Alcohol Use, Stigmatizing/Discriminatory Attitudes, and HIV High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

Table 1

Demographics and biological outcomes among men who have sex with men in Shandong province, China.

Variables	Total		Drinking (≥3 times/week)		Stigma and discrimination
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	±SD
Total	1230		144	11.7	37.4±4.4
Demographics
Study sites
Jinan	400	32.5	48	12.0	39.0±3.8
Qingdao	400	32.5	55	13.7	33.8±3.8^‡
Yantai	430	35.0	41	9.5	39.4±2.9
Recruited venue
Bars, night clubs, or tea houses	329	26.7	49	14.9	36.7±4.2
Bathhouses or sauna	161	13.1	24	14.9	33.8±3.8^‡
Outdoor cruising area	98	8.0	11	11.2	34.1±3.9^‡
Internet or HIV testing sites	642	52.2	60	9.3	39.2±3.6
Age (years)
<25	548	44.6	53	9.7	37.8±4.2
25–34	505	41.1	50	9.9	37.4±4.4
≥35	177	14.3	41	23.2^‡	36.1±4.6^‡
Marital status
Single/separated	1018	82.8	97	9.5	37.7±4.2
Married or cohabitating	212	17.2	47	22.2^‡	35.9±4.6^‡
Residency
Shandong province	991	80.6	107	10.8	37.4±4.4
Non-Shandong province	239	19.4	37	15.5	37.6±4.2
Ethnicity group
Han	1206	98.0	140	11.6	37.4±4.4
Others	24	2.0	4	16.7	38.8±3.5
Occupation
Student	187	15.2	6	3.2	38.3±4.3
Commercial service	539	43.8	80	14.8	37.7±4.2
Farmer	117	9.5	8	6.8	38.9±4.0
Full time employee	268	21.8	33	22.9^‡	37.0±4.3
Housework and/or unemployed	119	9.7	17	14.3	34.6±4.3^‡
Education
High school or lower	649	52.8	94	14.5^†	36.9±4.5^‡
College or higher	581	47.2	50	8.6	38.0±4.1
Duration of residence in current location (years)
≥2	815	66.3	97	11.9	37.4±4.4
<2	415	33.7	47	11.3	37.4±4.2
Self-identified sexual orientation
Homosexual	845	68.7	73	8.6	37.6±4.2
Heterosexual	17	1.4	6	35.3^‡	34.6±4.7^‡
Bisexual	323	26.3	61	18.9	36.9±4.6
Do not know	45	3.7	4	8.9	39.2±3.1
Being married or cohabitating/; ever had sex with woman in past 6 months
Homosexual	878	71.4	74	8.4	37.8±4.3
Bisexual	352	28.6	70	19.9^‡	36.6±4.5^‡
Biological outcome
HIV status
Negative	1208	98.4	142	11.8	37.4±4.3
Positive	20	1.6	2	10.0	38.3±4.4
Syphilis status
Negative	1144	93.2	130	11.4	37.5±4.4
Positive	84	6.8	14	16.7	36.4±4.2^∗

Total 𝑁 for each subgroup may not add up to the total due to missing data; P6M: in the past 6 months; ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^†𝑃<0.01; ^‡𝑃<0.001; NA: not applicable.