Marriage and marital intention and their influencing factors among men who have sex with men

ObjectiveTo examine the status of marriage,marital intention and their influence factors among men who have sex with men(MSM). MethodsWith snowball sampling method,an anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among MSM recruited in Mianyang city,Sichuan province in a fixed place. ResultsTotally 400 MSM participated the survey,of which 23.0% were married,26.5% intended to be married,and 50.5% had no intention of marriage.The results of multivariate analysis showed that the MSM at age of 25-44 years,with bisexual or uncertain sexual orientation,with household registration of other city,having the first sex with female,and having sex with female during latest six months were more likely to have marital intention compared to the MSM with 1-4 regular male sex partners or receiving preventive servince in previous one year. ConclusionThe MSM in Mianyang city had a low marriage rate and marital intention and their marriage and marital intention were impacted by demographic characteristics,sexual partners and sexual behavior.