title: Online sex-seeking behaviors among men who have sex with men: implications for investigation and intervention.
abstract: To investigate factors associated with online sex-seeking behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing, China. MSM participants were recruited from two cohort studies with multiple enrollment methods from November 2006 to February 2007 and from March to June 2008, respectively. Data collected included demographics and sexual behaviors. Of the 901 participants, 68.1% were single; 69.3% were non-Beijing residents; 94.4% considered themselves to be homosexual; 65.2% received college or higher levels of education; the median age was 26 years; 73.0% sought male sex partners via the Internet in the past 3 months; 66.2% had ≥2 sex partners. Younger age, higher levels of education and having had ≥2 male sex partners in the past 3 months were independently associated with seeking sex partners on the Internet. These findings indicate that Internet-based intervention programs could encourage younger high-risk MSM to use condoms and reduce their numbers of sexual partners.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qingchun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yingjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhenhai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shuming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fengji
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Dongliang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Shulin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yujiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002681:China; D015331:Cohort Studies; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires