Association between mobility status past year with sexual risk behaviour and HIV serostatus among men who have sex with men in Andhra Pradesh, India (n=1608)
| Inconsistent condom use with any male/Hijra partner | HIV +ve | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %* | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR† (95% CI) | %* | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | |
| Mobile§ | ||||||
| No | 62.8 | Referent | Referent | 17.2 | Referent | Referent |
| Yes | 74.1 | 1.8 (1.4 to 2.3)*** | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.2)*** | 25.5 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8)* | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.2)** |
| Degree of mobility§ | ||||||
| Never mobile | 62.8 | Referent | Referent | 17.2 | Referent | Referent |
| Mobile within district | 78.7 | 1.9 (1.2 to 3.0)** | 2.2 (1.3 to 3.6)** | 22.0 | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.8) | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.3) |
| Mobile across district but within the state | 70.5 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9)* | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9)* | 25.3 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.4)** |
| Mobile across state | 80.2 | 4.1 (2.1 to 7.7)*** | 2.4 (1.2 to 4.8)* | 31.2 | 2.2 (1.4 to 3.6)*** | 2.2 (1.3 to 3.8)** |
*Adjusted percentages.
†Adjusted for age, literacy, marital status, source of income, self-identity, age at sexual debut with a male, aware of Avahan HIV prevention programme, comprehensive knowledge about HIV, voluntary HIV testing, having multiple different male partners.
‡Adjusted for age, literacy, marital status, source of income, self-identity, age at sexual debut with a man, having multiple different male partners, aware of Avahan HIV prevention programme, comprehensive knowledge about HIV, voluntary HIV testing, inconsistent condom use.
§Mobile: travelled outside their current place of residence and had sex at destination in the past year.
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.