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 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age, years | 21.2 (1.8) | 21.6 (1.8) | 21.1 (1.8) | Â |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
Male | 455 (58.6) | 15 (3.3) | 440 (96.7) | Â |
Female | 321 (41.4) | 99 (30.8) | 222 (69.2) | Â |
Education | Â | Â | Â | 0.008 |
Primary and below | 149 (19.2) | 10 (6.7) | 139 (93.3) | Â |
Secondary | 398 (51.3) | 68 (17.1) | 330 (82.9) | Â |
Higher | 229 (29.5) | 36 (15.7) | 193 (84.3) | Â |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | 0.502 |
Single | 660 (85.1) | 93 (14.1) | 567 (85.9) | Â |
Currently married | 91 (11.7) | 17 (18.7) | 74 (81.3) | Â |
Separated/divorced/widowed | 25 (3.2) | 4 (16.0) | 21 (84.0) | Â |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 0.132 |
Shan | 305 (39.3) | 42 (13.8) | 263 (86.2) | Â |
Kachin | 183 (23.6) | 22 (12.0) | 161 (88.0) | Â |
Burma | 138 (17.8) | 19 (13.8) | 119 (86.2) | Â |
Others | 150 (19.3) | 31 (20.7) | 119 (79.3) | Â |
Currently living with | Â | Â | Â | 0.006 |
Parents/relatives | 195 (25.1) | 25 (12.8) | 170 (87.2) | Â |
Wife/sexual partner/husband | 104 (13.4) | 26 (25.0) | 78 (75.0) | Â |
Alone/friends | 477 (61.5) | 63 (13.2) | 414 (86.8) | Â |
Enabling factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
Unemployed | 325 (41.9) | 23 (7.1) | 302 (92.9) | Â |
Employed | 451 (58.1) | 91 (20.2) | 360 (79.8) | Â |
Migrant (in-country migration) | Â | Â | Â | 0.500 |
No | 397 (51.2) | 55 (13.9) | 342 (86.1) | Â |
Yes | 379 (48.8) | 59 (15.6) | 320 (84.4) | Â |
Ever visit/meet NGO clinics or workers | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
No | 636 (82.0) | 42 (6.6) | 594 (93.4) | Â |
Yes | 140 (18.0) | 72 (51.4) | 68 (48.6) | Â |
Need factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Perceived HIV risk | Â | Â | Â | 0.780 |
No | 481 (62.0) | 72 (15.0) | 409 (85.0) | Â |
Yes | 295 (28.0) | 42 (14.2) | 253 (85.8) | Â |
Ever been diagnosed with an STI | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
No | 514 (66.2) | 48 (9.3) | 466 (90.7) | Â |
Yes | 262 (33.8) | 66 (25.2) | 196 (74.8) | Â |
Ever accessed drug treatment | Â | Â | Â | 0.008 |
No | 611 (78.7) | 79 (12.9) | 532 (87.1) | Â |
Yes | 165 (21.3) | 35 (21.2) | 130 (78.8) | Â |
Ever shared injection equipment | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
No | 654 (84.3) | 85 (13.0) | 569 (87.0) | Â |
Yes | 122 (15.7) | 29 (23.8) | 93 (76.2) | Â |
Used heroin in the past 6 months | Â | Â | Â | 0.020 |
No | 560 (72.2) | 72 (12.9) | 488 (87.1) | Â |
Yes | 216 (27.8) | 42 (19.4) | 174 (80.6) | Â |
Ever drank alcohol | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
No | 93 (12.0) | 3 (3.2) | 90 (96.8) | Â |
Yes | 683 (88.0) | 111 (16.3) | 572 (83.7) | Â |
Ever wanted to receive help to stop drug use | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
No | 584 (75.3) | 53 (9.1) | 531 (90.9) | Â |
Yes | 192 (24.7) | 61 (31.8) | 131 (68.2) | Â |
Ever convicted of a drug related offence* | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
No | 723 (97.7) | 88 (12.2) | 635 (87.8) | Â |
Yes | 17 (2.3) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | Â |