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Table 2 Information sources of the participants

From: Survey of motivation for use of voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV in a high risk area of Shenyang, China

Source

Total (%)

Males (%)

Females (%)

MSM a (%)

Media-TV, newspaper and radio

2380(88.9)

1733 (88.6)

647(90.0)

64(86.5)

Public education by community or Red Cross

1134(42.4)

829(42.4)

305(42.4)*

29(39.2)

Recommendation offered by health workers

315(11.8)

230(11.8)

85 (11.8)*

13(17.6)

Friends/family

722(27.0)

533(27.2)

189(26.3)

19(25.7)

Internet

1030(38.5)

744(38.0)

286(39.8)

33(44.6)

Others

494(18.5)

378(19.3)

116(16.1)

15(20.3)

  1. a MSM were extracted from 'total' and 'males'
  2. * Significantly different between males and females (p < 0.05)