Table 4 Relationships between frequency of use of different drugs and patterns of sexual behaviour and unsafe sex
Sexual behaviour in the last 12 months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 5 or more sexual partners | Sex over 50 times | Had sex without a condom | Not used condom as too drunk or high | Had totally unprotected sex | Paid for sex | Exchanged sex for drugs | Had an STI test | Had regretted sex after alcohol or drug use | Not had sex as too drunk or high | Sex always or mostly under influence of alcohola | Sex always or mostly under influence of drugsb | |
Drunk in the last 4 weeks | |||||||||||||
No | 319 | 12.2 | 43.3 | 66.6 | 5.6 | 35.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 25.7 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
Yes | 828 | 19.7 | 42.1 | 74.4 | 12.1 | 41.1 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 27.9 | 15.3 | 19.7 | 12.6 | 13.4 |
P | ** | ns | ** | ** | ns | ns | ns | ns | ** | * | ** | ns | |
Alcohol | |||||||||||||
Never | 11 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 0.0 | na | 0.0 |
Experimented | 14 | 7.1 | 42.9 | 78.6 | 7.1 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | na | 0.0 |
Ex User | 28 | 14.3 | 25.0 | 57.7 | 7.1 | 30.8 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 3.6 | 10.7 | na | 33.3 |
Occasional | 83 | 9.6 | 41.0 | 77.5 | 1.2 | 33.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
Regular | 1011 | 18.7 | 43.4 | 72.7 | 11.3 | 40.7 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 27.6 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
P | ns | ns | *** | * | ns | ns | ns | ns | * | * | ** | ns | |
Cannabis | |||||||||||||
Never | 276 | 13.0 | 35.9 | 62.0 | 5.1 | 32.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 24.3 | 4.3 | 15.9 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
Experimented | 173 | 13.9 | 44.5 | 68.0 | 6.4 | 37.3 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 25.4 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
Ex User | 201 | 14.9 | 44.3 | 78.4 | 9.5 | 41.2 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 28.9 | 12.4 | 19.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
Occasional | 121 | 17.4 | 43.0 | 73.9 | 12.4 | 36.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 33.9 | 11.6 | 15.7 | 10.3 | 5.0 |
Regular | 376 | 24.2 | 45.2 | 77.6 | 15.7 | 46.2 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 27.4 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 16.2 |
P | ** | ns | *** | *** | ** | ** | ** | ns | *** | ns | *** | ** | |
Cocaine | |||||||||||||
Never | 774 | 13.6 | 39.1 | 70.2 | 6.5 | 35.1 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 22.7 | 9.6 | 16.3 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
Experimented | 132 | 18.2 | 43.9 | 73.3 | 11.4 | 48.9 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 27.3 | 16.7 | 23.5 | 18.3 | 10.8 |
Ex User | 69 | 21.7 | 53.6 | 73.1 | 15.9 | 46.3 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 42.0 | 23.2 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 17.8 |
Occasional | 81 | 27.2 | 44.4 | 77.2 | 14.8 | 43.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 39.5 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 18.2 | 9.9 |
Regular | 91 | 39.6 | 58.2 | 82.4 | 33.0 | 56.0 | 16.5 | 9.9 | 44.0 | 27.5 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 23.1 |
P | *** | ** | ns | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ns | *** | ** | |
Ecstasy | |||||||||||||
Never | 792 | 13.9 | 39.9 | 69.4 | 6.9 | 36.1 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 24.4 | 8.7 | 15.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
Experimented | 117 | 17.9 | 48.7 | 71.3 | 16.2 | 44.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 34.2 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 13.9 | 12.9 |
Ex User | 92 | 21.7 | 53.3 | 78.0 | 12.0 | 46.2 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 29.3 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 19.0 | 18.2 |
Occasional | 86 | 31.4 | 39.5 | 87.1 | 18.6 | 51.8 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 33.7 | 22.1 | 31.4 | 19.3 | 16.3 |
Regular | 60 | 40.0 | 51.7 | 80.0 | 28.3 | 48.3 | 11.7 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 31.7 | 25.0 | 27.6 | 21.7 |
P | *** | * | ** | *** | ** | ns | *** | * | *** | ** | *** | ** | |