title: HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study described knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission among labor migrants in China and assessed the factors that associate with HIV knowledge.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is based on primary data collected in Xi'an city, China. The study includes 939 male rural-to-urban migrants aged 28 and older. The multivariate analysis used OLS regression techniques to examine the correlates of HIV knowledge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most migrants know what AIDS/HIV is, but many have deficient knowledge about self-protection and the transmission routes of HIV. About 40% of migrants fail to understand that condoms decrease the risk of HIV infection. Higher levels of education and internet usage associate with better HIV knowledge. Migrants who have engaged in sex with commercial sex workers have better HIV knowledge than migrants who have never paid for sex. This includes better knowledge of self-protection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Labor migrants are a high risk population for HIV infection. Their lack of HIV knowledge is a serious concern because they are a vulnerable group for infection and their sexual behaviors are spreading HIV to other members of the population and across geographic areas.
authors.affiliation: International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710049, P. R. China. yb_692@163.com.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P5, Canada. zhengwu@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P5, Canada. chrissch@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Christoph M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Schimmele
authors.affiliation: Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, 710049, P. R. China. shzhli@xjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shuzhuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011477:Sex Work; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D055815:Young Adult