The prevalence and influential factors for the willingness to accept circumcision among male workers in Guangzhou City, China

Objective To investigate the male workers' willingness to accept circumcision and analyze its influential factors. Methods A construction sites, industries-based cross-sectional survey, convenient cluster sampling study was conducted in Nansha District, Guangzhou City. Male workers from four construction sites and two factories were selected to attend the survey. Logistic models were conducted to analyze data. Results Of 836 eligible participants, 391(46.8%) were construction workers and 445(53.2%) were manufacturing industry workers. The proportion willingness to accept circumcision was 85.4%. The willingness to accept circumcision between different educational level had a statistical significance (χ²=12.67,P=0.002). The higher their educational level was the higher their acceptance of circumcision was; Compared to the low score group of AIDS knowledge, the high score group had higher willingness to circumcision, the difference between the two groups had a statistical significance(χ²=16,19,P<0.001). And the difference between the two groups of male circumcision knowledge had the similar result(χ²=19.90,P<0.001). After adjustment, “the more knowledge about medical benefits of male circumcision” (OR=1.84,95% CI:1.44-2.34,P<0.001) and “being affected by surroundings who had circumcision before” (OR=1.83,95% CI:1.06-3.15,P=0.029) were the positive factors for affecting acceptance rate. Conclusions The proportion willingness to accept circumcision among male workers is high, it suggests that the popularization and promotion of male circumcision in this population has an advantage.