Table 1 Background characteristics and willingness to use PrEP
Variables | Total (N = 829) n (%) | Unwilling to use PrEP (n = 578) n (%) | Willing to use PrEP (n = 251) n (%) | χ2/t | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group(years) | Â | Â | Â | 1.452 | 0.484 |
 15–24 | 342 (41.2) | 242 (41.9) | 100 (39.8) |  |  |
 25–34 | 323 (39.0) | 228 (39.4) | 95 (37.9) |  |  |
 ≥  35 | 164 (19.8) | 108 (18.7) | 56 (22.3) |  |  |
Household registration | Â | Â | Â | 2.920 | 0.087 |
 Local (Liuzhou) | 475 (57.3) | 320 (55.4) | 155 (61.8) |  |  |
 Nonlocal | 354 (42.7) | 258 (44.6) | 96 (38.2) |  |  |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 46.581 | <Â 0.001 |
 Zhuang | 315 (38.0) | 238 (41.2) | 77 (30.7) |  |  |
 Han | 362 (43.7) | 210 (36.3) | 152 (60.5) |  |  |
 Others | 152 (18.3) | 130 (22.5) | 22 (8.8) |  |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | 3.974 | 0.410 |
 Students | 159 (19.2) | 109 (18.9) | 50 (19.9) |  |  |
 Company Employees/government staff | 155 (18.7) | 117 (20.2) | 38 (15.2) |  |  |
 Factory workers | 167 (20.1) | 115 (19.9) | 52 (20.7) |  |  |
 Freelancers | 201 (24.3) | 141 (24.4) | 60 (23.9) |  |  |
 Others | 147 (17.7) | 96 (16.6) | 51 (20.3) |  |  |
Education level | Â | Â | Â | 6.323 | 0.042 |
 Middle school or below | 123 (14.8) | 96 (16.6) | 27 (10.8) |  |  |
 High school | 129 (15.6) | 94 (16.3) | 35 (13.9) |  |  |
 College or above | 577 (69.6) | 388 (67.1) | 189 (75.3) |  |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 3.430 | 0.180 |
 Never married | 603 (72.7) | 428 (74.0) | 175 (69.7) |  |  |
 Married | 175 (21.1) | 120 (20.8) | 55 (21.9) |  |  |
 Divorced/widowed | 51 (6.2) | 30 (5.2) | 21 (8.4) |  |  |
Personal monthly income(RMB) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  < 1500 | 137 (16.5) | 110 (19.0) | 27 (10.8) | 9.193 | 0.027 |
 1500–3000 | 195 (23.5) | 134 (23.2) | 61 (24.3) |  |  |
 3001–4500 | 347 (41.9) | 236 (40.8) | 111 (44.2) |  |  |
 > 4500 | 150 (18.1) | 98 (17.0) | 52 (20.7) |  |  |
Sexual orientation | Â | Â | Â | 9.498 | 0.002 |
 Homosexual | 632 (76.2) | 458 (79.2) | 174 (69.3) |  |  |
 Bisexual | 197 (23.8) | 120 (20.8) | 77 (30.7) |  |  |
History of STDs other than HIV | Â | Â | Â | 5.840 | 0.016 |
 Yes | 48 (5.8) | 26 (4.5) | 22 (8.8) |  |  |
 No | 781 (94.2) | 552 (95.5) | 229 (91.2) |  |  |
Recruitment source | Â | Â | Â | 121.027 | <Â 0.001 |
 Peer introduction | 314 (37.9) | 220 (38.1) | 94 (37.4) |  |  |
 Network recruitment | 249 (30.0) | 202 (34.9) | 47 (18.7) |  |  |
 Gay venues | 111 (13.4) | 30 (5.2) | 81 (32.3) |  |  |
 Others | 155 (18.7) | 126 (21.8) | 29 (11.6) |  |  |
HIV/AIDS knowledge scores | Â | Â | Â | 0.369 | 0.544 |
 < 4 | 616 (74.3) | 433 (74.9) | 183 (72.9) |  |  |
 ≥ 4 | 213 (25.7) | 145 (25.1) | 68 (27.1) |  |  |