Homosexual behavior and related factors among married men who have sex with men in Mianyang city, Sichuan province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.04.017
- VernacularTitle: 四川省绵阳市男男性行为人群婚后同性性行为现状及其相关因素分析
- Author:
Yi WANG
1
;
Wanming ZHOU
1
;
Jing FAN
2
;
Xihe ZHAO
1
;
Xiaoli WANG
3
;
Chanjuan DU
4
;
Jiang LIU
5
;
Ganjin YANG
6
;
Wei LI
7
;
Xiuwei JIA
8
;
Qin TAN
9
;
Yingwei TIE
10
;
Yanfei REN
11
;
Ping LIAO
12
Author Information
1. Institute for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Mianyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, China
2. Mianyang Gay Love Group, Mianyang 621000, China
3. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Fucheng District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, China
4. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Youxian District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, China
5. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Jiangyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangyou 621700, China
6. Department ofAIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Santai County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Santai 621100, China
7. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Anzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 622650, China
8. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beichuan 622750, China
9. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Mianyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mianyang 621000, China
10. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Zitong County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zitong 622150, China
11. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Yanting County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yanting 621600, China
12. Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Pingwu County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Pingwu 622500, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Men who have sex with men;
Marriage;
Homosexual behavior;
Related factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2019;40(4):461-465
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the homosexual behavior and related factors among married MSM in Mianyang city.
Methods:Between January and October in 2017, a snowball sampling method was adopted to carry out cross-sectional survey through questionnaires plus HIV testing among those MSM in Mianyang city. Logistic regression model was used to analyze homosexual behaviors and related factors among married MSM under study. Statistical analysis was used by EpiData 3.1 and SPSS 19.0 software.
Results:A total of 234 MSM participated in this survey. The overall rate of homosexual behavior in these married MSM appeared as 94.9% (222/234). Rate of having anal sex behavior was 94.4% (221/234) in the past 6 months, with rate of condom use as 57.9% (128/221). HIV positive rate was 8.1% (18/222). As for the motives for homosexual behavior after marriage, 87.8% (195/222) were driven by feelings of love, 12.2% (27/222) due to 'releasing pressure’. Proportion of male sex partners would include occasional sex partners (62.2%, 138/222), stable male sex partners (26.1%, 58/222) and stable boyfriends (11.7%, 26/222). Factors from logistic regression analysis showed that homosexual behaviors were related to the factors including education level of senior high school or above vs. education level of junior middle school or below (OR=3.65, 95%CI: 1.33-9.98); local residency over one year vs. the ones having local residency less than one year (OR=23.28, 95%CI:1.67-324.89); having 10 or more friends in the MSM community vs. having below 10 friends in MSM community (OR=4.15, 95%CI: 1.28-13.43); without sex pleasure with spouse vs. having sex pleasure with spouse (OR=3.25, 95%CI: 1.22-8.62); having 2 or more anal sex partners in the past 6 months vs. having less than 2 anal sex partners in the past 6 months (OR=0.28,95%CI: 0.09-0.81).
Conclusions:The rate of homosexual behavior and HIV positive rate were high among MSM in Mianyang city. Homosexual behaviors after marriage were influenced by multiple factors among MSM. The motives of homosexual behavior after marriage were driven by feelings of love, the related factors were education level of senior high school or above, local residency over one year, having 10 or more friends in the MSM community and without sex pleasure with spouse. As for the motives of these behaviors was caused by releasing pressure, the related factors was having more than 2 anal sex partners.
