HIV Serostatus Request and Disclosure Receiving From Different Kinds of Male Sex Partners
Participants were asked for information about HIV serostatus in the past 3 months from regular male sex partners and casual male sex partners, respectively. Moreover, we used “or” to generate a variable called “any kinds of male sex partners.” First, we asked whether they had regular and casual male sex partners in the past 3 months and whether they had unprotected anal intercourse with their male sex partners. Once they had male sex partners, we asked them how they requested the HIV serostatus of their male sex partners, including “I didn’t request,” “I requested orally or by message,” “I requested by taking HIV test together,” “I requested by sending my own HIV e-report,” and “I requested by asking for partner’s HIV e-report” while HIV e-report was available at the month 3 follow-up. If participants request at the month 3 follow-up, then they were asked how they received the HIV serostatus of their male sex partners by checking the response options (1=I did not receive partner’s disclosure, 2=I received partner’s disclosure orally or by message [namely, without any evidence], 3=I received partner’s disclosure by HIV reports or HIV test kits, and 4=I received partner’s disclosure by HIV e-reports).