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. 2013 Aug 28;5:223–230. doi: 10.2147/HIV.S50171

Table 3.

Risk analysis of HIV with sociodemographic factors of the participants

Variable HIV-positive n = 25 f (%) HIV-negative n = 111 f (%) χ2/P-value OR (CI 95%)
Age 7.367/0.001
 ≤17 5 (55.6) 4 (44.4)
 18–21 4 (18.2) 18 (81.8)
 ≥22 16 (15.2) 89 (84.8)
Marital status 3.134/0.77
 Unmarried 15 (25.0) 45 (75.0)
 Married 10 (13.2) 66 (86.8)
Race 13.931/<0.001 5.85 (2.16–15.85)
 Other races 19 (32.8) 39 (67.2)
 Myanmar 6 (7.7) 72 (92.3)
Religion 10.531/0.003 4.62 (1.74–12.27)
 Other religions 10 (41.7) 14 (58.3)
 Buddhist 15 (13.4) 97 (86.6)
Education 3.581/0.310
 Illiterate 2 (22.2) 7 (77.8)
 Primary 7 (26.9) 19 (73.1)
 Middle school 11 (20.8) 42 (79.2)
 High school and tertiary 5 (10.4) 43 (89.6)
Present occupation 4.903/0.086
 Entertainment 4 (16.0) 21 (84.0)
 Massage 1 (4.0) 24 (96.0)
 Brothel 20 (14.7) 66 (76.7)
Income monthly 5.696/0.017 2.88 (1.18–7.02)
 <200,000 kyats 15 (28.3) 38 (71.7)
 >200,000 kyats 10 (12.0) 73 (88.0)
Period of mobility 3.583/0.167
 <1 year 3 (9.4) 29 (90.6)
 1–5 year 10 (27.0) 27 (73.0)
 >5 year 12 (17.9) 55 (82.1)
Accompanying person 4.718/0.094
 Friends and others 12 (29.3) 29 (70.7)
 Alone 9 (14.5) 53 (85.5)
 Family 4 (12.1) 29 (87.9)
Period returned home 1.234/0.540
 ≤1year 8 (24.2) 25 (75.8)
 >1 year 3 (13.0) 20 (87.0)
 Never returned 14 (17.5) 66 (82.5)
Previous employment 2/0.368
 Sex-related industry 6 (21.4) 22 (78.6)
 Not sex-related industry 0 (0.0) 8 (100.0)
 Unemployed 19 (19.0) 81 (81.0)
Contraceptive presently used 2.799/0.123
 Condoms 1 (5.0) 19 (95.0)
 Others 24 (20.7) 92 (79.3)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio.