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Table 2 Associations between pattern and type of injecting drug use, exposure to program and sexual risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Northeastern India

From: Understanding the association between injecting and sexual risk behaviors of injecting drug users in Manipur and Nagaland, India

Characteristics

2+ partner in last 12 months

 

Sex with paid partner in last 12 months

 

Inconsistent condom with any female partner

 

%

AOR1(95% CI)

%

AOR1(95% CI)

%

AOR1(95% CI)

Manipur (N = 836)

Frequency of drug use

Occasional

26.1 (226)

Referent

6.6 (226)

Referent

85.5 (173)

Referent

Regular

27.7 (610)

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

6.4 (610)

0.8 (0.4-1.6)

86.5 (443)

1.2 (0.7-2.1)

Heroin user

      

No

41.7 (180)

Referent

3.3 (180)

Referent

84.5 (142)

Referent

Yes

23.3 (656)

0.6 (0.4-0.9)

7.3 (656)

2.2 (0.9-5.6)

86.7 (474)

1.0 (0.5-1.8)

Duration since injecting drugs

< 3 years

31.2 (317)

Referent

8.5 (317)

Referent

81.0 (221)

Referent

3+ years

24.9 (519)

1.1 (0.8-1.6)

5.2 (519)

0.6 (0.3-1.0)

89.1 (395)

1.4 (0.9-2.4)

Shared needle/syringe in last one month

No

25.7 (773)

Referent

6.3 (773)

Referent

85.7 (561)

Referent

Yes

46.0 (63)

2.2 (1.2-4.0)

7.9 (63)

1.7 (0.6-4.6)

90.9 (55)

1.8 (0.7-4.9)

Accessed NGO services in last 6 month

No

20.0 (85)

Referent

3.5 (85)

Referent

92.8 (69)

Referent

Yes

28.1 (751)

1.5 (0.7-3.1)

6.8 (751)

1.2 (0.2-5.4)

85.4 (547)

1.0 (0.3-3.7)

Nagaland (N = 876)

Frequency of drug use

Occasional

42.4 (717)

Referent

3.2 (717)

Referent

85.8 (633)

Referent

Regular

67.3 (159)

2.7 (1.8-4.1)

13.2 (159)

6.0 (3.0-12.1)

81.9 (155)

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

Spasmoproxyvon user

No

45.6 (114)

Referent

5.5 (762)

Referent

84.9 (680)

Referent

Yes

47.1 (762)

0.9 (0.6-1.4)

1.8 (114)

3.4 (0.8-14.8)

86.1 (108)

1.3 (0.7-2.5)

Duration since injecting drugs

< 3 years

46.5 (404)

Referent

5.2 (404)

Referent

77.4 (337)

Referent

3+ years

47.3 (471)

1.4 (0.9-1.9)

4.9 (471)

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

90.7 (450)

1.7 (1.1-2.9)

Shared needle/syringe in last one month

No

44.2 (543)

Referent

5.0 (543)

Referent

80.1 (477)

Referent

Yes

51.4 (333)

1.6 (1.2-2.2)

5.1 (333)

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

92.6 (311)

3.0 (1.8-5.1)

Accessed NGO services in last 6 months

No

31.5 (219)

Referent

5.0 (219)

Referent

95.3 (193)

Referent

Yes

52.1 (657)

2.7 (1.7-4.2)

5.0 (657)

1.0 (0.2-2.5)

81.7 (595)

0.4 (0.2-0.9)

  1. 95% CI- 95% Confidence Interval.
  2. AOR-Adjusted Odds Ratio.
  3. 1Adjusted for age, literacy, marital status, employment status and received needle/syringe from an NSEP.