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Table 3 Percentage distribution of adolescent boys and young men having multiple sexual partners in the last 12 months and results of zero inflated poison regression in India

From: Transitions in adolescent boys and young Men’s high-risk sexual behaviour in India

 

NFHS-3 (2005–06)

NFHS-4 (2015–16)

15–19

20–24

15–19

20–24

Background Characteristics

Multiple partners

IRR(CI)

Multiple partners

IRR(CI)

Multiple partners

IRR(CI)

Multiple partners

IRR(CI)

Years of schooling

 No education®

8.4

 

3.7

 

2.4

 

6.0

 

  < 5 years

14.1

1.37(0.90,2.08)

7.7

1.03(0.88,1.20)

15.3

0.74(0.43,1.28)

5.1

1.14(0.95,1.36)

 5–9

15.8

1.10(0.78,1.55)

5.3

0.82***(0.72,0.92)

11.8

0.87(0.63,1.20)

5.3

1.04(0.91,1.18)

 10 and above

17.2

0.90(0.62,1.31)

5.6

0.58***(0.50,0.66)

8.6

0.97(0.70,1.35)

6.4

0.72***(0.63,0.82)

Residence

 Rural®

13.0

 

5.2

 

11.1

 

5.4

 

 Urban

21.3

0.71***(0.58,0.87)

5.5

0.74***(0.68,0.81)

6.5

0.82**(0.69,0.97)

6.9

0.86***(0.79,0.92)

Religion

 Hindu®

15.0

 

5.0

 

10.3

 

5.7

 

 Muslim

10.7

1.35**(1.04,1.75)

6.4

1.10*(0.98,1.24)

7.7

1.13 (0.89,1.42)

5.0

0.95(0.86,1.05)

 Others

22.0

0.83(0.61,1.12)

8.4

1.03(0.90,1.16)

6.9

1.66***(1.31,2.11)

10.5

1.04(0.93,1.16)

Caste/tribe

 Scheduled Caste®

13.4

 

5.8

 

10.9

 

6.1

 

 Scheduled Tribe

9.1

0.92(0.68,1.24)

3.3

1.03(0.90,1.18)

6.5

0.94(0.76,1.16)

5.0

1.002(0.91,1.10)

 Other Backward Class

15.9

0.88(0.71,1.08)

5.2

0.94(0.85,1.03)

10.6

0.99(0.83,1.18)

6.7

0.96(0.89,1.04)

 Others

19.2

0.70***(0.55,0.89)

6.5

0.97(0.87,1.07)

10.4

0.72***(0.58,0.90)

4.6

0.77***(0.69,0.85)

Regular exposure of media

 No®

14.1

 

3.6

 

7.0

 

5.2

 

 Yes

14.9

0.90(0.69,1.17)

5.8

0.92(0.82,1.03)

10.4

1.19*(0.97,1.46)

6.0

0.90**(0.83,0.99)

Wealth index

 Poorest®

12.1

 

5.4

 

9.4

 

3.9

 

 Poorer

13.0

0.99(0.75,1.31)

5.6

1.09(0.94,1.25)

10.0

0.81**(0.66,0.99)

7.1

1.03(0.93,1.13)

 Middle

10.1

0.69**(0.51,0.93)

6.0

0.98(0.85,1.14)

9.5

0.77**(0.62,0.97)

6.4

1.04(0.93,1.15)

 Richer

17.3

0.90(0.66,1.22)

4.3

0.87*(0.75,1.02)

12.9

0.80*(0.63,1.02)

5.4

0.98(0.87,1.10)

 Richest

29.1

0.80(0.57,1.12)

5.0

0.74***(0.63,0.88)

7.0

0.75**(0.57,0.99)

6.3

1.003(0.88,1.14)

Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS

 No®

14.2

 

5.0

 

9.8

 

5.4

 

 Yes

16.7

1.67***(1.24,2.25)

6.4

0.97(0.90,1.05)

8.2

0.92(0.70,1.20)

8.2

1.06*(0.99,1.12)

Alcohol Use

 No®

10.3

 

2.6

 

8.4

 

4.5

 

 Yes

23.8

3.61***(2.67,4.87)

9.7

2.04***(1.89,2.19)

13.1

2.30***(1.64,3.23)

8.9

1.59***(1.50,1.70)

Region

 North®

17.6

 

4.9

 

6.9

 

5.4

 

 Central

12.5

1.02(0.80,1.30)

7.4

1.07(0.96,1.20)

11.7

1.77***(1.47,2.13)

7.3

1.17***(1.08,1.27)

 East

16.2

0.52***(0.37,0.73)

4.9

0.54***(0.45,0.63)

10.5

0.87(0.68,1.10)

2.5

0.79***(0.71,0.88)

 Northeast

10.9

0.45***(0.32,0.62)

4.0

0.58***(0.50,0.66)

6.5

0.52***(0.39,0.70)

3.0

0.65***(0.57,0.74)

 West

24.5

0.56***(0.41,0.76)

3.9

0.63***(0.55,0.72)

10.0

1.56***(1.22,1.99)

6.9

1.04(0.93,1.16)

 South

2.7

0.15***(0.11,0.22)

3.4

0.43***(0.38,0.48)

1.7

0.17***(0.11,0.27)

7.0

0.42***(0.36,0.48)

Total

14.8

 

5.3

 

9.8

 

5.9

 
  1. ® Reference, *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; IRR Incidence rate ratio; CI Confidence interval