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Table 4 Ordinary least squares models of HIV knowledge among male migrant workers by commercial sex experience: Xi’an, China, 2009-2010

From: HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China

 

Migrants with commercial sex experience

Migrants without commercial sex experience

Predictors

b

95%

CI

b

95%

CI

Sociodemographic variables

Age

0.023

-0.040

0.086

-0.017

-0.051

0.018

Marital status

Never married

0.503

-0.596

1.601

-0.595

-1.300

0.110

Cohabiting

-0.097

-1.302

1.108

-0.333

-1.151

0.485

Divorced or widowed

-1.141

-2.484

0.202

-0.484

-1.212

0.244

Married (reference)

Living arrangement

-0.099

-1.032

0.833

-0.229

-0.658

0.200

(1 = living with spouse or cohabiting partner)

      

Neighborhood

Areas where migrant workers are concentrated

0.634

-0.603

1.872

0.067

-0.534

0.669

Residential areas mixed with local residents and migrants

0.520

-0.554

1.593

0.692**

0.190

1.194

Others

-0.190

-1.911

1.531

0.835

-0.091

1.760

Mostly non-migrants (reference)

Education

Junior high

1.669**

0.531

2.807

0.950***

0.418

1.482

High school or higher

2.312***

1.037

3.588

1.788***

1.157

2.419

(reference: elementary school or less)

Religion (1 = have any religion)

0.640

-0.271

1.552

0.476*

0.032

0.919

Migration history

      

Place of origin (1 = Shaanxi province)

-1.157*

-2.121

-0.192

-0.413

-0.914

0.088

Age at leaving home to work

-0.033

-0.096

0.029

0.006

-0.022

0.033

Sexual experience

Ever had sex (1 = yes)

-

-

-

0.901**

0.295

1.507

Number of sexual partners

0.031

-0.065

0.127

0.006

-0.114

0.126

Self-reported health

Good

0.358

-0.838

1.554

0.384

-0.199

0.967

About average

-0.313

-1.482

0.857

0.454

-0.094

1.001

Poor (reference)

      

Ever use internet (1 = yes)

1.063*

0.106

2.021

0.834**

0.364

1.304

Intercept

3.565*

0.054

7.077

2.866**

1.112

4.619

R squared

0.228

  

0.116

  

N

181

  

756

  
  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.