Jing Guo1, Xiao-juan Huang1, Xiu-bin Wang1, Hao-yi Weng1, Wei Guo2. 1. School of Sociology and Population Study, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China. 2. National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Email:guowei@chinaaids.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) was used to estimate the Personal Network Size (C) of college students in Beijing and the size of men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: A survey was conducted on Beijing college students to estimate the personal network size (C) through NSUM and then using the back-estimating and attitude adjustment to correct C value and the size of the target population. RESULTS: The mean of C among Beijing college students was 97 and the differences of C between different majors and different grades were both statistically significant. Among Beijing College students, 3.96% of them identified themselves as MSM, with the number as 16 260. CONCLUSION: Using the NSUM to estimate C of Beijing college students and size of MSM seemed to be credible which worth popularized.
OBJECTIVE: Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) was used to estimate the Personal Network Size (C) of college students in Beijing and the size of men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: A survey was conducted on Beijing college students to estimate the personal network size (C) through NSUM and then using the back-estimating and attitude adjustment to correct C value and the size of the target population. RESULTS: The mean of C among Beijing college students was 97 and the differences of C between different majors and different grades were both statistically significant. Among Beijing College students, 3.96% of them identified themselves as MSM, with the number as 16 260. CONCLUSION: Using the NSUM to estimate C of Beijing college students and size of MSM seemed to be credible which worth popularized.
Authors: Chen Xu; Fengshi Jing; Ying Lu; Yuxin Ni; Joseph Tucker; Dan Wu; Yi Zhou; Jason Ong; Qingpeng Zhang; Weiming Tang Journal: AIDS Res Ther Date: 2022-02-19 Impact factor: 2.250