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Table 1 Predisposing, enabling, and need factors according to HIV testing among young (18–24 years) MA users in Muse, Myanmar (N=776)

From: Assessment of HIV testing among young methamphetamine users in Muse, Northern Shan State, Myanmar

Characteristics

All subjects (N=776)

Subjects who received HIV testing

N/Mean

Yes (n=114)

No (n=662)

P-value

 

(Per cent/SD)

n/mean (per cent/SD)

n/mean (per cent/SD)

Predisposing factors

    

Age, years

21.2 (1.8)

21.6 (1.8)

21.1 (1.8)

 

Sex

   

< 0.001

Male

455 (58.6)

15 (3.3)

440 (96.7)

 

Female

321 (41.4)

99 (30.8)

222 (69.2)

 

Education

   

0.008

Primary and below

149 (19.2)

10 (6.7)

139 (93.3)

 

Secondary

398 (51.3)

68 (17.1)

330 (82.9)

 

Higher

229 (29.5)

36 (15.7)

193 (84.3)

 

Marital Status

   

0.502

Single

660 (85.1)

93 (14.1)

567 (85.9)

 

Currently married

91 (11.7)

17 (18.7)

74 (81.3)

 

Separated/divorced/widowed

25 (3.2)

4 (16.0)

21 (84.0)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.132

Shan

305 (39.3)

42 (13.8)

263 (86.2)

 

Kachin

183 (23.6)

22 (12.0)

161 (88.0)

 

Burma

138 (17.8)

19 (13.8)

119 (86.2)

 

Others

150 (19.3)

31 (20.7)

119 (79.3)

 

Currently living with

   

0.006

Parents/relatives

195 (25.1)

25 (12.8)

170 (87.2)

 

Wife/sexual partner/husband

104 (13.4)

26 (25.0)

78 (75.0)

 

Alone/friends

477 (61.5)

63 (13.2)

414 (86.8)

 

Enabling factors

    

Occupation

   

< 0.001

Unemployed

325 (41.9)

23 (7.1)

302 (92.9)

 

Employed

451 (58.1)

91 (20.2)

360 (79.8)

 

Migrant (in-country migration)

   

0.500

No

397 (51.2)

55 (13.9)

342 (86.1)

 

Yes

379 (48.8)

59 (15.6)

320 (84.4)

 

Ever visit/meet NGO clinics or workers

   

< 0.001

No

636 (82.0)

42 (6.6)

594 (93.4)

 

Yes

140 (18.0)

72 (51.4)

68 (48.6)

 

Need factors

    

Perceived HIV risk

   

0.780

No

481 (62.0)

72 (15.0)

409 (85.0)

 

Yes

295 (28.0)

42 (14.2)

253 (85.8)

 

Ever been diagnosed with an STI

   

< 0.001

No

514 (66.2)

48 (9.3)

466 (90.7)

 

Yes

262 (33.8)

66 (25.2)

196 (74.8)

 

Ever accessed drug treatment

   

0.008

No

611 (78.7)

79 (12.9)

532 (87.1)

 

Yes

165 (21.3)

35 (21.2)

130 (78.8)

 

Ever shared injection equipment

   

0.002

No

654 (84.3)

85 (13.0)

569 (87.0)

 

Yes

122 (15.7)

29 (23.8)

93 (76.2)

 

Used heroin in the past 6 months

   

0.020

No

560 (72.2)

72 (12.9)

488 (87.1)

 

Yes

216 (27.8)

42 (19.4)

174 (80.6)

 

Ever drank alcohol

   

0.001

No

93 (12.0)

3 (3.2)

90 (96.8)

 

Yes

683 (88.0)

111 (16.3)

572 (83.7)

 

Ever wanted to receive help to stop drug use

   

< 0.001

No

584 (75.3)

53 (9.1)

531 (90.9)

 

Yes

192 (24.7)

61 (31.8)

131 (68.2)

 

Ever convicted of a drug related offence*

   

< 0.001

No

723 (97.7)

88 (12.2)

635 (87.8)

 

Yes

17 (2.3)

10 (58.8)

7 (41.2)

 
  1. SD, Standard Deviation. *36 participants did not response to this question.