Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics, injecting practices, program exposure and sexual risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Northeastern India
|
Manipur |
Nagaland |
|
|---|---|---|
| (N = 836) | (N = 876) | |
|
Background characteristics |
% (n) |
% (n) |
|
Socio-demographic characteristics | ||
|
Age | ||
| <=24 |
28.7 (240) |
48.4 (424) |
| 25-29 |
25.2 (211) |
30.4 (266) |
| 30+ |
46.1 (385) |
21.2 (186) |
|
Literate | ||
| No |
10.3 (86) |
26.6 (233) |
| Yes |
89.7 (750) |
73.4 (643) |
|
Currently married | ||
| No |
64.7 (541) |
68.6 (601) |
| Yes |
35.3 (295) |
31.4 (275) |
|
Employed | ||
| No |
39.1 (327) |
58.3 (511) |
| Yes |
60.9 (509) |
41.7 (365) |
|
Injecting drug use practices | ||
|
Frequency of drug use | ||
| Occasional |
27.0 (226) |
81.8 (717) |
| Regular |
73.0 (610) |
18.2 (159) |
|
Heroin user | ||
| No |
21.5 (180) |
|
| Yes |
78.5 (656) |
|
|
Spasmoproxyvon user | ||
| No |
|
13.0 (114) |
| Yes |
|
87.0 (762) |
|
Duration since injecting drugs | ||
| < 3 years |
37.9 (317) |
46.2 (404) |
| 3+ years |
62.1 (519) |
53.8 (471) |
|
Shared needle/syringe in last one month | ||
| No |
92.5 (773) |
62.0 (543) |
| Yes |
7.5 (63) |
38.0 (333) |
|
Program exposure | ||
|
Accessed NGO services in last 6 months | ||
| No |
10.2 (85) |
25.0 (219) |
| Yes |
89.8 (751) |
75.0 (657) |
|
Sexual risk behavior | ||
|
Number of female partners in last 12 months | ||
| <2 |
72.7 (608) |
53.1 (465) |
| 2+ |
27.3 (228) |
46.9 (411) |
|
Sex with paid partner in last 12 months | ||
| No |
93.5 (782) |
95.0 (832) |
| Yes |
6.5 (54) |
5.0 (44) |
|
Inconsistent condom use with any female partners | ||
| No |
13.8 (85) |
15.0 (118) |
| Yes | 86.2 (531) | 85.0 (670) |