.80	0.03*
<20	30	6.7%	22	9.2%	8	3.8%
20-39	361	80.8%	182	76.5%	179	85.6%
≥40	54	12.1%	32	13.4%	22	10.5%
Missing	2	0.4%	2	0.8%	0	0%
Marital status							3.02	0.08
Never married	287	64.2%	142	59.7%	145	69.4%
Married/Cohabiting/divorced/widowed	153	34.2%	89	37.4%	64	30.6%
Others/Missing	7	1.6%	7	2.9%	0	0%
Residency							20.97	<0.001***
Local	216	48.3%	89	37.4%	127	60.8%
Non-local	222	49.7%	140	58.8%	82	39.2%
Missing	9	2.0%	9	3.8%	0	0%
Education Level							37.411	<0.001***
Junior high & lower	32	7.2%	9	3.8%	23	11.0%
Senior high	141	31.5%	52	21.8%	89	42.6%
College & above	273	61.1%	176	73.9%	97	46.4%
Missing	1	0.2%	1	0.4%	0	0%
Occupation							0.02	0.90
Student/Others	234	52.3%	124	52.1%	110	52.6%
Employed	209	46.8%	112	47.1%	97	46.4%
Missing	4	0.9%	2	0.8%	2	1.0%
Self-identified sexual identity							16.05	<0.001***
Homosexual	353	79.0%	201	84.5%	152	72.7%
Heterosexual/Bisexual	83	18.6%	27	11.3%	56	26.8%
Unsure/Missing	11	2.5%	10	4.2%	1	0.5%
HIV testing behaviour							1.26	0.53
Tested within the past 12 months	262	58.6%	145	60.9%	117	56.0%
Tested more than 12 months ago	95	21.3%	49	20.6%	46	22.0%
Never tested	90	20.1%	44	18.5%	46	22.0%

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