Table 1.
Description of study population: spouses of injection drug users enrolled in Madras Injection Drug User and AIDS Cohort Study, Chennai India, 2009 (n = 400)*
| N = 400 (%) | |
|---|---|
| Median age (years, IQR) | 31 (26 - 36) |
| Tamil ethnicity | 388 (97) |
| Education | |
| None | 110 (27.5) |
| Primary | 246 (61.5) |
| > Primary | 44 (11) |
| Current marital status | |
| Married/living with spouse | 318 (79.5) |
| Married/not living with spouse | 28 (7) |
| Widowed | 53 (13.3) |
| Median duration of marriage (years, IQR) | 14 (7-19) |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 24 (6) |
| Weekly/monthly wages | 148 (37) |
| Daily wages | 227 (56.8) |
| Family income (INR) | |
| < 500 | 258 (66.7) |
| 500-1500 | 72 (18.6) |
| >1500 | 57 (14.7) |
| Children living in household | 399 (99.9%) |
| Alcohol use | |
| Never | 298 (74.5) |
| < 1/week | 64 (16) |
| ≥1/week | 38 (9.5) |
| Ever used non-injection drugs | 88 (22) |
| Marijuana | 6 (1.5) |
| Smoked/chased brown sugar | 7(1.8) |
| Pharmaceutical drugs | 41 (10.3) |
| Intoxicating tobacco | 80 (20) |
| Ever injected drugs | 4 (1) |
| Lifetime number of sexual partners | |
| 1 | 340 (85) |
| 2 | 52 (13) |
| >2 | 7 (2.8) |
| Lifetime condom use with regular partner | |
| Never | 297 (74.3) |
| Sometimes | 75 (18.8) |
| Always | 27 (6.8) |
| Ever non-spousal sexual partner | 37 (9.3) |
| Condom use with non-regular partner | |
| Never | 26 (70.3) |
| Sometimes | 7 (18.9) |
| Always | 4 (10.8) |
| Ever exchanged sex for money/drugs | 37 (9.3) |
| Had sex with someone known to be HIV+ | 49 (12.3) |
*INR, Indian Rupees