Table 1.
Univariate analysis of factors associated with never having had an HIV test in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 2005
| Tijuana (n = 222)
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Ciudad Juarez (n = 205)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | n* (%) | OR (95% CI) | n* (%) | OR (95% CI) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 5 (26.3) | 1.00 | 9 (56.3) | 1.00 |
| Male | 133 (65.5) | 5.32 (1.84 – 15.38) | 134 (70.9) | 1.90 (0.67 – 5.34) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 29 (59.2) | 1.00 | 35 (55.6) | 1.00 |
| Single | 107 (63.3) | 1.19 (0.62 – 2.28) | 107 (75.9) | 2.52 (1.34 – 4.72) |
| Highest level of schooling completed | ||||
| Completed secondary | 36 (50.7) | 1.00 | 37 (67.3) | 1.00 |
| Less than secondary | 101 (67.3) | 1.95 (1.10 – 3.46) | 106 (71.1) | 1.20 (0.62 – 2.33) |
| Sexuality | ||||
| Homosexual or bisexual | 57 (62.0) | 1.00 | 17 (65.4) | 1.00 |
| Heterosexual | 71 (61.2) | 0.97 (0.55 – 1.70) | 117 (73.1) | 1.44 (0.60 – 3.47) |
| Received medical attention in last 6 months | ||||
| Yes | 27 (49.1) | 1.00 | 26 (63.4) | 1.00 |
| No† | 93 (69.4) | 2.35 (1.24 – 4.48) | 111 (71.2) | 1.42 (0.69 – 2.94) |
| Health-care provider ever told you have an STI | ||||
| Yes | 8 (38.1) | 1.00 | 3 (60.0) | 1.00 |
| No | 128 (64.3) | 2.93 (1.16 – 7.40) | 133 (68.9) | 1.48 (0.24 – 9.08) |
| Ever received drug treatment‡ | ||||
| Yes | 62 (55.4) | 1.00 | 51 (57.3) | 1.00 |
| No | 76 (69.7) | 1.86 (1.07 – 3.23) | 90 (79.6) | 2.92 (1.57 – 5.43) |
| Born in state of interview | ||||
| Yes | 38 (58.5) | 1.00 | 123 (72.8) | 1.00 |
| No | 100 (63.7) | 1.24 (0.69 – 2.25) | 20 (55.6) | 0.47 (0.22 – 0.98) |
| Lived or worked outside Mexico in past 10 years | ||||
| Yes | 55 (63.2) | 1.00 | 34 (56.7) | 1.00 |
| No | 83 (62.4) | 0.97 (0.55 – 1.69) | 109 (76.2) | 2.45 (1.29 – 4.65) |
| Knowledge of HIV transmission (self-reported) | ||||
| Yes | 116 (59.2) | 1.00 | 121 (66.5) | 1.00 |
| No | 22 (88.0) | 5.06 (1.46 – 17.47) | 21 (95.5) | 10.58 (1.39 – 80.46) |
| Self-perceived risk of HIV | ||||
| More likely than other injection drug users | 95 (61.0) | 81 (69.8) | ||
| Same or less likely | 38 (66.1) | 1.26 (0.67 – 2.39) | 52 (70.3) | 1.02 (0.54 – 1.93) |
| Know HIV + person | ||||
| Yes | 78 (56.5) | 38 (57.6) | ||
| No | 58 (70.7) | 1.86 (1.04 – 3.33) | 105 (75.5) | 2.28 (1.22 – 4.24) |
| Hours on street per day | ||||
| <12 hours | 37 (52.1) | 89 (67.9) | ||
| >12 hours | 101 (68.2) | 1.98 (1.11 – 3.53) | 54 (74.0) | 1.34 (0.71 – 2.54) |
*
Sample sizes may vary due to missing data;
†
participant selected ‘have not received medical care in the past 6 months’ in response to the question ‘During the past 6 months, where have you gone most often to get health care?’;
‡
as reported from the interview question, ‘Have you ever received treatment for a drug-related problem?’