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Table 3 Factors associated with prevalent HIV infection among spouses of injection drug users enrolled in the Madras Injection Drug User and AIDS Cohort Study, Chennai, India, 2009 (n = 400)

From: The intersection between sex and drugs: a cross-sectional study among the spouses of injection drug users in Chennai, India

 

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Age (per 10 years)

1.05 (0.69 - 1.60)

Education status

 

None

1

At least primary level education

1.54 (0.32 - 7.35)

Duration of marriage (per 5 years)

0.97 (0.63 - 1.50)

Employment status

 

Daily wages

1

Weekly/monthly wages

5.59 (1.14 - 7.27)

Employed

5.11 (0.45 - 58.7)

Family income (rupees)

 

< 500

1

500-1500

5 (1.09 - 22.9)

>1500

4.81 (0.95 - 24.5)

Alcohol use

 

None

1

< 1/week

0.66 (0.08 - 5.42)

≥1/week

2.29 (0.46 - 11.5)

Ever used non-injection drugs

0.88 (0.18 - 4.22)

Lifetime number of sexual partners

 

1

1

>1

2.55 (0.64 - 10.1)

Lifetime condom use with regular partner

 

Never

1

Sometimes

3.04 (0.67 - 13.9)

Always

9.13 (1.93 - 43.2)

Ever exchanged sex for money/drugs

1.06 (0.13 - 8.62)

Had sex with someone known to be HIV+

11.6 (3.15 - 42.8)

HIV status of husband

 

Negative

1

Positive

17.9 (3.73 - 86.3)

Ever experienced sexual violence

0.47 (0.12 - 1.85)

  1. *Results from logistic regression analysis; OR, odds ratio; CI; confidence interval