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Table 3 Factors associated with inconsistent condom use with regular partners among PWID in Manipur and Nagaland (2009)

From: Sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in Northeast India

Variables

n (%)

Logistic regression

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

State

 Manipur

844 (41.1)

  

 Nagaland

1,208 (58.9)

0.78 (0.58, 1.05)

0.78 (0.54, 1.13)

Age group

 <30 years

1,209 (58.9)

  

 ≥30 years

843 (41.1)

2.56 (1.84, 3.55)

1.19 (0.77, 1.85)

Literacy

 Illiterate

314 (15.3)

  

 Literate

1,738 (84.7)

0.60 (0.38, 0.95)

0.58 (0.34, 0.99)

Marital status

 Never married

923 (45.0)

  

 Ever married

1,127 (55.0)

5.11 (3.66, 7.13)

5.23 (3.28, 8.33)

Shared NS at last injection

 No

1,593 (79.3)

  

 Yes

415 (20.7)

2.48 (1.57, 3.91)

1.34 (0.68, 2.64)

Generally injects with NS previously used by other

 No

1,337 (65.2)

  

 Yes

699 (34.3)

2.03 (1.45, 2.84)

1.26 (0.82, 1.96)

Number of people shared with during the past month

 None

1,329 (68.5)

  

 ≥1

610 (31.5)

2.56 (1.75, 3.75)

2.71 (1.51, 4.86)

No. of female partners in the last year

 ≤1

1,213 (59.8)

  

 >1

816 (40.2)

0.57 (0.43, 0.76)

0.85 (0.52, 1.39)

No. of times had sex with regular partner in the last month

 ≤4

1,204 (58.7)

  

 >4

848 (41.3)

1.54 (1.26, 1.90)

1.21 (0.95, 1.53)

Length of time with the regular partner

 <1 year

411 (20.2)

  

 ≥1 year

1,619 (79.8)

1.80 (1.31, 2.48)

1.23 (0.86, 1.77)

Had casual sex in the last year

 No

1,436 (70.5)

  

 Yes

600 (29.5)

0.68 (0.51, 0.91)

1.43 (0.87, 2.35)

Consistent condom use with casual partners

 No

410 (67.1%)

  

 Yes

201 (32.9%)

0.44 (0.02, 0.09)

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Paid for sex in the last year

 No

1,919 (93.9)

  

 Yes

124 (6.1)

1.56 (0.78, 3.13)

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Consistent condom use with paid partners

 No

80 (63.5)

  

 Yes

46 (36.5)

0.25 (0.06, 1.07)

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Ever had an HIV test

 No

1,029 (51.0)

  

 Yes

990 (49.0)

0.87 (0.65, 1.15)

0.68 (0.49, 0.94)

Given condoms by NGO in the last year

 No

827 (40.3)

  

 Yes

1,224 (59.7)

0.63 (0.47, 0.85)

0.61 (0.43, 0.86)

Given needle and syringe by NGO in the last year

 No

584 (28.5)

  

 Yes

1,468 (71.5)

0.74 (0.54, 1.04)

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HIV status*

 Negative

854 (85.7)

  

 Positive

142 (14.3)

0.96 (0.54, 1.72)

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Syphilis status*

 Negative

892 (89.6)

  

 Positive

104 (10.4)

1.43 (0.67, 3.03)

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  1. *Data from the IBBA database only.
  2. NS = needle and syringe/s.
  3. NB: Bolded results are significant at p < 0.05.