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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of female drug users with or without HIV infection recruited in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

From: Vulnerability to HIV infection among female drug users in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

 

Positive HIV test (n = 77) n (%)

Total (n = 269)

Crude OR (95% CI)

pvalue

Place of recruitment

    

  Street/Park

40 (28.6)

140

1.00

 

  Drop in centre

37 (28.7)

129

1.01 (0.59-1.71)

0.984

Age (years)

    

  16 - 19

7 (25.9)

27

1.00

 

  20 - 24

25 (19.5)

128

0.69 (0.26-1.82)

0.457

  25 - 29

28 (35.0)

80

1.54 (0.58-4.08)

0.387

  30 - 38

17 (50.0)

34

2.86 (0.96-8.52)

0.060

  Mean (SD) (Median)

26.3 (6.0) (25.0)

24.4 (4.8) (23.0)

1.12 (1.06-1.18)

<0.001

Marriage and live-in partnerships

    

  Not married, not living with sexual partner

6 (9.4)

64

1.00

 

  Not married, living with sexual partner

25 (32.5)

77

4.65 (1.77-12.22)

0.002

  Currently married, not living with spouse or any other sexual partner

12 (36.4)

33

5.52 (1.84-16.59)

0.002

  Currently married, living with spouse or other sexual partner

34 (35.8)

95

5.39 (2.11-13.79)

<0.001

Level of education

    

  Never went to school

2 (4.1)

49

1.00

 

  Primary (1–5 years)

15 (48.4)

31

22.03 (4.54-107.04)

<0.001

  Secondary (6–10 years)

26 (27.4)

95

8.86 (2.01-39.10)

0.004

  Higher (11 years and higher)

34 (36.2)

94

13.32 (3.04-58.28)

0.001

Job situation

    

  Have a job

32 (25.6)

125

1.00

 

  Jobless

45 (31.3)

144

1.32 (0.77-2.25)

0.307

  1. SD, standard deviation.
  2. OR, odds ratio.
  3. CI, confidence interval.