Using respondent-driven sampling to estimate the population size of men who have sex with men in Qingdao

ZHU Limin; HUANG Guihua; SONG Xin; FU Yong; GE Lin; LI Peilong; LI Dongmin

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.06.011

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ZHU Limin, HUANG Guihua, SONG Xin, FU Yong, GE Lin, LI Peilong, LI Dongmin. Using respondent-driven sampling to estimate the population size of men who have sex with men in Qingdao[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(6): 678-683. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.06.011

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ZHU Limin, HUANG Guihua, SONG Xin, FU Yong, GE Lin, LI Peilong, LI Dongmin. Using respondent-driven sampling to estimate the population size of men who have sex with men in Qingdao[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(6): 678-683. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.06.011

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ZHU Limin, HUANG Guihua, SONG Xin, FU Yong, GE Lin, LI Peilong, LI Dongmin. Using respondent-driven sampling to estimate the population size of men who have sex with men in Qingdao[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2023, 27(6): 678-683. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.06.011

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Using respondent-driven sampling to estimate the population size of men who have sex with men in Qingdao

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2023.06.011

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Department of Epidemiology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Qingdao Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Qingdao 266033, China

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National Science and Technology Major Project of China 2017ZX10201101-002-005

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Corresponding author: LI Dongmin, E-mail: lidongmin@Chinaaids.cn
Received Date: 2022-11-01
Rev Recd Date: 2023-01-29

Available Online: 2023-07-10

Publish Date: 2023-06-10

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Objective To explore the experience of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in the estimation of population size of men who have sex with men (MSM) and to estimate population size of MSM in Qingdao, providing a reference for HIV/AIDS epidemic estimation and resource allocation in Qingdao. Methods An RDS-based survey was conducted from August to October, 2022, gathering information about the general demographics and social network size of MSM in Qingdao.RDS Analyst 0.72 software was used to evaluate the recruitment effectiveness of RDS.The willingness of MSM in Qingdao to participate in the survey and their attitude towards incentive measures were understood through qualitative interviews.The MSM size in Qingdao was estimated by successive sampling-population size estimation. Results A total of 671 participants were included in this study, including 10 seeds, with over 20 people in the recruitment chains where the seeds were located.The recruitment waves ranged from 4 to 14.The age group, marital status, education attainment and census register of the participants reached equilibrium between the 5th and 10th waves, with the homogeneity coefficients for demographic characteristics all approaching 1.All of 10 interviewees said they would participate in such surveys regardless of incentives.Based on the self-reported social network size of the study subjects and the visibility, the estimated MSM population in Qingdao was 80 405-93 410 and 69 284-80 236, accounting for 1.88%-2.19% and 1.62%-1.88% of adult males in Qingdao, respectively. Conclusions RDS recruitment is effective for MSM, and the RDS-based successive sampling-population size estimation indicates that MSM comprises 1.62% to 2.19% of the local adult male population in Qingdao.
- Respondent-driven sampling,
- Successive sampling-population size estimation,
- Men who have sex with men,
- Population size

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