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Table 2 Sexual behavior characteristics and willingness to use PrEP

From: Willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Liuzhou, China

Variables

Total

(N = 829)

n (%)

Unwilling to use PrEP (n = 578) n (%)

Willing to

use PrEP

(n = 251) n (%)

χ2/t

p-value

Number of male sex partners in lifetime

   

5.340

0.254

 1

82 (9.9)

64 (11.1)

18 (7.2)

  

 2–5

404 (48.7)

287 (49.7)

117 (46.6)

  

 6–10

157 (19.0)

102 (17.6)

55 (21.9)

  

 11–20

88 (10.6)

60 (10.4)

28 (11.2)

  

  > 20

98 (11.8)

65 (11.2)

33 (13.1)

  

Ever had anal sex with a man

   

1.743

0.187

 Yes

774 (93.4)

544 (94.1)

230 (91.6)

  

 No

55 (6.6)

34 (5.9)

21 (8.4)

  

Age of first anal sex with a man (years)

22.64 ± 6.34

22.57 ± 6.62

22.80 ± 5.61

0.474

0.636

Number of male anal sex partners in the past month

   

1.136

0.768

 ≤1

412 (53.2)

287 (52.7)

125 (54.4)

  

 2–5

309 (39.9)

222 (40.8)

87 (37.8)

  

 6–10

33 (4.3)

21 (3.9)

12 (5.2)

  

  > 10

20 (2.6)

14 (2.6)

6 (2.6)

  

Condom use at last anal sex with a man

   

2.679

0.102

 Yes

561 (72.5)

385 (70.8)

176 (76.5)

  

 No

213 (27.5)

159 (29.2)

54 (23.5)

  

Ever had oral sex with a man

   

9.213

0.002

 Yes

738 (89.0)

502 (86.9)

236 (94.0)

  

 No

91 (11.0)

76 (13.1)

15 (6.0)

  

Number of male oral sex partners in the past month

   

5.669

0.129

 ≤ 1

355 (55.4)

246 (56.4)

109 (53.2)

  

 2–5

245 (38.2)

167 (38.3)

78 (38.0)

  

 6–10

28 (4.4)

18 (4.1)

10 (4.9)

  

  > 10

13 (2.0)

5 (1.2)

8 (3.9)

  

Had commercial sex in the past 6 months

   

0.350

0.554

 Yes

42 (5.1)

31 (5.4)

11 (4.4)

  

 No

787 (94.9)

547 (94.6)

240 (95.6)

  

Had casual sex other than commercial sex in the past 6 months

   

19.179

< 0.001

 Yes

335 (40.4)

262 (45.3)

73 (29.1)

  

 No

494 (59.6)

316 (54.7)

178 (70.9)

  

Number of female sex partners in lifetime

   

3.849

0.427

 0

456 (55.0)

323 (55.9)

133 (53.0)

  

 1

227 (27.4)

163 (28.2)

64 (25.5)

  

 2–5

127 (15.3)

80 (13.8)

47 (18.7)

  

 6–10

11 (1.3)

7 (1.2)

4 (1.6)

  

  > 10

8 (1.0)

5 (0.9)

3 (1.2)

  

Age of first sex with a woman (years)

22.15 ± 3.90

22.16 ± 3.92

22.12 ± 3.86

0.085

0.933

Condom use at last sex with a woman

   

0.472

0.492

 Yes

145 (43.4)

93 (42.1)

52 (46.0)

  

 No

189 (56.6)

128 (57.9)

61 (54.0)

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