A recent study conducted by San Leng Trieu at Ohlone College reveals that though college-aged Chinese women don’t get it on as much as their counterparts in other ethnic groups, when it comes to HIV knowledge they’re hurtin’.

According to AsianWeek:

About 63 percent the Chinese American group had only one partner during the past year, compared to a 2005 Durex study showing that non-Asian Americans averaged more than 10 partners during the past year.

The study, of Chinese and Chinese American women ages 18 to 24 in Northern California, also revealed that these women are fairly committed: 60 percent were in a fairly committed relationship, and 40 percent has been with a partner for more than a year…
However, the group displayed a lower-than-average knowledge of HIV. Those in the study were graded at 83.4 percent.

“This is about a B- average, which is much lower than expected, given that we live in San Francisco,” Trieu said. A 2004 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that the average national knowledge on HIV was particularly high, with numbers varying from 91 to 99 percent.

Furthermore, only 30 percent of this population had a history of HIV testing, which is lower than other groups. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that, among young adults ages 18 to 29, 57 percent had a history of testing.

In honor of sex ed, a rap on wrapping it up:

“Gaining access to your box might be exclusive shit
But if you don’t know the stats on HIV
Then ladies you still ain’t legit.
Wrap, wrap, wrap it up.
Wrap, wrap, wrap it up.”