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Table 2 Association between IDUs' background characteristics, needle/syringe sharing and condom use with casual partners

From: HIV risk behaviors of male injecting drug users and associated non-condom use with regular female sexual partners in north-east India

Characteristics

Shared needles/syringes

Condom use with casual paid/unpaid sexual partnera

 

No

Yes

P value

Consistent condom use

No casual paid/unpaid sexual partner

Inconsistent condom usea

p value

 

% ( n)

% ( n)

     
    

% ( n)

% ( n)

% ( n)

 

Condom use with casual paid/unpaid sexual partnera

 

0.042

    

 Consistent condom use

15.6 (189)

11.3 (56)

 

 

 No casual paid/unpaid sexual partner

59.5 (723)

60.0 (297)

 

 

 Inconsistent condom useb

24.9 (303)

28.7 (142)

 

 

Shared needles/syringes

      

0.042

 No

 

77.1 (189)

70.9 (723)

68.1 (303)

 

 Yes

 

22.9 (56)

22.1 (297)

31.9 (142)

 

Age (years)

  

<0.001

   

<0.001

 18–24

42.9 (521)

28.7 (142)

 

60.4 (148)

30.6 (313)

45.6 (203)

 

 25–29

27.1 (329)

29.9 (148)

26.9 (66)

25.2 (258)

34.4 (153)

 30+

30.0 (365)

41.4 (205)

12.7 (31)

44.1 (451)

20.0 (89)

Literacy

  

<0.014

   

<0.001

 Illiterate

17.1 (208)

22.2 (110)

 

9.0 (22)

21.3 (218)

17.8 (79)

 

 Literate

82.9 (1007)

77.8 (385)

91.0 (223)

78.7 (804)

82.3 (366)

Marital status

  

<0.001

   

<0.001

 Never married

66.3 (805)

55.8 (276)

 

88.6 (217)

48.6 (497)

82.7 (368)

 

 Ever married

33.7 (410)

44.2 (219)

11.4 (28)

51.4 (525)

17.3 (77)

Employment status

  

<0.001

   

<0.001

 Unemployed

39.8 (484)

37.0 (183)

 

49.0 (120)

34.6 (354)

43.6 (194)

 

 Student

12.1 (147)

4.7 (23)

16.3 (40)

7.1 (73)

12.8 (57)

 Self/salaried employment

17.4 (211)

18.8 (93)

16.7 (41)

18.9 (193)

15.7 (70)

 Laborer (agricultural/non-agricultural)

25.6 (311)

31.7 (157)

13.5 (33)

32.8 (335)

22.5 (100)

 Small business/trade

3.2 (39)

6.1 (30)

3.3 (8)

4.8 (49)

2.9 (13)

 Othersc

1.9 (23)

1.8 (9)

1.2 (3)

1.8 (18)

2.3 (11)

Age at first injection (years)

  

<0.001

   

< 0.001

  < 18

5.7 (69)

7.7 (38)

 

4.9 (12)

5.2 (53)

9.4 (42)

 

 18–24

63.5 (772)

68.7 (340)

81.6 (200)

58.2 (595)

71.5 (318)

 25–29

20.1 (244)

19.0 (94)

11.8 (29)

23.3 (238)

16.2 (72)

 30+

10.7 (130)

4.7 (23)

1.6 (4)

13.3 (136)

2.9 (13)

Frequency of injecting drugsd

  

0.002

   

0.059

 Less frequent

45.1 (548)

37.0 (183)

 

38.4 (94)

45.0 (460)

39.8 (177)

 

 Frequent

54.9 (667)

63.0 (495)

61.6 (151)

55.0 (562)

60.2 (268)

  1. Column percentages are presented. n = total sample size for that category. aCasual paid/unpaid sexual partner: women with whom IDUs had sex in the last 12 months in exchange for cash/drugs/kind and women other than main steady partner/spouse with whom IDUs had sex but did not pay. bInconsistent condom use: did not use a condom consistently in every sexual encounter. cOthers: includes other occupations such as unskilled labor, selling drugs. dFrequent includes those who injected at least four times in the past week; less frequent includes those who injected less than four times in the past week.