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Table 2 Condom use with the main partner and contraception use by self-reported HIV status of sexually active FWID and their main partners (RDS estimates: proportions and 95% confidence intervals), in Estonia, in 2007–2013

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

  

HIV status: concordant

HIV status: discordant

 

All

F neg/M neg

F pos/M pos

F pos/M neg

F neg/M pos

 

N = 196

n = 80

n = 49

n = 39

n = 27

Condom use with the main sexual partner (last 6 months) (%, 95% CI)*

 Never

55.1%

(44.7–65.1)

61.2%

(44.9–75.4)

53.8%

(32.3–74.0)

33.7%

(16.9–56.0)

70.1%

(43.0–87.9)

 Sometimes

14.9%

(9.3–23.1)

8.9%

(3.9–19.1)

22.5%

(10.8–40.8)

25.6%

(9.3–53.6)

8.5%

(2.3–26.8)

 Always

30.0%

(20.9–41.0)

29.9%

(16.8–47.3)

23.7%

(8.0–52.5)

40.7%

(20.4–64.8)

21.5%

(6.9–50.3)

Contraception used with main sexual partner (last 6 months) (%, 95% CI)**

 Highly effective

4.8%

(2.3–9.7)

7.2%

(2.7–17.8)

2.2%

(0.5–8.9)

4.5%

(1.2–15.7)

0.0%

(0.0–0.0)

 Less effective

95.2% (90.3–97.7)

92.8%

(82.2–97.3)

97.8%

(91.1–99.5)

95.5%

(84.3–98.8)

100.0%

(100.0–100.0)

  1. *Condom use (never/sometimes/always) vs concordance (concordant/discordant), p = 0.5275, condom use vs HIV status of women among HIV concordant couples, p = 0.2507; condom use vs HIV status of women among HIV-discordant couples, p = 0.1336; **Contraception (effective/non-effective) vs concordance (concordant/discordant), p = 0.3555; contraception vs HIV status of women among HIV concordant couples, p = 0.2005; contraception vs HIV status of women among HIV discordant couples, p = 0.1326