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Table 1 Distribution of marriage status of 807 MSM sampled

From: Current heterosexual marriage is associated with significantly decreased levels of anxiety symptoms among Chinese men who have sex with men

 

N

%

Single

Cohabitation

Married with female

Divorced

M + D

p

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age, years

 18–29

575

71.3

492

85.6

61

10.6

20

3.5

2

0.3

22

3.8

< 0.001

 30–39

133

16.5

66

49.6

20

15.0

38

28.6

9

6.8

47

35.3

 40–64

99

12.3

13

13.1

11

11.1

50

50.5

25

25.3

75

75.8

Education, years

 < 10

255

31.6

164

64.3

32

12.5

40

15.7

19

7.5

59

23.1

0.055

 10–12

322

39.9

235

73.0

34

10.6

43

13.4

10

3.1

53

16.5

 ≥ 13

230

28.5

172

74.8

26

11.3

25

10.9

7

3.0

32

13.9

Sexual identity

 Gay

381

47.2

281

73.8

45

11.8

36

9.4

19

5.0

55

14.4

0.187

 Heterosexual

13

1.6

10

76.9

1

7.7

2

15.4

0

0.0

2

15.4

 Bisexual

325

40.3

219

67.4

34

10.5

57

17.5

15

4.6

72

22.2

 Unconfirmed

88

10.9

61

69.3

12

13.6

13

14.8

2

2.3

15

17.0

Disclosure of homosexual identity

 No

622

77.1

433

69.6

62

10.0

97

15.6

30

4.8

127

20.4

0.001

 Yes

185

22.9

138

74.6

30

16.2

11

5.9

6

3.2

17

9.2

GRSE

 No

597

74.0

418

70.0

63

10.6

86

14.4

30

5.0

116

19.4

0.168

 Yes

210

26.0

153

72.9

29

13.8

22

10.5

6

2.9

28

13.3

HIV

 No

779

96.5

555

71.2

91

11.7

100

12.8

33

4.2

133

17.1

0.020

 Yes

28

3.5

16

57.1

1

3.6

8

28.6

3

10.7

11

39.3

All

807

100.0

571

70.8

92

11.4

108

13.4

36

4.5

144

17.8

 
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