Associations Between Egos’ Characteristics and Alters’ Online Enrollment
type of HIV e-report
The following egos’ characteristics were included as independent variables to analyze their influence on alters’ online enrollment: demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, MSM-related information, and HIV e-report delivery information. Demographic characteristics were age, marital status, education level, length of residence in Guangzhou, and registered permanent residence. The socioeconomic status variable was monthly income. MSM features contained sexual orientation, sex roles, main venues to make gay friends, and anal sexual intercourse. HIV e-report online delivery information included type of HIV e-report, the number and duration of viewing own/others’ e-report, the number of times forwarding the e-report, and the number of people/times clicked on e-report.