Research Article

A Survey on HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Risk Behaviors, and Characteristics of Men Who Have Sex with Men among University Students in Guangxi, China

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of MSM and non-MSM in university and odds ratios.

VariablesTotal (%)MSM (%)Non-MSM (%)OR (95% CI) value

Age
 ≤20268 (46.37)8 (16.32)260 (49.15)1.00
 >20310 (53.63)41 (83.67)269 (50.85)4.95 (2.28, 10.77)<0.001
Nationality
 Han436 (75.43)42 (85.71)394 (74.48)1.00
 Zhuang114 (19.72)5 (10.20)109 (20.60)0.43 (0.17, 1.11)0.082
 Other minorities28 (4.84)2 (4.08)26 (4.91)0.72 (0.17, 3.15)0.664
Registered residence
 Nanning city122 (21.11)22 (44.90)100 (18.90)1.00
 Other cities in Guangxi377 (65.22)20 (40.82)357 (67.49)0.26 (0.13, 0.49)<0.001
 Provinces besides Guangxi79 (13.67)7 (14.29)72 (13.61)0.44 (0.180, 1.09)0.076
Time living in Nanning
 1 year263 (45.50)14 (28.57)249 (47.07)1.00
 1~2 years157 (27.16)8 (16.33)149 (28.17)0.96 (0.39, 2.33)0.919
 >2 years158 (27.34)27 (55.10)131 (24.76)3.67 (1.86, 7.23)<0.001
Major
 Medical469 (81.14)19 (38.78)450 (85.07)1.00
 Nonmedical109 (18.86)30 (61.22)79 (14.93)8.99 (4.83, 16.76)<0.001
Grade
 One235 (40.66)4 (8.16)231 (43.67)1.00
 Two81 (14.01)8 (16.33)73 (13.80)6.33 (1.85, 21.63)0.003
 Three199 (34.43)20 (40.82)179 (33.84)6.45 (2.17, 19.21)0.001
 Four45 (7.79)12 (24.49)33 (6.24)21.00 (6.40, 68.95)<0.001
 Five4 (0.69)1 (2.04)3 (0.57)19.25 (1.63, 227.49)0.019
 Postgraduate14 (2.42)4 (8.16)10 (1.89)23.10 (5.03, 106.00)<0.001
Total578 (100.00)49 (8.48)529 (91.52)