Table 1 Demographical and behavioral characteristics of YMSM participants who had visited a physician in the past 24 months in China, 2017 (n = 503)
Characteristics | Total | |
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
Age (Mean: 23.92 and SD:3.54) | ||
16–20 | 102 | 20.3 |
21–25 | 223 | 44.3 |
26–30 | 178 | 35.4 |
Education | ||
 High school/below | 134 | 26.6 |
 Some college | 141 | 28.0 |
 College/bachelors above | 228 | 45.3 |
Annual income (USD) | ||
  < 2700 | 111 | 22.1 |
 2700–5500 | 116 | 23.1 |
 5501–9200 | 173 | 34.4 |
 9201–15,000 | 65 | 12.9 |
  > 15,000 | 38 | 7.6 |
Residency | ||
 Rural | 71 | 14.1 |
 Urban | 432 | 85.9 |
Occupation | ||
 Student | 173 | 34.4 |
 Non-student | 330 | 65.6 |
Sexual orientation | ||
 Gay | 420 | 83.5 |
 Bisexual | 60 | 11.9 |
 Heterosexual | 3 | 0.6 |
 Unsure/other | 20 | 4.0 |
Number of anal sex partners in the past 3Â months | ||
 0–1 | 367 | 73.0 |
 Multiple | 136 | 27.0 |
Used a condom during last MSM sexual encountera | ||
 Yes | 357 | 75.3 |
 No | 117 | 24.7 |
Ever HIV tested | ||
 Yes | 431 | 85.7 |
 No | 72 | 14.3 |
HIV serostatus | ||
 Positive | 73 | 14.5 |
 Negative | 350 | 69.6 |
Never tested or Not got results | 80 | 15.9 |
Ever syphilis tested | ||
 Yes  No | 277 226 | 55.1 44.9 |
Syphilis serostatus | ||
 Positive | 40 | 8.0 |
 Negative | 237 | 47.1 |
 Never tested | 226 | 44.9 |
Ever Hepatitis B tested | ||
 Yes | 323 | 64.2 |
 No | 180 | 35.8 |
Ever Hepatitis C tested | ||
 Yes | 206 | 41.0 |
 No | 297 | 59.0 |
Online STI information seeking | ||
 Yes | 425 | 84.5 |
 No | 78 | 15.5 |
Interest in using the MSM-friendly physician function in a gay mobile App | ||
 Very Interested | 313 | 62.2 |
 Somewhat interested | 152 | 30.2 |
 Somewhat not interested | 36 | 7.2 |
 Very not interested | 2 | 0.4 |
Willingness to use the MSM-friendly physician function in a gay mobile App | ||
 Yes | 463 | 92.0 |
 No | 40 | 8.0 |
Ever STI tested b | ||
 Yes | 460 | 91.5 |
 No | 43 | 8.5 |
Visited a STI physician in the past 24Â monthsc | ||
 Yes | 291 | 57.9 |
 No | 212 | 42.1 |
Searching platformsd | ||
 Search engine | 402 | 94.5 |
 Governmental websites | 156 | 36.7 |
 Counseling websites | 72 | 16.9 |
 Generic social media | 151 | 35.5 |
 Gay mobile app | 201 | 47.3 |
 Mobile medical app | 50 | 11.8 |