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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Feb;45(3):354–367. doi: 10.3109/10826080903452447

Table 4.

Sexual Practices among Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Chennai (n=1158)

Variable n (%)
History of sexual intercourse in the prior 1 month
Yes 522 (45.1)

History of primary sexual partner
Yes 395 (75.7)
Number of different female partners [median (range)] 1 (1 – 10)

MSM behaviour in the prior 1 month
Yes 27 (5.2)
Number of different male partners [median (range)] 1 (1–10)

Frequency (%) condom use with sexual partners
With primary partner [median (IQR)] 0 (0 – 0)
With – non primary partner 0 (0 – 50)

History of exchanging money/drugs for sex
Yes 117 (22.5)

MSM – men who have sex with men

Questions were asked only for 375 participants who reported being sexually active in the prior one month