Table 2 Sociodemographic and sexual behavioral characteristics of index HIV cases in Taizhou prefecture, Eastern China, 2008-2010
From: Tracing sexual contacts of HIV-infected individuals in a rural prefecture, Eastern China
Characteristics | Heterosexually infected | Homosexually infected | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n1 = 298 | Proportion (%) | n2 = 100 | Proportion (%) | n3 = 398 | Proportion (%) | |
Gender (χ 2 = 47.24, P < 0.001) | ||||||
Male | 194 | 65.1 | 100 | 100.0 | 294 | 73.9 |
Female | 104 | 34.9 | — | — | 104 | 26.1 |
Age (years) (χ 2 = 29.97, P < 0.001) | ||||||
18-25 | 50 | 16.8 | 32 | 32.0 | 82 | 20.6 |
26-35 | 94 | 31.5 | 46 | 46.0 | 140 | 35.2 |
36-45 | 78 | 26.2 | 16 | 16.0 | 94 | 23.6 |
≥46 | 76 | 25.5 | 6 | 6.0 | 82 | 20.6 |
Ethnicity (χ 2 = 6.695, P = 0.010) | ||||||
Han | 279 | 93.6 | 100 | 100.0 | 379 | 95.2 |
others | 19 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 4.8 |
Marital status (χ 2 = 37.6, P < 0.001) | ||||||
Currently Married | 200 | 67.1 | 42 | 42.0 | 242 | 60.8 |
Never married | 63 | 21.1 | 53 | 53.0 | 116 | 29.1 |
Divorced or widowed | 31 | 10.4 | 5 | 5.0 | 36 | 9.0 |
Unknown | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.0 |
Official residency (χ 2 = 1.524, P = 0.218) | ||||||
Local (i.e., study area) | 216 | 72.5 | 66 | 66.0 | 282 | 70.9 |
Non-local | 82 | 27.5 | 34 | 34.0 | 116 | 29.1 |
Ever had non-commercial casual heterosexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months (χ 2 = 21.27, P < 0.001) | ||||||
Yes | 80 | 26.8 | 5 | 5.0 | 85 | 21.4 |
No | 218 | 73.2 | 95 | 95.0 | 313 | 78.6 |
Ever had commercial heterosexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months (χ 2 = 188.6, P < 0.001) | ||||||
Yes | 233 | 78.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 233 | 58.5 |
No | 65 | 21.8 | 100 | 100.0 | 165 | 41.5 |
Ever had long-term homosexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months | ||||||
Yes | — | — | 91 | 91.0 | 91 | 91.0 |
No | — | — | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 |
Ever had non-commercial casual homosexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months | ||||||
Yes | — | — | 80 | 80.0 | 80 | 80.0 |
No | — | — | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 20.0 |
Ever had commercial homosexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months | ||||||
Yes | — | — | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 63.0 |
No | — | — | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 37.0 |
Total number of sexual partners or sexual contacts in the past 12 months (χ 2 = 26.04, P < 0.001) | ||||||
1 | 52 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 13.1 |
2-4 | 50 | 16.8 | 27 | 27.0 | 77 | 19.3 |
5-9 | 57 | 19.1 | 29 | 29.0 | 86 | 21.6 |
10-19 | 85 | 28.5 | 23 | 23.0 | 108 | 27.1 |
20 or more | 54 | 18.1 | 21 | 21.0 | 75 | 18.8 |
Condom use for sex with sexual contacts in the past 12 months (χ 2 = 1.673, P = 0.196) | ||||||
Consistently | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Inconsistently | 200 | 67.1 | 60 | 60.0 | 260 | 65.3 |
Never | 98 | 32.9 | 40 | 40.0 | 138 | 34.7 |
Reported having sexual partners or sexual contacts with known HIV positive status (χ 2 = 0.312, P = 0.576) | ||||||
Yes | 19 | 6.4 | 8 | 8.0 | 27 | 6.8 |
No | 279 | 93.6 | 92 | 92.0 | 371 | 93.2 |