From May
to August in 2013, an anonymous questionnaire survey with convenience sampling
was conducted among MSM in Urumqi, Kashgar, Aksu and Yining cities of Xinjiang.
Those who were ≥ 16 years of age and claimed to have male-to-male sex behaviors
were eligible for the survey. A total of 1 467 participants were recruited...
The MSM
with positive ego-identity accounted for 44.7%, and positive
social-identity accounted for 29.1%. For ego-identity, Uyghur MSM
were less positive than Han MSM was 0.43 (0.32-0.58) ) ; those who
were over 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation were less
positive than those who were younger than 20 years of age when accepting their
sexual orientation (OR (95%CI) was 0.61 (0.47-0.80) );and homosexuals were more
positive than bisexuals was 1.98 (1.50-2.61) ). For
social-identity, Hui MSM were less positive than Han MSM was 0.61
(0.42-0.88) ); those whose education level was higher than college were less
positive than those with junior high education; famers/herdsmen were more positive than students was 4.17
(2.13-8.17) ); the divorced/widowed were more positive than the singles was 2.40 (1.34-4.29) ); those who were over 20 years of age when
accepting their sexual orientation were less positive than those who were
younger than 20 years of age when accepting their sexual orientation. Among the MSM with negative ego-identity and
negative social-identity, the proportion of planning to get married with women
was 66.8% (267/400) and 76.5% (306/400), respectively, which were higher than
those with positive ego-identity (33.2% (133/400)) and positive social-identity
(23.5% (94/400)) ; their proportion of intending to have offspring was 62.0%
(287/463) and 73.4% (340/463), respectively, which were higher than those with
positive ego-identity and social-identity (38.0% (176/463), 26.6% (123/463))
(χ(2) = 39.61 and 7.90, respectively, both P values were <0.05). Among the
MSM with negative social-identity, the proportion of looking for male sexual
partners in toilets or parks was 18.1% (188/1 040), in bathhouse or sauna was
17.3% (180/1 040), and through internet was 82.0% (853/1 040), which were
higher than those with positive social-identity (8.9% (38/427), 9.8% (42/427) and
61.6% (263/427)) (χ(2) = 66.78, P < 0.01).
In
2013, the gay identity of MSM in Xinjiang was relatively poor, and the factors
associated with it included ethnicity, occupation, marital status and education
level. The MSM with negative identity tended to involve in risk sexual
behaviors, and had increased risk of HIV infection.
Via: http://ht.ly/S8dGm
By: Ni M1, Hu X, Li Z, Ma Y, Chen X, Hu X.
1Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi 830011, China.
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