Table 3.
Percentage distribution of adolescent boys and young men having multiple sexual partners in the last 12 months and results of zero inflated poison regression in India
| NFHS-3 (2005–06) | NFHS-4 (2015–16) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15–19 | 20–24 | 15–19 | 20–24 | |||||
| Background Characteristics | Multiple partners | IRR(CI) | Multiple partners | IRR(CI) | Multiple partners | IRR(CI) | Multiple partners | IRR(CI) |
| Years of schooling | ||||||||
| No education® | 8.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 6.0 | ||||
| < 5 years | 14.1 | 1.37(0.90,2.08) | 7.7 | 1.03(0.88,1.20) | 15.3 | 0.74(0.43,1.28) | 5.1 | 1.14(0.95,1.36) |
| 5–9 | 15.8 | 1.10(0.78,1.55) | 5.3 | 0.82***(0.72,0.92) | 11.8 | 0.87(0.63,1.20) | 5.3 | 1.04(0.91,1.18) |
| 10 and above | 17.2 | 0.90(0.62,1.31) | 5.6 | 0.58***(0.50,0.66) | 8.6 | 0.97(0.70,1.35) | 6.4 | 0.72***(0.63,0.82) |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural® | 13.0 | 5.2 | 11.1 | 5.4 | ||||
| Urban | 21.3 | 0.71***(0.58,0.87) | 5.5 | 0.74***(0.68,0.81) | 6.5 | 0.82**(0.69,0.97) | 6.9 | 0.86***(0.79,0.92) |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu® | 15.0 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 5.7 | ||||
| Muslim | 10.7 | 1.35**(1.04,1.75) | 6.4 | 1.10*(0.98,1.24) | 7.7 | 1.13 (0.89,1.42) | 5.0 | 0.95(0.86,1.05) |
| Others | 22.0 | 0.83(0.61,1.12) | 8.4 | 1.03(0.90,1.16) | 6.9 | 1.66***(1.31,2.11) | 10.5 | 1.04(0.93,1.16) |
| Caste/tribe | ||||||||
| Scheduled Caste® | 13.4 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 6.1 | ||||
| Scheduled Tribe | 9.1 | 0.92(0.68,1.24) | 3.3 | 1.03(0.90,1.18) | 6.5 | 0.94(0.76,1.16) | 5.0 | 1.002(0.91,1.10) |
| Other Backward Class | 15.9 | 0.88(0.71,1.08) | 5.2 | 0.94(0.85,1.03) | 10.6 | 0.99(0.83,1.18) | 6.7 | 0.96(0.89,1.04) |
| Others | 19.2 | 0.70***(0.55,0.89) | 6.5 | 0.97(0.87,1.07) | 10.4 | 0.72***(0.58,0.90) | 4.6 | 0.77***(0.69,0.85) |
| Regular exposure of media | ||||||||
| No® | 14.1 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 5.2 | ||||
| Yes | 14.9 | 0.90(0.69,1.17) | 5.8 | 0.92(0.82,1.03) | 10.4 | 1.19*(0.97,1.46) | 6.0 | 0.90**(0.83,0.99) |
| Wealth index | ||||||||
| Poorest® | 12.1 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 3.9 | ||||
| Poorer | 13.0 | 0.99(0.75,1.31) | 5.6 | 1.09(0.94,1.25) | 10.0 | 0.81**(0.66,0.99) | 7.1 | 1.03(0.93,1.13) |
| Middle | 10.1 | 0.69**(0.51,0.93) | 6.0 | 0.98(0.85,1.14) | 9.5 | 0.77**(0.62,0.97) | 6.4 | 1.04(0.93,1.15) |
| Richer | 17.3 | 0.90(0.66,1.22) | 4.3 | 0.87*(0.75,1.02) | 12.9 | 0.80*(0.63,1.02) | 5.4 | 0.98(0.87,1.10) |
| Richest | 29.1 | 0.80(0.57,1.12) | 5.0 | 0.74***(0.63,0.88) | 7.0 | 0.75**(0.57,0.99) | 6.3 | 1.003(0.88,1.14) |
| Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS | ||||||||
| No® | 14.2 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 5.4 | ||||
| Yes | 16.7 | 1.67***(1.24,2.25) | 6.4 | 0.97(0.90,1.05) | 8.2 | 0.92(0.70,1.20) | 8.2 | 1.06*(0.99,1.12) |
| Alcohol Use | ||||||||
| No® | 10.3 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 4.5 | ||||
| Yes | 23.8 | 3.61***(2.67,4.87) | 9.7 | 2.04***(1.89,2.19) | 13.1 | 2.30***(1.64,3.23) | 8.9 | 1.59***(1.50,1.70) |
| Region | ||||||||
| North® | 17.6 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5.4 | ||||
| Central | 12.5 | 1.02(0.80,1.30) | 7.4 | 1.07(0.96,1.20) | 11.7 | 1.77***(1.47,2.13) | 7.3 | 1.17***(1.08,1.27) |
| East | 16.2 | 0.52***(0.37,0.73) | 4.9 | 0.54***(0.45,0.63) | 10.5 | 0.87(0.68,1.10) | 2.5 | 0.79***(0.71,0.88) |
| Northeast | 10.9 | 0.45***(0.32,0.62) | 4.0 | 0.58***(0.50,0.66) | 6.5 | 0.52***(0.39,0.70) | 3.0 | 0.65***(0.57,0.74) |
| West | 24.5 | 0.56***(0.41,0.76) | 3.9 | 0.63***(0.55,0.72) | 10.0 | 1.56***(1.22,1.99) | 6.9 | 1.04(0.93,1.16) |
| South | 2.7 | 0.15***(0.11,0.22) | 3.4 | 0.43***(0.38,0.48) | 1.7 | 0.17***(0.11,0.27) | 7.0 | 0.42***(0.36,0.48) |
| Total | 14.8 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 5.9 | ||||
® Reference, *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; IRR Incidence rate ratio; CI Confidence interval