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Table 2 Social Interaction Between HIV (+) vs. HIV (-) Elderly men in Chengdu, China (n = 193, n (%))

From: Experiences of visiting female sex workers, social interaction, support and HIV infection among elderly men from rural China

Social interaction

 

HIV (+)

(n = 106)

HIV (-)

(n = 87)

χ2

P

Daily life interaction

Visiting teahouse with friends

92(86.79)

65(74.71)

4.60

0.03

 

Playing mahjong

60(56.6)

46(52.87)

0.27

0.60

 

Tourism

6(5.66)

3(3.45)

 

0.52*

 

Parties

18(16.98)

13(14.94)

0.15

0.70

 

Exercises

5(4.72)

8(9.2)

1.53

0.22

 

Square dancing

1(0.94)

0(0)

 

1.00*

 

Watching TV

86(81.13)

39(44.83)

27.60

< 0.01

 

Other

22(20.75)

12(13.79)

1.60

0.21

Gotten HIV-related Health Education before

25(23.58)

50( 57.47)

23.09

< 0.01

HRHE Provider

HIV (+)

(n = 25)

HIV (-)

(n = 50)

  
 

Health workers from CDC

0(0)

18(36.00)

23.09

< 0.01

 

Health workers from township health center/village doctors

2(8.00)

30(60.00)

11.84

< 0.01

 

Doctors from other hospitals

0(0)

2(4.00)

 

0.55*

 

Township civil servants

0(0)

8(16.00)

 

0.046*

 

Village cadres

1(4.00)

7(14.00)

 

0.26*

 

Others

20(80.00)

4(8.00)

39.71

< 0.01

  1. *: fisher’s exact test