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Table 3 Characteristics correlated with unprotected anal intercourse among MSM in Guangzhou: trend from 2008 to 2013 a

From: Consistently High Unprotected Anal Intercourse (UAI) and factors correlated with UAI among men who have sex with men: implication of a serial cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

Characteristics

Percentage of UAI in different stratums

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

χ 2value

P b

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Age (years)

        

  <20

64.3 (9)

70.0 (7)

69.2 (9)

80.0 (12)

88.9 (8)

73.3 (1)

0.94

0.333

  20-29

60.8 (132)

55.1 (125)

61.2 (150)

62.4 (156)

55.7 (127)

58.7 (226)

0.07

0.786

  30-39

64.0 (71)

54.9 (62)

58.3 (70)

67.3 (68)

55.5 (71)

51.7 (90)

2.61

0.106

  ≥40

56.8 (21)

45.7 (16)

40.7 (11)

35.3 (12)

58.3 (21)

57.6 (34)

0.55

0.458

Marital status

        

  Single

58.4 (125)

47.8 (111)

57.0 (146)

60.8 (158)

53.5 (138)

52.3 (225)

0.37

0.544

  Cohabiting with male partner

73.1 (49)

69.6 (48)

64.5 (40)

76.1 (35)

68.3 (43)

77.9 (81)

0.88

0.349

  Married

58.2 (46)

56.5 (39)

63.5 (47)

56.2 (50)

53.6 (37)

52.6 (40)

0.84

0.360

  Divorced or widowed

68.4 (13)

80.0 (12)

53.8 (7)

100.0 (5)

81.8 (9)

65.2 (15)

0.01

0.952

Education level

        

  Junior high school or lower

59.7 (43)

66.0 (31)

62.1 (41)

62.3 (33)

61.2 (30)

74.3 (26)

0.80

0.372

  Senior high school

62.2 (69)

55.6 (55)

64.3 (74)

65.0 (91)

59.2 (61)

59.1 (65)

0.01

0.914

  College or higher

61.7 (121)

51.9 (124)

55.8 (125)

59.9 (124)

54.6 (136)

55.3 (270)

0.44

0.509

Number of male partners in the past 6 months

       

  1

69.1 (65)

58.5 (72)

57.0 (69)

58.5 (72)

55.1 (75)

59.8 (110)

1.31

0.252

  2

60.0 (48)

58.7 (54)

59.4 (57)

70.4 (69)

68.0 (66)

62.9 (100)

1.25

0.263

  3

69.6 (48)

65.2 (43)

77.8 (49)

72.7 (48)

66.7 (48)

58.9 (66)

2.39

0.122

  4-9

75.4 (52)

60.5 (23)

80.0 (48)

70.6 (48)

62.5 (25)

72.4 (76)

0.16

0.689

  ≥10

83.3 (20)

62.1 (18)

85.0 (17)

78.6 (11)

72.2 (13)

58.3 (7)

0.07

0.403

HIV test in the past 12 months

        

  Yes

64.5 (40)

53.3 (146)

55.1 (98)

55.4 (98)

59.1 (117)

53.3 (180)

0.17

0.679

  No

60.9 (193

57.7 (64)

62.6 (142)

67.1 (147)

54.3 (107)

61.4 (181)

0.03

0.863

  1. aOnly significant factors in multivariate logistic regression were analyzed.
  2. bLinear-by-linear association chi-square test.