Table 1 Description of study population: spouses of injection drug users enrolled in Madras Injection Drug User and AIDS Cohort Study, Chennai India, 2009 (n = 400)*
| Â | N = 400 (%) |
|---|---|
Median age (years, IQR) | 31 (26 - 36) |
Tamil ethnicity | 388 (97) |
Education | Â |
None | 110 (27.5) |
Primary | 246 (61.5) |
> Primary | 44 (11) |
Current marital status | Â |
Married/living with spouse | 318 (79.5) |
Married/not living with spouse | 28 (7) |
Widowed | 53 (13.3) |
Median duration of marriage (years, IQR) | 14 (7-19) |
Employment status | Â |
Unemployed | 24 (6) |
Weekly/monthly wages | 148 (37) |
Daily wages | 227 (56.8) |
Family income (INR) | Â |
< 500 | 258 (66.7) |
500-1500 | 72 (18.6) |
>1500 | 57 (14.7) |
Children living in household | 399 (99.9%) |
Alcohol use | Â |
Never | 298 (74.5) |
< 1/week | 64 (16) |
≥1/week | 38 (9.5) |
Ever used non-injection drugs | 88 (22) |
Marijuana | 6 (1.5) |
Smoked/chased brown sugar | 7(1.8) |
Pharmaceutical drugs | 41 (10.3) |
Intoxicating tobacco | 80 (20) |
Ever injected drugs | 4 (1) |
Lifetime number of sexual partners | Â |
1 | 340 (85) |
2 | 52 (13) |
>2 | 7 (2.8) |
Lifetime condom use with regular partner | Â |
Never | 297 (74.3) |
Sometimes | 75 (18.8) |
Always | 27 (6.8) |
Ever non-spousal sexual partner | 37 (9.3) |
Condom use with non-regular partner | Â |
Never | 26 (70.3) |
Sometimes | 7 (18.9) |
Always | 4 (10.8) |
Ever exchanged sex for money/drugs | 37 (9.3) |
Had sex with someone known to be HIV+ | 49 (12.3) |