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Table 2 Weighted prevalences for risk factors for HIV infection by poverty status

From: HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city: mixed methods results from the BLACCH study

Risk factors

At or below LICO (n = 53)

Above LICO (n = 122)

P-value

 

wPrev (95% CI)

wPrev (95% CI)

 

Factors associated with exposure to HIV

   

Age of sexual debut

  

0.357a

  Never had sex

23.9 (11.0, 44.3)

7.5 (4.0, 13.5)

 

  12 years old or younger

5.6 (1.23, 21.8)

8.9 (3.3, 21.7)

 

  13 to 15 years old

8.7 (3.6, 19.4)

11.6 (5.8, 21.7)

 

  16 to 18 years old

30.9 (16.9, 49.6)

25.4 (16.6, 36.7)

 

  19+ years old

29.3 (13.8, 51.9)

34.0 (21.6, 49.0)

 

Engaged in transactional sex

4.1 (1.2, 13.2)

2.2 (0.6, 8.2)

0.583a

History of forced/unwanted sex

9.8 (4.3, 20.8)

25.0 (15.6, 37.5)

0.011 a *

Had a sexual partner who injected drugs

1.4 (0.2, 9.2)

2.7 (0.8, 8.5)

0.565a

Factors associated HIV exposure and transmission

   

Ever test for HIV

55.0 (35.7, 72.9)

61.2 (48.3, 72.6)

0.702a

HIV test in Canada, past year

22.7 (8.8, 47.1)

16.2 (9.3, 26.8)

0.510a

Shared drug use equipment

——

1.1 (0.2, 6.0)

0.581b

Abstinence, lifetime

23.9 (11.0, 44.3)

7.5 (4.0, 13.5)

0.014 a *

Abstinence, past year

41.2 (24.1, 60.7)

16.3 (10.5, 24.5)

0.006 a *

Unprotected sex, cohabiting regular partner, past year

27.9 (15.7, 44.6)

59.9 (46.6, 71.9)

0.001 a *

Unprotected sex, non-cohabiting regular partner, past year

18.1 (9.0, 33.0)

48.8 (35.7, 62.0)

<0.001 a *

Unprotected sex during last intercourse, regular partner

24.0 (13.0, 40.1)

46.0 (33.0, 59.6)

0.016 a *

Unprotected sex, casual partner, past year

4.8 (1.5, 14.2)

11.4 (4.7, 25.1)

0.113a

Unprotected sex during last intercourse, casual partner

6.6 (2.0, 19.3)

16.9 (6.6, 37.0)

0.217a

Never using condom, past year

21.9 (11.3, 38.2)

44.0 (32.4, 56.4)

0.027 a *

Ever mixed sex with drugs or alcohol

34.3 (17.8, 55.7)

38.8 (27.0, 52.0)

0.664a

Non-monogamous sexual partnership, past year

29.8 (13.8, 53.0)

12.5 (5.9, 24.5)

0.114a

History of sexually transmitted infections

14.3 (6.9, 27.3)

27.4 (17.5, 40.2)

0.109a

Number of sex partners, lifetime

  

0.312a

  None

23.9 (11.0, 44.4)

7.5 (4.0, 13.5)

 

  1

4.7 (1.5, 14.1)

12.6 (4.1, 32.6)

 

  2 to 4

21.6 (11.7, 36.5)

16.0 (10.2, 24.2)

 

  5 to 9

13.9 (5.2, 32.2)

18.7 (10.8, 30.3)

 

  10 to 19

19.2 (6.2, 45.9)

14.7 (7.7, 26.5)

 

  20 or more

10.3 (3.8, 25.1)

12.2 (5.7, 24.1)

 

Number of sex partners, past year

  

0.146a

  0

41.2 (24.1, 60.7)

16.3 (10.5, 24.5)

 

  1

25.2 (13.8, 41.5)

42.8 (30.8, 55.8)

 

  2

20.7 (7.1, 47.0)

23.5 (12.3, 40.2)

 

  3 or more

12.9 (5.7, 26.7)

11.8 (5.0, 25.4)

 
  1. n = column total, not adjusted for nonresponse using sample weights.
  2. a P-value from Rao-Scott chi-square test.
  3. b P-value from Rao-Scott chi-square test with assumed design correction of 2 (conservative estimate).
  4. *Statistically significant at p = 0.05.