Table 2.
Association between IDUs' background characteristics, needle/syringe sharing and condom use with casual partners
|
Characteristics |
Shared needles/syringes |
Condom use with casual paid/unpaid sexual partner
a
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
No |
Yes |
P
value |
Consistent condom use |
No casual paid/unpaid sexual partner |
Inconsistent condom use
a
|
p
value |
| |
% (
n
) |
% (
n
) |
|
|
|
|
|
| % ( n ) | % ( n ) | % ( n ) | |||||
| Condom use with casual paid/unpaid sexual partnera |
|
0.042 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Consistent condom use |
15.6 (189) |
11.3 (56) |
|
– |
– |
– |
|
| No casual paid/unpaid sexual partner |
59.5 (723) |
60.0 (297) |
|
– |
– |
– |
|
| Inconsistent condom useb |
24.9 (303) |
28.7 (142) |
|
– |
– |
– |
|
| Shared needles/syringes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.042 |
| No |
– |
– |
|
77.1 (189) |
70.9 (723) |
68.1 (303) |
|
| Yes |
– |
– |
|
22.9 (56) |
22.1 (297) |
31.9 (142) |
|
| Age (years) |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| 18–24 |
42.9 (521) |
28.7 (142) |
|
60.4 (148) |
30.6 (313) |
45.6 (203) |
|
| 25–29 |
27.1 (329) |
29.9 (148) |
26.9 (66) |
25.2 (258) |
34.4 (153) |
||
| 30+ |
30.0 (365) |
41.4 (205) |
12.7 (31) |
44.1 (451) |
20.0 (89) |
||
| Literacy |
|
|
<0.014 |
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| Illiterate |
17.1 (208) |
22.2 (110) |
|
9.0 (22) |
21.3 (218) |
17.8 (79) |
|
| Literate |
82.9 (1007) |
77.8 (385) |
91.0 (223) |
78.7 (804) |
82.3 (366) |
||
| Marital status |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| Never married |
66.3 (805) |
55.8 (276) |
|
88.6 (217) |
48.6 (497) |
82.7 (368) |
|
| Ever married |
33.7 (410) |
44.2 (219) |
11.4 (28) |
51.4 (525) |
17.3 (77) |
||
| Employment status |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| Unemployed |
39.8 (484) |
37.0 (183) |
|
49.0 (120) |
34.6 (354) |
43.6 (194) |
|
| Student |
12.1 (147) |
4.7 (23) |
16.3 (40) |
7.1 (73) |
12.8 (57) |
||
| Self/salaried employment |
17.4 (211) |
18.8 (93) |
16.7 (41) |
18.9 (193) |
15.7 (70) |
||
| Laborer (agricultural/non-agricultural) |
25.6 (311) |
31.7 (157) |
13.5 (33) |
32.8 (335) |
22.5 (100) |
||
| Small business/trade |
3.2 (39) |
6.1 (30) |
3.3 (8) |
4.8 (49) |
2.9 (13) |
||
| Othersc |
1.9 (23) |
1.8 (9) |
1.2 (3) |
1.8 (18) |
2.3 (11) |
||
| Age at first injection (years) |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
|
< 0.001 |
| < 18 |
5.7 (69) |
7.7 (38) |
|
4.9 (12) |
5.2 (53) |
9.4 (42) |
|
| 18–24 |
63.5 (772) |
68.7 (340) |
81.6 (200) |
58.2 (595) |
71.5 (318) |
||
| 25–29 |
20.1 (244) |
19.0 (94) |
11.8 (29) |
23.3 (238) |
16.2 (72) |
||
| 30+ |
10.7 (130) |
4.7 (23) |
1.6 (4) |
13.3 (136) |
2.9 (13) |
||
| Frequency of injecting drugsd |
|
|
0.002 |
|
|
|
0.059 |
| Less frequent |
45.1 (548) |
37.0 (183) |
38.4 (94) |
45.0 (460) |
39.8 (177) |
||
| Frequent | 54.9 (667) | 63.0 (495) | 61.6 (151) | 55.0 (562) | 60.2 (268) | ||
Column percentages are presented. n = total sample size for that category. aCasual 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. bInconsistent condom use: did not use a condom consistently in every sexual encounter. cOthers: includes other occupations such as unskilled labor, selling drugs. dFrequent includes those who injected at least four times in the past week; less frequent includes those who injected less than four times in the past week.