Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, injecting practices, program exposure and sexual risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Northeastern India
Manipur | Nagaland | |
|---|---|---|
(N = 836) | (N = 876) | |
Background characteristics | % (n) | % (n) |
Socio-demographic characteristics | ||
Age | ||
<=24 | 28.7 (240) | 48.4 (424) |
25-29 | 25.2 (211) | 30.4 (266) |
30+ | 46.1 (385) | 21.2 (186) |
Literate | ||
No | 10.3 (86) | 26.6 (233) |
Yes | 89.7 (750) | 73.4 (643) |
Currently married | ||
No | 64.7 (541) | 68.6 (601) |
Yes | 35.3 (295) | 31.4 (275) |
Employed | ||
No | 39.1 (327) | 58.3 (511) |
Yes | 60.9 (509) | 41.7 (365) |
Injecting drug use practices | ||
Frequency of drug use | ||
Occasional | 27.0 (226) | 81.8 (717) |
Regular | 73.0 (610) | 18.2 (159) |
Heroin user | ||
No | 21.5 (180) | |
Yes | 78.5 (656) | |
Spasmoproxyvon user | ||
No | 13.0 (114) | |
Yes | 87.0 (762) | |
Duration since injecting drugs | ||
< 3 years | 37.9 (317) | 46.2 (404) |
3+ years | 62.1 (519) | 53.8 (471) |
Shared needle/syringe in last one month | ||
No | 92.5 (773) | 62.0 (543) |
Yes | 7.5 (63) | 38.0 (333) |
Program exposure | ||
Accessed NGO services in last 6 months | ||
No | 10.2 (85) | 25.0 (219) |
Yes | 89.8 (751) | 75.0 (657) |
Sexual risk behavior | ||
Number of female partners in last 12 months | ||
<2 | 72.7 (608) | 53.1 (465) |
2+ | 27.3 (228) | 46.9 (411) |
Sex with paid partner in last 12 months | ||
No | 93.5 (782) | 95.0 (832) |
Yes | 6.5 (54) | 5.0 (44) |
Inconsistent condom use with any female partners | ||
No | 13.8 (85) | 15.0 (118) |
Yes | 86.2 (531) | 85.0 (670) |