Skip to main content

Table 5 Regression analysis of risky injection drug use behavior compared to non-risky injection drug use

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

 

Risky IDU as outcome

OR

95 % CI

p value

Ever tortured by police

1.27

0.60–2.67

0.531

Age, 25 and younger (ref: older than 25)

1.80

0.30–10.89

0.521

Ethnicity, Malay (ref: non-Malay)

4.23

0.26–67.56

0.308

Marital Status, Married (ref: single)

1.03

0.44–2.41

0.951

Education, Some secondary or lower (ref: completed secondary or higher)

0.69

0.31–1.55

0.371

Employment role/job, Deckhand (ref: Captain)

0.20†

0.3–1.34

0.097

Vessel type a, Traditional (ref: Commercial)

1.06

0.47–2.38

0.897

Depression (BSI, cutoff score 63)

3.45*

1.23–9.66

0.018

At or below poverty line (ref: above poverty line)

0.50†

0.23–1.07

0.075

Borrowed money in past 3 months (ref: not borrowed)

1.99†

0.89–4.47

0.095

Enough money to buy food in past 3 months (ref: not enough)

1.2

0.52–2.78

0.667

Needed or wanted place to stay past 3 months, but did not (ref: had consistent place to stay)

1.54

0.57–4.15

0.398

Ever been arrested

2.71

0.66–11.15

0.167

  1. ** p < .01; * p < .05; † p < 0.1