AIDS related knowledge and behavior among floating population in Hangzhou city

Objective To evaluate AIDS related knowledge,high risk sexual behavior and physical condition in floating population in Hangzhou city.Methods Stratified multi-stage cluster sampling was adopted to select four types of floating population from Jianggan,Gongshu and Xihu district in Hangzhou city for a questionnaire survey.Results The most common way for floating persons to leave their home towns for a job was through introduction by their villagers(45.1%) or on their free will.The floating population had high mobility,with the median rate of mobility of inter-city,inter-trade,and inter-unit of 0.40/year,0.33/year,and 0.50/year,respectively.Among the population,the awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was 63.8% and there were statistically significant differences in the awareness rate among different occupational populations(χ²=22.5,P<0.001).In the floating population,the proportion of having temporary and commercial sexual experience was 5.5% and 4.4%.For the floating persons having temporary and commercial sexual experience,the rate of condom use in every sexual experience was 30.3% and 40.4%,the rate of no condom use was 12.8% and 9.6%,and the rate of condom use in the latest sexual experience was 47.7% and 65.4%.Conclusion Floating population in Hangzhou city had high mobility,low awareness of AIDS,and rare condom use in high risk sexual behavior.