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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios for associations between predisposing, enabling, and need factors and HIV testing among young MA drug users (18–24 years) in Muse, Myanmar ( N=776)

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

Characteristics

Received HIV testing

P-value

 

AOR†

AOR†(95% CI)

 

Predisposing factors

   

Age, years

1.01

0.81-1.26

0.958

Sex

   

 Male

1.00

--

 

 Female

27.02

11.44-63.83

< 0.001

Education

   

 Primary

1.00

--

 

 Secondary

1.31

0.47-3.65

0.609

 Higher

3.96

1.20-13.02

0.024

Marital Status

   

 Single

1.00

--

 

 Currently married

0.42

0.13-1.39

0.158

 Separated/divorced/widowed

1.42

0.32-6.33

0.643

Ethnicity

   

 Shan

1.00

--

 

 Kachin

0.43

0.16-1.14

0.089

 Burma

0.51

0.19-1.39

0.189

 Others

0.30

0.10-0.90

0.032

Currently living with

   

 Parents/relatives

1.00

--

 

 Wife/sexual partner/husband

3.92

1.06-14.56

0.041

 Alone/friends

1.23

0.41-3.67

0.708

Enabling factors

   

Occupation

   

 Unemployed

1.00

--

 

 Employed

2.80

1.17-6.72

0.021

Migrant (in-country migration)

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

1.48

0.56-3.92

0.428

Ever visit/meet NGO clinics and workers

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

16.95

7.71-37.26

<0.001

Need factors

   

Perceived HIV risk

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

1.13

0.56-2.28

0.736

Ever been diagnosed with an STI

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

4.83

2.31-10.13

<0.001

Ever accessed drug treatment

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

0.76

0.28-2.03

0.578

Ever shared injection equipment

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

2.30

0.69-7.65

0.173

Used heroin in the past 6 months

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

0.49

0.16-1.48

0.208

Ever wanted to receive help to stop drug use

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

4.96

2.23-11.05

<0.001

Ever convicted of a drug related offence

   

 No

1.00

--

 

 Yes

3.48

0.59-20.72

0.170

  1. AOR, adjusted odd ratio; CI, confidence interval. †All the variables were simultaneously entered in the models.