Gender-specific differences in high-risk sexual behaviors among methamphetamine users in Myanmar-China border city, Muse, Myanmar: who is at risk?

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants (N = 1183)

Characteristics	Total (N = 1183)		Male (n = 772)		Female (n = 411)		P-value
Characteristics	N	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
Age							0.004
≤ 20	288	24.3	163	21.1	125	30.4
21–24	407	34.4	272	35.2	135	32.8
25–28	361	30.5	249	32.3	112	27.3
≤ 29	127	10.7	88	11.4	39	9.5
Marital status							0.170
Never married	827	69.9	550	71.2	277	67.4
Ever married	356	30.1	222	28.8	134	32.6
Education							< 0.001
Primary school	117	9.9	54	7.0	63	15.3
Secondary school	500	42.3	304	39.4	196	47.7
High school	274	23.2	208	26.9	66	16.1
University	292	24.7	206	26.7	86	20.9
Ethnicity							< 0.001
Shan	361	30.5	212	27.5	149	36.3
Kachin	229	19.4	157	20.3	72	17.5
Burma	356	30.1	217	28.1	139	33.8
Others	237	20.0	186	24.1	51	12.4
Employment status							< 0.001
Unemployed	345	29.2	187	24.2	158	38.4
Employed	838	70.8	585	75.8	253	61.6
Living status							< 0.001
Resident	457	38.6	333	43.1	124	30.2
Migrant	726	61.4	439	56.9	287	69.8

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