The association between psychosocial and structural-level stressors and HIV injection drug risk behavior among Malaysian fishermen: A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Regression analysis of predictors of injection drug use behavior and risky injection drug use behavior

	Injection drug use^a			Risky injection drug use^b
	OR	95 % CI	p value	OR	95 % CI	p value
Age, 25 and younger (ref: older than 25)	0.13**	0.05–0.38	0.000	0.45	0.12–1.71	0.243
Ethnicity, Malay (ref: non-Malay)	1.74	0.18–17.05	0.633	2.56	0.23–28.37	0.442
Marital Status, Married (ref: single)	0.54†	0.28–1.05	0.068	0.7	0.33–1.47	0.346
Education, Some secondary or lower (ref: completed secondary or higher)	0.68	0.35–1.35	0.275	0.67	0.33–1.37	0.275
Employment role/job, Deckhand (ref: Captain)	2.72†	0.94–7.93	0.066	0.77	0.24–2.46	0.660
Vessel type a, Traditional (ref: Commercial)	0.28**	0.15–0.51	0.000	0.5*	0.25–0.99	0.048
Depression (BSI, cutoff score 63)	1.92	0.69–5.36	0.214	3.26**	1.39–7.67	0.007
At or below poverty line (ref: above poverty line)	0.52*	0.27–0.99	0.047	0.48*	0.25–0.93	0.030
Borrowed money in past 3 months (ref: not borrowed)	1.15	0.57–2.30	0.702	1.94†	0.97–3.88	0.062
Enough money to buy food in past 3 months (ref: not enough)	1.05	0.54–2.03	0.890	1.26	0.63–2.53	0.517
Needed or wanted place to stay past 3 months, but did not (ref: had consistent place to stay)	1.38	0.59–3.24	0.547	1.69	0.71–4.02	0.234
Ever been arrested	19.58**	9.81–39.10	0.000	16.25**	4.73–55.85	0.000

** p < .01; * p < .05; † p < 0.1
^a reference group: non-injectors
^b reference group: all others (i.e. non-risky injection drug users and non-injectors)

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