Table IV.
Sexual and Drug-Related Risk Behaviors
| Total | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual risk behaviors (N=728) | |||
| Had unprotected vaginal sex with main partner in the past 90 days, n (%) | 633 (87.0) | 308 (84.6) | 325 (89.3) |
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| Had unprotected vaginal sex with any partner in the past 90 days, n (%) | 638 (87.6) | 310 (85.2)* | 328 (90.1)* |
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| Had unprotected anal sex with main partner in the past 90 days, n (%) | 47 (6.5) | 26 (7.1) | 21 (5.8) |
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| Had unprotected anal sex with any partner in the past 90 days, n (%) | 59 (8.1) | 28 (7.7) | 31 (8.5) |
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| Had more than one sexual partner in the past 90 days, n (%) | 139 (19.1) | 48 (13.2)** | 91 (25.0)** |
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| Drug-related risk behaviors among IDUs (N=580) | |||
| Had injected drugs in the past 90 days a | 510 (87.9) | 189 (82.5)** | 321 (91.5)** |
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| Had unsafe injections in the past 90 days a | 411 (70.9) | 164 (71.6) | 247 (70.4) |
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| Had injecting partner(s) in the past 90 days a | 243 (41.9) | 102 (44.5) | 141 (40.2) |
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| Had more than one injecting partner in the past 90 days a, n (%) | 163 (28.1) | 68 (29.7) | 95 (27.1) |
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| Had injected drugs with main partner in the past 90 days a, n (%) | 305 (52.6) | 150 (65.5)** | 155 (44.2)** |
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| Had unsafe injections with main partner in the past 90 days a, n (%) | 202 (34.8) | 93 (40.6)* | 109 (31.1)* |
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01 for significant differences between genders as determined using a t-test.
Note:
a
The analysis for drug-related risk behaviors only included those who had ever injected drugs. There are missing data for 20 IDU cases (11 males, 9 females)