Factors Associated with Commercial Sex Behavior among Male College Students Who Engaged in Temporary Heterosexual Behavior in Zhejiang Province, China

Table 2

Univariate analysis of commercial sex behavior among 424 participants.

Variables	Commercial sex behavior group		Noncommercial sex behavior group		Univariate analysis
		%		%	OR(95% CI)
Whether AIDS is a serious incurable disease?
No	26	23.2	67	21.5	Ref.
Yes	86	76.8	245	78.5	0.91 (0.54-1.51)	0.703
Whether the main transmission mode of HIV/AIDS among young students in China is male homosexuality?
No	58	51.8	174	55.8	Ref.
Yes	54	48.2	138	44.2	1.17 (0.76-1.81)	0.468
Whether a person is infected with HIV can be judged by appearance?
No	36	32.1	53	17.0	Ref.
Yes	76	67.9	259	83.0	0.43 (0.26-0.71)	0.001
Whether daily life and study contact can spread HIV?
No	35	31.3	49	15.7	Ref.
Yes	77	68.8	263	84.3	0.41 (0.25-0.68)	0.001
Have you learned about HIV/AIDS through the school’s campus internet network in the past year?
No	84	75.0	235	75.3	Ref.
Yes	28	25.0	77	24.7	1.02 (0.62-1.68)	0.946
Have you received the school’s HIV testing propaganda in the last year?
No	23	20.5	108	34.6	Ref.
Yes	89	79.5	204	65.4	2.05 (1.23-3.43)	0.006
Have you received an HIV/AIDS risk self-assessment conducted by the school in the past year?
No	44	39.3	172	55.1	Ref.
Yes	68	60.7	140	44.9	1.90 (1.22-2.95)	0.004
Could you accept one-night stand?
No	23	20.5	70	22.4	Ref.
Yes	89	79.5	242	77.6	1.12 (0.66-1.90)	0.677
Could you accept commercial sex behavior?
No	28	25.0	167	53.5	Ref.
Yes	84	75.0	145	46.5	3.45 (2.13-5.60)	<0.001
Could you accept male-to-male sexual behavior?
No	93	83.0	284	91.0	Ref.
Yes	19	17.0	28	9.0	2.07 (1.11-3.88)	0.021
Could you want to know whether the sexual partner is infected with HIV
No	45	40.5	160	51.6	Ref.
Yes	66	59.5	150	48.4	1.56 (1.01-2.43)	0.046
Could you feel there was a risk of contracting HIV
No	78	69.6	295	94.9	Ref.
Yes	34	30.4	16	5.1	8.04 (4.22-15.31)	<0.001
Condom use self-efficacy measurement
No confidence	21	18.8	75	24.1	Ref.
Have confidence	37	33.0	109	35.0	1.21 (0.66-2.23)	0.537
Very confident	54	48.2	127	40.8	1.52 (0.85-2.71)	0.157
Whether to accept HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing?
No	97	86.6	291	93.3	Ref.
Yes	15	13.4	21	6.7	2.14 (1.06-4.32)	0.033
Could you know that the CDC provides HIV testing services?
No	19	17.0	35	11.2	Ref.
Yes	93	83.0	277	88.8	0.62 (0.34-1.13)	0.12
Temporary partner type
Student	71	64.5	203	66.3	Ref.
Student + social worker	22	20.0	64	20.9	0.98 (0.56-1.71)	0.951
Social worker	17	15.5	39	12.7	1.25 (0.66-2.34)	0.494
How to find temporary sexual partners
Nonnetwork (except entertainment venues)	18	16.2	137	44.8	Ref.
Internet	56	50.5	84	27.5	5.07 (2.80-9.21)	<0.001
Entertainment venues	37	33.3	85	27.8	3.31 (1.77-6.19)	<0.001
Have you ever engaged in temporary sex after drinking
No	39	35.5	187	60.9	Ref.
Yes	71	64.5	120	39.1	2.84 (1.80-4.46)	<0.001
Whether had condom use during sex
Never use	36	32.1	29	9.4	Ref.
Sometimes/frequently used	46	41.1	140	45.5	0.27 (0.15-0.48)	<0.001
Always use	30	26.8	139	45.1	0.17 (0.09-0.33)	<0.001
Could you discuss condom use during sex?
No	26	23.2	87	28.3	Ref.
Yes	86	76.8	220	71.7	1.31 (0.79-2.17)	0.296
Have sex with a fixed partner in the past year
No	39	35.1	99	31.8	Ref.
Yes	72	64.9	212	68.2	0.86 (0.55-1.36)	0.525

There is missing data.