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Table 1 Effective contraception use among women injecting drugs (sample proportions and RDS proportions together with 95% confidence intervals) in Tallinn, Estonia (in 2007–2013)

From: Another frontier for harm reduction: contraceptive needs of females who inject drugs in Estonia, a cross-sectional study

 

Reporting the use of effective contraception

 

All women

N = 265

Sexually active FWID with main sexual partner(s)

N = 196

 

Sample proportions

n/N (%)

RDS proportions

(95% CI)

RDS proportions

(95% CI)

p value

Sociodemographic characteristics

Age

0.852

 < = 30

6/190 (3.2%)

4.4% (1.7–11.0)

4.6% (1.8–11.3)

 

 > 30

4/74 (5.4%)

5.1% (1.6–14.7)

5.2% (1.7–15.3)

 

Ethnicity

0.188

 Estonian

2/32 (6.3%)

10.9% (2.3–38.6)

10.9% (2.3–39.3)

 

 Non-Estonian

8/233 (3.4%)

3.6% (1.6–8.2)

3.7% (1.6–8.5)

 

Education

0.007

 < 10 years

2/139 (1.4%)

1.1% (0.3–4.5)

1.1% (0.3–4.6)

 

 10+ years

8/124 (6.5%)

7.4% (3.2–16.0)

7.7% (3.3–16.6)

 

Main income

0.591

 Employment

2/70 (2.9%)

2.8% (0.6–11.6)

3.0% (0.7–12.3)

 

 Subsistence

5/90 (5.6%)

7.0% (2.4–18.7)

7.0% (2.4–18.8)

 

 Other

3/105 (2.9%)

3.8% (0.9–14.6)

4.0% (0.9–15.1)

 

Sex work (ever)

0.229

 No

8/216 (3.7%)

5.4% (2.4–11.7)

5.6% (2.5–12.0)

 

 Yes

2/49 (4.1%)

2.1% (0.5–8.8)

2.1% (0.5–9.1)

 

Incarceration (ever)

0.442

 No

6/149 (4.0%)

5.5% (2.2–13.0)

5.6% (2.2–13.4)

 

 Yes

4/116 (3.4%)

3.2% (1.0–9.3)

3.2% (1.1–9.6)

 

Marital status

0.073

 Divorced

2/24 (8.3%)

22.9% (5.0–62.8)

27.1% (5.1–72.3)

 

 Married

8/134 (6.0%)

5.4% (2.3–12.1)

5.5% (2.4–12.4)

 

 Single

0/94 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Widow

0/12 (0%)

0%

0%

 

Sexual behavior

Number of sexual partners (last 12 months)

0.553

 0

0/27 (0%)

0%

na

 

 1

7/142 (4.9%)

4.3% (1.7–10.6)

4.5% (1.8–10.9)

 

 2

2/43 (4.7%)

9.3% (2.0–33.6)

9.3% (2.0–33.9)

 

 3+

1/52 (1.9%)

2.2% (0.3–14.9)

2.3% (0.3–15.6)

 

Type of sexual partners (last 6 months)

0.025

 Casual only

0/18 (0%)

0%

na

 

 Main and casual

0/22 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Main only

10/178 (5.6%)

5.5% (2.6–11.2)

5.7% (2.7–11.5)

 

Condom use with casual partners (last 6 months)

 Never

0/10 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Sometimes

0/7 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Always

0/24 (0%)

0%

0%

 

Injection drug use

Age at first injecting

0.309

 < = 20

0/36 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 > 20

10/228 (4.4%)

5.4% (2.6–10.9)

5.5% (2.6–11.2)

 

Daily no. of injections

0.392

 1

4/86 (4.7%)

6.3% (2.1–17.8)

6.4% (2.1–18.1)

 

 > 1

6/177 (3.4%)

3.4% (1.4–8.1)

3.5% (1.4–8.4)

 

Injecting frequency (last 4 weeks)

0.232

 Less than daily

6/159 (3.8%)

4.1% (1.6–10.2)

4.1% (1.6–10.4)

 

 Daily

2/101 (2.0%)

1.4% (0.3–6.0)

1.5% (0.3–6.4)

 

Main drug

0.267

 Fentanyl

5/168 (3.0%)

2.2% (0.8–5.8)

2.2% (0.8–5.9)

 

 Other

3/91 (3.3%)

5.1% (1.4–16.8)

5.3% (1.5–17.5)

 

Health and HIV

Health insurance

0.111

 No

0/84 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Yes

9/177 (5.1%)

6.0% (2.7–12.9)

6.2% (2.8–13.1)

 

HIV

0.122

 Neg

5/109 (4.6%)

7.1% (2.7–17.5)

7.3% (2.7–17.9)

 

 Pos

5/156 (3.2%)

2.5% (0.9–6.6)

2.6% (1.0–6.8)

 

Aware of HIV+ status

0.306

 No

0/35 (0%)

0%

0%

 

 Yes

5/121 (4.1%)

3.3% (1.2–8.8)

3.4% (1.2–9.0)

 

HIV-infected on ART

0.213

 No

2/91 (2.2%)

1.3% (0.3–5.4)

1.4% (0.3–5.7)

 

 Yes

3/55 (5.5%)

4.2% (1.1–14.2)

4.3% (1.2–14.6)