A Study on the Association Between Family Support and High-Risk Sexual Behavior of Elderly Men in Rural China

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ID21748709
AuthorsYuan Li (0000-0001-7139-4391, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, corresponding author), Qinxi Liu (0000-0002-2499-6581, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, corresponding author), Yi Yang (0000-0002-9729-8522, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, corresponding author), Shuangfeng Fan (Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention), Yang Liu (0000-0003-1220-7044, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention), Na Li (0000-0002-1103-6864, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Year2022
Volume16
Issue4
Pages15579883221107729-15579883221107729
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Men s Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-9883 • E-ISSN: 1557-9891
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/15579883221107729
PMID35848123
OpenAlexW4285605349
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Our study aimed to understand the relationship between the status of high-risk sexual behaviors of male ≥50 years old (elderly men) and their family support in a rural county-level city in Chengdu. Multi-stage sampling was used to select rural elderly men from six towns to conduct an interview questionnaire survey. Ordinal logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between high-risk sexual behavior and family factors. A total of 790 samples were included, and the prevalence of high-risk sexual behavior was 16.2%. Two-hundred thirty-nine men (30.3%) had three close family members. More than half of the men ( n = 397) had never been provided financial support by family members (50.3%). More than half of men ( n = 406) never communicate deeply with family members (51.4%). Logistic analysis reported that 50−59 years old (odds ratio [OR] = 1.928, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.070, 3.477]), unmarried, divorced/widowed, married and separated (OR = 8.232, 95% CI = [2.640, 25.673]; OR = 3.589, 95% CI = [1.713, 7.520]; OR = 3.003, 95% CI = [1.238, 7.280]) elderly men were more likely to be involved in commercial sex. Meanwhile, either never or often family financial support (OR = 0.435, 95% CI = [0.228, 0.830]; OR = 0.288, 95% CI = [0.095, 0.876]) helped elderly men to avoid commercial sex. This study predicts family factors may be affected by loneliness, life satisfaction, disposable economic condition, family responsibilities as the middle path, thus affect high-risk sexual behaviors in elderly men

China · Cohabitation · Confidence interval · Family support · Geography · Logistic regression · Loneliness · Marital status · Odds ratio · Physical therapy · Population · Psychiatry · Spouse · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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