Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, injecting practices, and sexual risk behaviors of injecting drug users
|
Characteristics |
Manipur
N
= 836 |
Nagaland
N
= 876 |
Total
N
= 1,712 |
|---|---|---|---|
| % ( n ) | % ( n ) | % ( n ) | |
| Age |
|
|
|
| 18–24 |
28.7 (240) |
48.4 (424) |
38.8 (664) |
| 25–29 |
25.2 (211) |
30.4 (266) |
27.9 (477) |
| 30+ |
46.1 (385) |
21.2 (186) |
33.4 (571) |
| Literacy |
|
|
|
| Illiterate |
10.3 (86) |
26.6 (233) |
18.6 (319) |
| Literate |
89.7 (750) |
73.4 (643) |
81.4 (1,393) |
| Marital status |
|
|
|
| Never married |
58.0 (485) |
68.2 (597) |
63.2 (1,082) |
| Ever married |
42.0 (351) |
31.8 (279) |
36.8 (630) |
| Employment status |
|
|
|
| Unemployed |
32.5 (272) |
45.2 (396) |
39.0 (668) |
| Student |
6.6 (55) |
13.1 (115) |
9.9 (170) |
| Self/salaried employment |
20.7 (173) |
15.0 (131) |
17.8 (304) |
| Laborer (agricultural/non-agricultural) |
32.9 (275) |
22.0 (193) |
27.3 (468) |
| Small business/trade |
5.5 (46) |
2.7 (24) |
4.1 (70) |
| Othersa |
1.8 (15) |
1.9 (17) |
1.9 (32) |
| Age at first injection (years) |
|
|
|
| < 18 |
7.5 (63) |
5.0 (44) |
6.3 (107) |
| 18–24 |
57.8 (483) |
71.9 (630) |
65.0 (1,113) |
| 25–29 |
20.1 (168) |
19.5 (171) |
19.8 (339) |
| 30+ |
14.6 (122) |
3.5 (31) |
8.9 (153) |
| Frequency of injecting drugsb |
|
|
|
| Less frequent |
20.0 (167) |
64.4 (564) |
42.7 (731) |
| Frequent |
80.0 (669) |
35.6 (312) |
57.3 (981) |
| Shared needles/syringes |
|
|
|
| No |
67.1 (561) |
74.7 (654) |
71.1 (1,215) |
| Yes |
32.8 (274) |
25.3 (221) |
29.0 (495) |
| Had a casual paid/unpaid sexual partnerc |
|
|
|
| No |
65.2 (545) |
54.5 (477) |
59.7 (1,022) |
| Yes |
34.8 (291) |
45.6 (399) |
40.3 (690) |
| Condom use with casual paid/unpaid sexual partnerc, d, e |
|
|
|
| Consistent |
28.5 (83) |
40.6 (162) |
35.5 (245) |
| Inconsistent |
71.5 (208) |
59.4 (237) |
64.5 (445) |
| Had a regular sexual partnerf |
|
|
|
| No |
46.9 (392) |
30.1 (264) |
38.3 (656) |
| Yes |
53.1 (444) |
69.9 (612) |
61.7 (1,056) |
| Condom use with regular sexual partnerd, f, g |
|
|
|
| Consistent |
11.5 (51) |
10.3 (63) |
10.8 (114) |
| Inconsistent | 88.5 (393) | 89.7 (548) | 89.2 (941) |
aInclude other occupations such as unskilled labor and selling drugs. bFrequent includes those who injected at least four times in past week; less frequent includes those who injected less than four times in the past week. cCasual paid/unpaid sexual partner: women with whom IDUs had sex in the last 12 months in exchange for cash/drugs/kind and women other than main steady partner/spouse with whom IDUs had sex but did not pay. dConsistent: used condoms in every sexual encounter; inconsistent: did not use condoms consistently in every sexual encounter. eAmong those who had a casual paid/unpaid sexual partner. fRegular sexual partner: main/steady sexual partner (spouse or girlfriend) in the past 12 months. gAmong those who had a regular sexual partner. Sum of the categories may not total to 100 due to missing responses.