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Table 3 Ordinary least squares model of HIV knowledge among male migrant workers: Xi’an, China, 2009-2010

From: HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China

Predictors

b

95%

CI

Sociodemographic variables

Age

-0.008

-0.039

0.022

Marital status

   

Never married

-0.320

-0.908

0.268

Cohabiting

-0.303

-0.974

0.368

Divorced or widowed

-0.640*

-1.276

-0.005

Married (reference)

   

Living arrangement

   

(1 = living with spouse or cohabiting partner)

-0.198

-0.584

0.189

Neighborhood

Areas where migrant workers are concentrated

0.224

-0.310

0.757

Residential areas mixed with local residents and migrants

0.700**

0.251

1.149

Others

0.596

-0.213

1.405

Mostly non-migrants (reference)

Education

Junior high

1.121***

0.648

1.593

High school or higher

1.891***

1.334

2.448

Elementary school or less (reference)

   

Religion (1 = have any religion)

0.487*

0.092

0.881

Migration history

   

Place of origin (1 = Shaanxi province)

-0.594*

-1.033

-0.156

Age at leaving home to work

-0.003

-0.028

0.022

Sexual experience

Ever had sex (1 = yes)

0.932**

0.374

1.491

Ever had commercial sex (1 = yes)

0.503

-0.034

1.041

Number of sexual partners

0.021

-0.052

0.095

Self-reported health

Good

0.433

-0.085

0.951

About average

0.360

-0.132

0.851

Poor (reference)

   

Ever use internet (1 = yes)

0.881***

0.464

1.299

Intercept

2.659*

1.086

4.231

R squared

0.140

  

N

939

  
  1. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05.
  2. Note: Unstandardized adjusted regression coefficients.
  3. Source: The Xi’an Study of Reproductive Health among Male Migrant Workers.