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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of commercial sex behavior among 424 participants.

Variables	Commercial sex behavior group ()		Noncommercial sex behavior group ()		Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		%		%	OR(95% CI)		OR(95% CI)
Age (years)
18-19	30	26.8	111	35.6	Ref.		Ref.
20-26	82	73.2	201	64.4	1.51 (0.94-2.44)	0.091	1.42 (0.79-2.56)	0.241
Hometown
Rural area	58	51.8	184	59.0	Ref.		Ref.
Town/city	54	48.2	128	41.0	1.34 (0.87-2.07)	0.188	1.37 (0.80-2.33)	0.249
Household registration
Other provinces	41	36.6	83	26.6	Ref.		Ref.
Zhejiang Province	71	63.4	229	73.4	0.63 (0.40-0.99)	0.047	0.57 (0.32-1.01)	0.051
Whether a person is infected with HIV can be judged by appearance?
No	36	32.1	53	17.0	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	76	67.9	259	83.0	0.43 (0.26-0.71)	0.001	0.79 (0.37-1.68)	0.536
Whether daily life and study contact can spread HIV?
No	35	31.3	49	15.7	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	77	68.8	263	84.3	0.41 (0.25-0.68)	0.001	0.71 (0.31-1.59)	0.398
Have you received the school’s HIV testing propaganda in the last year?
No	23	20.5	108	34.6	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	89	79.5	204	65.4	2.05 (1.23-3.43)	0.006	1.69 (0.88-3.25)	0.116
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.		Ref.
Yes	68	60.7	140	44.9	1.90 (1.22-2.95)	0.004	1.06 (0.58-1.94)	0.839
Could you accept commercial sex behavior?
No	28	25.0	167	53.5	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	84	75.0	145	46.5	3.45 (2.13-5.60)	<0.001	3.53 (1.94-6.40)	<0.001
Could you accept male-to-male sexual behavior?
No	93	83.0	284	91	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	19	17.0	28	9	2.07 (1.11-3.88)	0.021	0.51 (0.21-1.24)	0.136
Could you want to know whether the sexual partner is infected with HIV
No	45	40.5	160	51.6	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	66	59.5	150	48.4	1.56 (1.01-2.43)	0.046	1.07 (0.62-1.84)	0.817
Could you feel there was a risk of contracting HIV
No	78	69.6	295	94.9	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	34	30.4	16	5.1	8.04 (4.22-15.31)	<0.001	6.44 (2.98-13.94)	<0.001
Whether to accept HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing?
No	97	86.6	291	93.3	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	15	13.4	21	6.7	2.14 (1.06-4.32)	0.033	1.75 (0.69-4.43)	0.24
How to seek temporary sexual partners
Nonnetwork (except entertainment venues)	18	16.2	137	44.8	Ref.		Ref.
Internet	56	50.5	84	27.5	5.07 (2.80-9.21)	<0.001	2.58 (1.27-5.25)	0.009
Entertainment venues	37	33.3	85	27.8	3.31 (1.77-6.19)	<0.001	1.92 (0.92-4.01)	0.084
Have you ever engaged in temporary sex after drinking
No	39	35.5	187	60.9	Ref.		Ref.
Yes	71	64.5	120	39.1	2.84 (1.80-4.46)	<0.001	1.63 (0.91-2.91)	0.098
Whether had condom use during sex
Never use	36	32.1	29	9.4	Ref.		Ref.
Sometimes/frequently used	46	41.1	140	45.5	0.27 (0.15-0.48)	<0.001	0.34 (0.16-0.70)	0.004
Always use	30	26.8	139	45.1	0.17 (0.09-0.33)	<0.001	0.30 (0.13-0.68)	0.004

There is missing data.