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Table 2 Factors associated with HIV testing among IDUs, Manipur and Nagaland, overall

From: Factors associated with HIV testing among male injecting drug users: findings from a cross-sectional behavioural and biological survey in Manipur and Nagaland, India

Variables

% (N = 652)

Overall adjusted OR (95 % CI)

Age (years)

 18–24

26.75 (126)

Ref

 25–34

45.13 (408)

1.41 (1.03–1.93)

 35+

42.91 (118)

1.07 (0.69–1.66)

Occupation

 Unemployed

36.53 (255)

Ref

 Student

32.06 (42)

1.27 (0.80–2.02)

 Employed

43.24 (355)

1.23 (0.96–1.59)

Marital status

 Never married

34.18 (324)

Ref

 Ever married

46.72 (328)

1.56 (1.15–2.12)

Had a regular sexual partner evera

 No

39.45 (258)

Ref

 Yes

39.56 (394)

0.96 (0.74–1.25)

Had a paid sexual partner everb

 No

35.49 (456)

Ref

 Yes

53.70 (196)

1.64 (1.24–2.18)

Duration of injecting drug use (months)

 <=36

26.68 (203)

Ref

 >36

50.51 (449)

1.38 (1.06–1.81)

Frequency of injecting drugs in past monthc

 Less frequent

25.15 (127)

Ref

 More frequent

45.85 (525)

1.49 (1.12–1.98)

Shared needles/syringes in past year

 No

38.51 (223)

Ref

 Yes

40.06 (429)

1.08 (0.84–1.38)

Knowledge of STI

 Not aware

18.13 (68)

Ref

 Aware

45.80 (584)

1.39 (0.10–1.93)

Risk perception

 Low risk

28.68 (255)

Ref

 High risk

52.17 (397)

1.68 (1.32–2.14)

Programme exposure (last 6 months)

 No exposure

12.47 (61)

Ref

 Received only needle/syringe services

33.64 (110)

1.05 (0.48–2.32)

 Received only counselling services or counselling and needle/syringe services

57.67 (481)

2.44 (1.06–5.60)

  1. Model controlled for the variables considered in the analysis
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, STI sexually transmitted infection
  3. aRegular sexual partner: main steady partner/spouse with whom IDUs had sex ever
  4. bPaid sexual partner: women with whom IDUs had sex ever in exchange for cash/drugs/kind ever
  5. cLess frequent includes those who injected drugs three times or less in the past 1 month; more frequent includes those who injected drugs more than three times in the past 1 month