Table 2:
Sexual risk behaviors at baseline among in-migrants and long-term residents in the RCCS, 1999–2015
| Women (n=8326) | Men (n= 6861) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
In-migrants No. (%) |
Residents No. (%) |
p. value |
In-migrants No. (%) |
Residents No. (%) |
p. value | |
| Total | 3055 (37) | 5271 (63) | 1396 (20) | 5465 (80) | ||
| Non-marital partnership | ||||||
| No | 2123 (69.5%) | 3627 (68.8%) | 585 (41.9%) | 2710 (49.6%) | < 0.0001 | |
| Yes | 932 (30.5%) | 1644 (31.2%) | 0.52 | 811 (58.1%) | 2755 (50.4%) | |
| Sex with a partner residing outside the community in the past year | ||||||
| Not sexually active in past year | 242 (7.9%) | 1253 (23.8%) | 219 (15.7%) | 1630 (29.8%) | ||
| No | 2097 (68.6%) | 3166 (60.1%) | 621(44.5%) | 2359 (43.2%) | ||
| Yes | 714 (23.4%) | 849 (16.1%) | <0.0001 | 556 (39.8%) | 1474 (27.0%) | <0.0001 |
| Data missing | 2 (<1%) | 3 (<1%) | − | 2 (<1%) | ||
| Consistent condom use with non-marital partner(s) | ||||||
| No | 706 (75.7%) | 1180 (71.8%) | 0.03 | 1546 (60.6%) | 7155 (58.0%) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 226 (24.2%) | 464 (28.2%) | 1003 (39.3%) | 5178 (42.0%) | ||
| Number of lifetime sexual partner | ||||||
| 1 | 655 (21.4%) | 1409 (26.7%) | 125 (8.9%) | 563 (10.3%) | ||
| 2–3 | 1711 (56.0%) | 2250 (42.7%) | 324 (23.2%) | 1162 (21.3%) | ||
| 3–5 | 451 (14.8%) | 616 (11.7%) | 275 (19.7%) | 864 (15.8%) | ||
| Greater than 5 | 138 (4.5%) | 201 (3.8%) | <0.0001 | 359 (25.7%) | 1073 (19.6%) | <0.0001 |
| Can’t remember/Unknown | 22 (0.7%) | 61 (1.2%) | 215 (15.4%) | 650 (11.9%) | ||
| Not sexually active | 71 (2.3%) | 708 (13.4%) | 96 (6.9%) | 1131 (20.7%) | ||
| Data Missing | 7 (<1%) | 26 (<1%) | 2 (<1%) | 22 (<1%) | ||
| Number of different sexual partners in the past year | ||||||
| 1 | 2485 (81.3%) | 3807 (72.2%) | 621 (44.5%) | 2149 (39.3%) | ||
| 2–3 | 313 (10.2%) | 208 (3.9%) | 484 (34.7%) | 1444 (26.4%) | ||
| 3–5 | 4 (0.1%) | 3 (0.06%) | <0.0001 | 46 (3.3%) | 148 (2.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Greater than 5/Can’t Remember | 2 (0.07%) | 2 (0.04%) | 28 (2.0%) | 102 (1.9%) | ||
| No sex in past year/Not sexually active | 249 (8.1%) | 1248 (23.7%) | 217 (15.5%) | 1622 (29.7%) | ||
| Data Missing | 2 (<1%) | 3 (<1%) | − | 2 (<1%) | ||
| Alcohol with sex1 | ||||||
| No | 2325 (77.9%) | 3430 (75.2%) | 918 (70.6) | 2900 (66.9%) | ||
| Yes | 654 (21.9%) | 1127 (24.7%) | 0.02 | 376 (28.9) | 1424 (32.9%) | 0.01 |
| Data Missing | 5 (<1%) | 6 (<1%) | 6 (<1) | 10 (<1%) | ||
Some percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding.
1
Analysis restricted to participants who reported sexual activity.