Heading towards the Safer Highways: an assessment of the Avahan prevention programme among long distance truck drivers in India

Table 4 Multivariate Analysis: Exposure to intervention and sex with paid female partners, IBBA Round-2 on National Highways

Sex with paid female partners	Exposure to HIV prevention program
	Less intensive exposure vs. No exposure	Intensive exposure vs. No exposure
	Adjusted RRR [95% CI]	Adjusted RRR [95% CI]
Had sex with PFP in last 12 months No (Reference category) Yes	1.0 2.5 [1.9 – 3.5]	1.0 3.8 [2.8 – 4.9]
Route Categories North-East (Reference category) North-South North-West South-East	1.00 1.2 [0.9 – 1.6] 1.2 [0.8 – 1.8] 0.9 [0.6 – 1.1]	1.00 2.1 [1.6 – 2.7] 1.9 [1.3 – 2.7] 0.2 [0.2 – 0.5]
Current age (years) ^a	1.0 [0.9 – 1.1]	0.9 [0.9 – 1.0]
Literacy Illiterate (Reference category) Literate	1.0 1.4 [0.9 -2.1]	1.0 2.6 [1.5 - 4.6]
Marital status Not currently married (Reference category) Currently married	1.0 1.5 [1.1 -1.9]	1.0 2.5 [1.6 -2.9]
Duration of working as truck driver (years) ^a	1.0 [0.9 – 1.1]	1.1 [0.9 – 1.2]
Number of round trips ^{a, b}	0.9 [0.8 – 1.2]	1.0 [0.9 – 1.1]
Ownership of truck
Respondent (Reference category) Other	1.0 0.8 [0.6 -1.3]	1.0 0.5 [0.3 -1.0]

RRR: Relative Risk Ratio; PFP: Paid female partner; NPFP: Non-paid female partner; 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval
The analysis was done using combined data from all four routes. Adjusted RRR were estimated using multivariate multinomial logistic regression models.
^a Entered as continuous variable in the multivariate multinomial logistic regression models.
^b Between main cities of operation in past six months

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