Table 1. Age-standardized prevalences of having non-regular partners and of using female sex work in the past year among Indian men, by region and marital status, 2006.
| Not sexually active (n = 11 936) | Sexually active (n = 31 040) | |||||||||||||||||
| Unmarried, married or previously married men | Unmarried men | Married men | PR for unmarried vs married men | |||||||||||||||
| ≥1 NRP | ≥1 FSW | ≥1 NRP | ≥1 FSW | ≥1 NRP | ≥1 FSW | |||||||||||||
| N | N | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | N | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | N | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | ≥1 NRP | ≥1 FSW | |
| India b | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15–24 yrs | 9737 | 4426 | 1630 | (35.7) | 384 | (7.9) | 2354 | 1486 | (62.9) | 336 | (13.3) | 2055 | 138 | (6.5) | 44 | (1.9) | ||
| 25–34 yrs | 1972 | 11 800 | 1135 | (9.5) | 443 | (3.6) | 845 | 459 | (53.4) | 141 | (15.7) | 10 870 | 656 | (6.1) | 289 | (2.6) | ||
| 35–49 yrs | 227 | 14 814 | 658 | (4.4) | 311 | (2.1) | 80 | 39 | (45.6) | 17 | (19.2) | 14 517 | 580 | (4.0) | 271 | (1.8) | ||
| Total c | 11 936 | 31 040 | 3423 | (11.8) | 1138 | (3.6) | 3279 | 1984 | (51.5) | 494 | (16.9) | 27 442 | 1374 | (5.2) | 604 | (2.1) | 9.8 | 8.0 |
| (95% CI) | (11.4–12.2) | (3.4–3.9) | (45.6–57.3) | (12.8–22.0) | (4.9–5.6) | (1.9–2.3) | ||||||||||||
| High-HIV states | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15–24 yrs | 1641 | 610 | 312 | (52.0) | 96 | (16.0) | 358 | 277 | (79.3) | 78 | (22.2) | 250 | 34 | (13.7) | 17 | (6.8) | ||
| 25–34 yrs | 368 | 2015 | 302 | (15.5) | 162 | (8.5) | 116 | 83 | (73.2) | 40 | (35.8) | 1886 | 215 | (11.8) | 119 | (6.7) | ||
| 35–49 yrs | 52 | 2638 | 199 | (7.9) | 103 | (4.2) | 7 | 5 | (70.6) | 2 | (23.7) | 2594 | 174 | (7.1) | 86 | (3.6) | ||
| Total c | 2061 | 5263 | 813 | (18.4) | 361 | (7.8) | 481 | 365 | (73.1) | 120 | (27.8) | 4730 | 423 | (10.0) | 222 | (5.3) | 7.3 | 5.3 |
| (95% CI) | (17.4–19.5) | (7.0–8.6) | (54.2–86.2) | (15.9–43.9) | (9.0–11.1) | (4.6–6.1) | ||||||||||||
| Low-HIV states | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15–24 yrs | 8096 | 3816 | 1318 | (33.2) | 288 | (6.6) | 1996 | 1209 | (60.0) | 258 | (11.7) | 1805 | 104 | (5.6) | 27 | (1.3) | ||
| 25–34 yrs | 1604 | 9785 | 833 | (8.3) | 281 | (2.6) | 729 | 376 | (50.3) | 101 | (12.5) | 8984 | 441 | (5.0) | 170 | (1.7) | ||
| 35–49 yrs | 175 | 12 176 | 459 | (3.7) | 208 | (1.6) | 73 | 34 | (42.7) | 15 | (18.6) | 11 923 | 406 | (3.4) | 185 | (1.5) | ||
| Total c | 9875 | 25 777 | 2610 | (10.6) | 777 | (2.9) | 2798 | 1619 | (48.5) | 374 | (15.2) | 22 712 | 951 | (4.4) | 382 | (1.5) | 11.1 | 9.9 |
| (95% CI) | (10.2–11.0) | (2.6–3.1) | (42.3–54.7) | (10.9–20.7) | (4.0–4.7) | (1.4–1.7) | ||||||||||||
| PR for high-HIV vs low-HIV states | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | ||||||||||||
PR = prevalence ratio; NRP = non-regular partner; FSW = female sex worker; CI = confidence interval.
a
Percentages are sample-weighted.
b
Excludes the northeastern states.
c
Total percentages and 95% CIs are sample-weighted and standardized to the age distribution of all 31 040 sexually active men in the study sample.