title: Sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviors among market vendors in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in China has soared over the past 20 years. There is a need to study STD prevalence in the general population of the country.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the prevalence and patterns of STDs and the relationships between STD status and demographic and behavioral factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 4,510 market vendors in a city in eastern China were interviewed and tested for STDs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of any STD among participants was 16.55% (women, 21.04%; men, 11.54%). Among those who tested positive for an STD, chlamydia was most common (8.89%), followed by herpes (6.50%). Participants who had no schooling and participants who had college or higher level of schooling had a similarly high STD prevalence (26.19% vs. 24.00%, respectively). Prevalence of all STDs was significantly higher among women, those with more discretionary income, and those with multiple partners.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Special considerations are needed for low versus high education groups as well as men versus women to maximize the effects of STD prevention programs and messages in China.
authors: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors: Zunyou
authors: Z
authors: Wu
authors: Mary Jane
authors: MJ
authors: Rotheram-Borus
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: Jihui
authors: J
authors: Guan
authors: Roger
authors: R
authors: Detels
authors: Yueping
authors: Y
authors: Yin
authors: Sheng
authors: S
authors: Wu
authors: Zhendong
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Chunqing
authors: C
authors: Lin
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires