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Table 1 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of older male clients in Guangxi, China who had a steady sex partner and those who had no steady sex partner in 2012

From: Disparities in HIV and syphilis prevalence and risk factors between older male clients with and without steady sex partners in southwestern rural China

Variable

Older male clients who had a steady sex partner

N (%)

Older male clients who had no steady sex partner

N (%)

P

Total

2509

976

 

Age (years)

 50–59

980 (39.1)

285 (29.2)

<0.001

 60–69

1012 (40.3)

333 (34.1)

 

 70+

517 (20.6)

358 (36.7)

 

Ethnicity

 Han

1736 (69.2)

631 (64.7)

0.01

 Others

773 (30.8)

345 (35.3)

 

Years of education

 ≤ 6

1677 (66.8)

781 (80.0)

<0.001

 > 6

832 (33.2)

195 (20.0)

 

Occupation

 Farmer

1937 (77.2)

769 (78.8)

0.312

 Non-farmer

572 (22.8)

207 (21.2)

 

Self-reported health status

 Very good

2150 (85.7)

758 (77.7)

<0.001

 Fair/Not sure

359 (14.3)

218 (22.3)

 

Chronic disease

 No

921 (36.7)

403 (41.3)

0.12

 Yes

1588 (63.3)

573 (58.7)

 

Erectile dysfunction

 No

1139 (45.4)

554 (56.8)

<0.001

 Yes

1370 (54.6)

422 (43.2)

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