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Table 1 Demographics

From: Risk behaviours among HIV positive injecting drug users in Myanmar: a case control study

Variable

 

HIV N (%)

Chi squared

P value

Odds ratio

95% CI

  

Yes

No

    

Sex

Male

75 (96.1%)

136 (97.8%)

    

Female

3 (3.9%)

3 (2.2%)

    

Age

<=35

42 (53.9%)

96 (69.1%)

4.99

0.03

  

>=36

36 (46.1%)

43 (30.9%)

    

Marital

Single

24 (30.8%)

69 (49.6%)

9.00

0.03

  

Married

37 (47.4%)

55 (39.6%)

    

Divorce

15 (19.2%)

13 (9.5%)

    

Widow

2 (2.6%)

2 (1.4%)

    

Education

Illiterate

18 (23.1%)

16 (11.5%)

5.06

0.02

2.31

1.09;4.83

Literate

60 (76.9%)

123 (88.5%)

    

Race

Myanmar

19 (24.4%)

57 (41.1%)

8.14

0.02

  

Shan

30 (38.4%)

32 (23.0%)

    

Other

29 (37.2%)

50 (35.9%)

    

Religion

Buddhist

62 (79.5%)

110 (79.1%)

    

Christian

11 (14.1%)

15 (10.8%)

    

Muslim

5 (6.4%)

12 (8.6%)

    

Spiritual

0 (0%)

2 (1.4%)

    

Location

Rural

51 (65.4%)

61 (43.9%)

9.25

0.00

2.42

1.36;4.29

Urban

27 (34.6%)

78 (56.1%)

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