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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and needle/syringe and drug sharing behavior among female IDU reporting and not reporting sex work in Bangladesh

From: Vulnerability to HIV infection among sex worker and non-sex worker female injecting drug users in Dhaka, Bangladesh: evidence from the baseline survey of a cohort study

Characteristics

Sex workers (%) (N = 82 unless otherwise stated)

Non-sex workers (%) (N = 48 unless otherwise stated)

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

Marital status

    

   Currently married

42.7

62.5

0.5

0.2–1.0*

   Unmarried

4.9

2.1

2.4

0.2–58.4

   Separated/divorced/widow

52.4

35.4

2.0

0.9–4.5

Mostly living with

    

   Relatives (including spouse)

54.9

81.3

0.3

0.1–0.7**

   Friends

6.1

2.1

3.1

0.3–71.2

   Other drug users

11.0

4.2

2.8

0.5–20.0

   Alone

28.0

12.5

2.7

0.9–8.2*

Current living area

    

   Slum†

50.0

50.0

1.0

0.5–2.2

   Residential area (not slum)§

13.4

25.0

0.5

0.2–1.3

   Work place

1.2

2.1

0.6

0–21.8

   On the street

34.1

22.9

1.7

0.7–4.3

   Mazar‡

1.2

0

  

Ever shared needles/syringes

96.3

85.4

4.5

1.1–18.3*

Borrowed used needles/syringes during last injection in the last 6 months

30.5

22.9

1.5

0.6–3.4

Lent used needles/syringes during last injection in the last 6 months

29.3

14.6

2.4

1.0–6.2*

Borrowed used needles/syringes in the last 6 months

72.0

62.5

1.5

0.7–3.3

Lent used needles/syringes in the last 6 months

70.7

66.7

1.2

0.6–2.6

Borrowed used needles/syringes in the last month

54.9

41.7

1.7

0.8–3.5

Lent used needles/syringes in the last month

52.4

41.4

1.5

0.8–3.2

Borrowed used needles/syringes in the last week

37.8

35.4

1.1

0.5–2.3

Lent used needles/syringes in the last week

39.0

33.3

1.3

0.6–2.7

Frequency of borrowing used needles/syringes in the last six months (among those who borrowed in the last 6 months)

N = 59

N = 30

  

   Always

20.3

13.3

1.6

0.5–5.7

   Sometimes

79.7

86.7

0.6

0.2–2.3

Frequency of lending used needles/syringes in the last six months (among those who lent in the last 6 months)

N = 58

N = 32

  

   Always

17.2

6.3

3.1

0.6–15.3

   Sometimes

82.8

93.8

0.3

0–1.7

Relationship with needles/syringes sharing partners (among those who had ever shared)

N = 79

N = 41

  

   Friend

29.1

31.7

0.9

0.4–2.0

   Family member

2.5

9.8

0.2

0.04–1.4

   Husband/lover

16.5

29.3

0.5

0.2–1.2

   Acquaintances/strangers

55.7

39.0

2.0

0.9–4.2

Sources of obtaining needles/syringes

    

   NSEP

69.5

79.0

0.8

0.3–1.7

   Pharmacy

50.0

47.9

1.1

0.5–2.2

   Friends/other drug users

13.4

4.2

3.6

0.8–16.8

Shared injection paraphernalia while injecting drugs in the last 6 months

74.4

56.3

2.3

1.1–4.8*

  1. * p value < 0.05, ** p value < 0.01
  2. †Slum: characteristics include poor housing, high housing density, shared latrine, poor sewerage and drainage facility
  3. §Residential area: better quality housing with independent kitchen and latrine facilities
  4. ‡Mazar: religious shrine