1Department of Health Science, Dongduk Women’s University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Korea
2Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Funding
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2022R1F1A1062998).
Author Contributions
All work was done by MJ.
Characteristics | Categories | n (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic status | Age (y) | 19-29 | 401 (39.9) |
30-39 | 302 (30.0) | ||
40-49 | 202 (20.1) | ||
50-59 | 100 (10.0) | ||
Educational attainment | Middle school or less | 10 (1.0) | |
High school | 299 (29.8) | ||
College | 554 (55.1) | ||
Post-graduate | 142 (14.1) | ||
Annual income (USD)1 | <7000 | 176 (17.5) | |
7001-14 000 | 52 (5.2) | ||
14 001-21 000 | 205 (20.4) | ||
21 001-28 000 | 214 (21.3) | ||
28 001-35 000 | 128 (12.7) | ||
35 001-42 000 | 77 (7.7) | ||
42 001-48 000 | 36 (3.6) | ||
48 001-56 000 | 43 (4.3) | ||
56 001-63 000 | 21 (2.1) | ||
63 001-70 000 | 20 (2.0) | ||
≥70 001 | 33 (3.3) | ||
Sexual behavior characteristics | Condom use (%) | Every time (used 100) | 288 (28.7) |
Frequently used (50-90) | 328 (32.6) | ||
Occasionally used (10-50) | 196 (19.5) | ||
Almost not used (less than 10) | 148 (14.7) | ||
No response | 45 (4.5) | ||
Primary sex partner | Do not have | 598 (59.5) | |
Have | 407 (40.5) | ||
Anal sex | Not preferred | 421 (41.9) | |
Preferred | 584 (58.1) | ||
Sexually transmitted infection history | Never | 864 (86.0) | |
Ever | 141 (14.0) | ||
HIV status | Negative | 939 (93.4) | |
Positive | 66 (6.6) | ||
COVID-19-related characteristics | Vaccination status | Not vaccinated | 65 (6.5) |
Fully vaccinated (second dose) | 940 (93.5) | ||
Infection status | Never | 600 (59.7) | |
Ever | 405 (40.3) | ||
Total | 1005 (100) |
Variables | Model I | Model II | Model III | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic status | Age | 0.98 (0.96, 0.99)*** | 0.97 (0.96, 0.99)*** | 0.97 (0.96, 0.99)*** |
Education | 1.11 (0.91, 1.36) | 1.14 (0.93, 1.40) | 1.16 (0.94, 1.42) | |
Income | 1.00 (0.95, 1.06) | 1.01 (0.96, 1.07) | 1.01 (0.97, 1.07) | |
Sexual behavior characteristics | Condom use | - | 0.99 (0.86, 1.12) | 0.98 (0.86, 1.12) |
Primary sex partner (Ref.: none) | - | 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) | 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) | |
Anal sex (Ref.: not preferred) | - | 1.09 (0.82, 1.45) | 1.10 (0.83, 1.47) | |
Sexually transmitted infection history (Ref.: no history of infection) | - | 1.27 (0.86, 1.88) | 1.27 (0.86, 1.89) | |
HIV-positive (Ref.: negative) | - | 1.97 (1.14, 3.41)* | 1.93 (1.12, 3.35)* | |
COVID-19-related characteristics | Fully vaccinated (Ref.: not vaccinated) | - | - | 0.61 (0.36, 1.04) |
Nagelkereke R2 | 0.118 | 0.226 | 0.251 |
Characteristics | Categories | n (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic status | Age (y) | 19-29 | 401 (39.9) |
30-39 | 302 (30.0) | ||
40-49 | 202 (20.1) | ||
50-59 | 100 (10.0) | ||
Educational attainment | Middle school or less | 10 (1.0) | |
High school | 299 (29.8) | ||
College | 554 (55.1) | ||
Post-graduate | 142 (14.1) | ||
Annual income (USD) |
<7000 | 176 (17.5) | |
7001-14 000 | 52 (5.2) | ||
14 001-21 000 | 205 (20.4) | ||
21 001-28 000 | 214 (21.3) | ||
28 001-35 000 | 128 (12.7) | ||
35 001-42 000 | 77 (7.7) | ||
42 001-48 000 | 36 (3.6) | ||
48 001-56 000 | 43 (4.3) | ||
56 001-63 000 | 21 (2.1) | ||
63 001-70 000 | 20 (2.0) | ||
≥70 001 | 33 (3.3) | ||
Sexual behavior characteristics | Condom use (%) | Every time (used 100) | 288 (28.7) |
Frequently used (50-90) | 328 (32.6) | ||
Occasionally used (10-50) | 196 (19.5) | ||
Almost not used (less than 10) | 148 (14.7) | ||
No response | 45 (4.5) | ||
Primary sex partner | Do not have | 598 (59.5) | |
Have | 407 (40.5) | ||
Anal sex | Not preferred | 421 (41.9) | |
Preferred | 584 (58.1) | ||
Sexually transmitted infection history | Never | 864 (86.0) | |
Ever | 141 (14.0) | ||
HIV status | Negative | 939 (93.4) | |
Positive | 66 (6.6) | ||
COVID-19-related characteristics | Vaccination status | Not vaccinated | 65 (6.5) |
Fully vaccinated (second dose) | 940 (93.5) | ||
Infection status | Never | 600 (59.7) | |
Ever | 405 (40.3) | ||
Total | 1005 (100) |
Variables | Categories | COVID-19 infection status |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | ||||
Socioeconomic status | Age (y) | 19-29 | 216 (53.9) | 185 (46.1) | 401 (100) |
30-39 | 181 (59.9) | 121 (40.1) | 302 (100) | ||
40-49 | 133 (65.8) | 69 (34.2) | 202 (100) | ||
50-59 | 70 (70.0) | 30 (30.0) | 100 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 13.258 (p = 0.004) | |||||
Educational attainment | Middle school or less | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (100) | |
High school | 185 (61.9) | 114 (38.1) | 299 (100) | ||
College | 324 (58.5) | 230 (41.5) | 554 (100) | ||
Post-graduate | 84 (59.2) | 58 (40.8) | 142 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 1.386 (p = 0.709) | |||||
Annual income (USD) | <7000 | 112 (63.6) | 64 (36.4) | 176 (100) | |
7001-14 000 | 25 (48.1) | 27 (51.9) | 52 (100) | ||
14 001-21 000 | 118 (57.6) | 87 (42.4) | 205 (100) | ||
21 001-28 000 | 130 (60.7) | 84 (39.3) | 214 (100) | ||
28 001-35 000 | 75 (58.6) | 53 (41.4) | 128 (100) | ||
35 001-42 000 | 45 (58.4) | 32 (41.6) | 77 (100) | ||
42 001-48 000 | 23 (63.9) | 13 (36.1) | 36 (100) | ||
48 001-56 000 | 23 (53.5) | 20 (46.5) | 43 (100) | ||
56 001-63 000 | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 21 (100) | ||
63 001-70 000 | 13 (65.0) | 7 (35.0) | 20 (100) | ||
≥70 001 | 25 (75.8) | 8 (24.2) | 33 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 9.847 (p = 0.454) | |||||
Sexual behavior characteristics | Condom use (%) | Every time (used 100) | 182 (63.2) | 106 (36.8) | 288 (100) |
Frequently used (50-90) | 184 (56.1) | 144 (43.9) | 328 (100) | ||
Occasionally used (10-50) | 115 (58.7) | 81 (41.3) | 196 (100) | ||
Almost not used (<10) | 92 (62.2) | 56 (37.8) | 148 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 3.689 (p = 0.297) | |||||
Primary sex partner | Do not have | 360 (60.2) | 238 (39.8) | 598 (100) | |
Have | 240 (59.0) | 167 (41.0) | 407 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 0.153 (p = 0.696) | |||||
Anal sex | Not preferred | 259 (61.5) | 162 (38.5) | 421 (100) | |
Preferred | 341 (58.4) | 243 (41.6) | 584 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 0.996 (p = 0.318) | |||||
STD infection | Never | 529 (61.2) | 335 (38.8) | 864 (100) | |
Ever | 71 (50.4) | 70 (49.6) | 141 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 5.956 (p = 0.015) | |||||
HIV status | Negative | 571 (60.8) | 368 (39.2) | 939 (100) | |
Positive | 29 (43.9) | 37 (56.1) | 66 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 7.295 (p = 0.007) | |||||
COVID-19-related characteristics | Vaccination status | Not vaccinated | 32 (49.2) | 33 (50.8) | 65 (100) |
Fully vaccinated (second dose) | 568 (60.4) | 372 (39.6) | 940 (100) | ||
χ² (p-value) = 3.167 (p = 0.075) |
Variables | Model I | Model II | Model III | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic status | Age | 0.98 (0.96, 0.99) |
0.97 (0.96, 0.99) |
0.97 (0.96, 0.99) |
Education | 1.11 (0.91, 1.36) | 1.14 (0.93, 1.40) | 1.16 (0.94, 1.42) | |
Income | 1.00 (0.95, 1.06) | 1.01 (0.96, 1.07) | 1.01 (0.97, 1.07) | |
Sexual behavior characteristics | Condom use | - | 0.99 (0.86, 1.12) | 0.98 (0.86, 1.12) |
Primary sex partner (Ref.: none) | - | 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) | 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) | |
Anal sex (Ref.: not preferred) | - | 1.09 (0.82, 1.45) | 1.10 (0.83, 1.47) | |
Sexually transmitted infection history (Ref.: no history of infection) | - | 1.27 (0.86, 1.88) | 1.27 (0.86, 1.89) | |
HIV-positive (Ref.: negative) | - | 1.97 (1.14, 3.41) |
1.93 (1.12, 3.35) |
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COVID-19-related characteristics | Fully vaccinated (Ref.: not vaccinated) | - | - | 0.61 (0.36, 1.04) |
Nagelkereke R2 | 0.118 | 0.226 | 0.251 |
USD, US dollar; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019. Equivalized household annual income; USD $1=Korean won 1412.00 (Oct 2022).
Values are presented as number (%). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; USD, US dollar; STD, sexually transmitted disease; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.
Values are presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; MSMs, men who have sex with men; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; Ref., reference.