Substance Use and Its Association with Risky Sexual Behaviour among Indian Men: A Relative Risk Analysis from Socio-Demographic and Economic Groups
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Study Participants
2.3. Dependent Variables
2.4. Independent Variables
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Protected or Unprotected Sexual Intercourse | Extramarital Sexual Affairs |
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(Frequency with Weighted %) | (Frequency with Weighted %) | |
Protected/Unprotected sex in last sexual intercourse | ||
Protected | 47,812 (81.44%) | - |
Unprotected | 10,653 (18.56%) | - |
Have/had an extramarital sexual affair | ||
No | - | 90,508 (95.62%) |
Yes | - | 4120 (4.38%) |
Use tobacco | ||
No | 56,858 (97.67%) | 99,561 (98.09%) |
Yes | 1607 (2.33%) | 2278 (1.91%) |
Smoke cigarettes | ||
No | 49,189 (83.49%) | 87,283 (85.23%) |
Yes | 9276 (16.51%) | 14,556 (14.77%) |
Drink alcohol | ||
No | 39,518 (67.52%) | 75,391(74.16%) |
Yes | 18,947 (32.48%) | 26,448 (25.84%) |
Wealth Status | ||
Poorest | 11,715 (17.84%) | 19,796 (17.24%) |
Poorer | 12,794 (20.38%) | 22,599 (20.63%) |
Middle | 12,222 (20.42%) | 21,715 (20.58%) |
Richer | 11,475 (20.58%) | 20,209 (20.79%) |
Richest | 10,259 (20.78%) | 17,520 (20.76%) |
Age | ||
15–19 | 1031 (1.69%) | 16,657 (16.20%) |
20–24 | 4373 (7.50%) | 14,413 (14.41%) |
25–29 | 8325 (14.42%) | 14,360 (14.35%) |
30–34 | 10,227 (17.62%) | 13,292 (13.13%) |
35–39 | 10,650 (18.33%) | 12,874 (12.69%) |
40–44 | 8924 (15.18%) | 10,838 (10.50%) |
45–49 | 8641 (14.74%) | 10,833 (10.57%) |
50–54 | 6294 (10.51%) | 8572 (8.16%) |
Education | ||
No education | 8519 (13.67%) | 12,269 (11.27%) |
Primary | 8343 (14.10%) | 11,710 (11.32%) |
Secondary | 32,263 (54.86%) | 60,018 (58.32%) |
Higher | 9340 (17.37%) | 17,842 (19.09%) |
Variables | Unprotected Sex during Last Sexual Intercourse | Test of Association | Adjusted Odds Ratio (CI) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Chi-Square | p-Value | ||
Wealth Status | |||||
Poorest | 10,246 (87.46%) | 1469 (12.54%) | 859.62 | <0.001 | 2.19 (2.02–2.37) *** |
Poorer | 10,735 (83.91%) | 2059 (16.09%) | 1.74 (1.62–1.87) *** | ||
Middle | 10,193 (83.40%) | 2029 (16.60%) | 1.70 (1.59–1.82) *** | ||
Richer | 9129 (79.56%) | 2346 (20.44%) | 1.36 (1.27–1.45) *** | ||
Richest ® | 7509 (73.19%) | 2750 (26.81%) | |||
Age | |||||
15–19 ® | 510 (49.47%) | 521 (50.53%) | 2500 | <0.001 | |
20–24 | 2918 (66.73%) | 1455 (33.27%) | 2.23 (1.94–2.56) *** | ||
25–29 | 6255 (72.14%) | 2070 (24.86%) | 3.43 (3.00–3.93) *** | ||
30–34 | 8108 (79.28%) | 2119 (20.72%) | 4.41 (3.86–5.04) *** | ||
35–39 | 8864 (83.23%) | 1786 (16.77%) | 5.51 (4.81–6.31) *** | ||
40–44 | 7673 (85.98%) | 1251 (14.02%) | 6.83 (5.95–7.85) *** | ||
45–49 | 7738 (89.55%) | 903 (10.45%) | 9.38 (8.13–10.83) *** | ||
50–54 | 5746 (91.29%) | 548 (8.71%) | 11.49 (9.85–13.40) *** | ||
Education | |||||
No education | 7632 (89.59%) | 887 (10.41%) | 1400 | <0.001 | 1.98 (1.81–2.17) *** |
Primary | 7347 (88.06%) | 996 (11.94%) | 1.97 (1.90–2.14) *** | ||
Secondary | 26,250 (81.36%) | 6013 (18.64%) | 1.52 (1.44–1.61) *** | ||
Higher ® | 6583 (70.48%) | 2757 (29.52%) | |||
Consume tobacco | |||||
No ® | 46,444 (81.68%) | 10,414 (18.32%) | 12.43 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 1368 (85.13) | 239 (14.87%) | 1.04 (0.88–1.17) | ||
Smoke cigarettes | |||||
No ® | 40,419 (82.17) | 8770 (17.83%) | 31.96 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 7393 (79.70%) | 1883 (20.30%) | 0.78 (0.74–0.83) *** | ||
Drink alcohol | |||||
No ® | 31,758 (80.36%) | 7760 (19.64%) | 163.95 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 16,054 (84.73%) | 2893 (15.27%) | 1.23 (1.17–1.29) *** |
Variables | Have Any Extramarital Sexual Affair | Test of Association | Adjusted Odds Ratio (CI) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Chi-Square | p-Value | ||
Wealth Status | |||||
Richest ® | 815 (4.94%) | 15,696 (95.06%) | |||
Poorest | 725 (3.97%) | 17,531 (96.03%) | 20.65 | <0.001 | 0.75 (0.67–0.84) *** |
Poorer | 907 (4.34%) | 20,010 (95.66%) | 0.80 (0.72–0.89) *** | ||
Middle | 850 (4.23%) | 19,258 (95.77%) | 0.80 (0.72–0.88) *** | ||
Richer | 823 (4.37%) | 18,013 (95.63%) | 0.84 (0.76–0.93) *** | ||
Age | |||||
15–19 ® | 790 (4.76%) | 15,801 (95.24%) | 2300 | <0.001 | |
20–24 | 1456 (10.36%) | 12,622 (89.66%) | 1.84 (1.67–2.02) *** | ||
25–29 | 926 (6.86%) | 12,563 (93.14%) | 1.06 (0.96–1.18) *** | ||
30–34 | 452 (13.68%) | 11,843 (96.32%) | 0.53 (0.47–0.60) *** | ||
35–39 | 227 (1.94%) | 11,464 (98.06%) | 0.27 (0.23–0.32) *** | ||
40–44 | 126 (1.30%) | 9578 (98.70%) | 0.19 (0.15–0.23) *** | ||
45–49 | 87 (0.92%) | 9404 (99.08%) | 0.13 (0.10–0.16) *** | ||
50–54 | 56 (0.77%) | 7233 (99.23%) | 0.11 (0.08–0.15) *** | ||
Education | |||||
Higher ® | 1059 (6.26%) | 15,862 (93.74%) | |||
No education | 276 (2.56%) | 10,525 (97.44%) | 276.69 | <0.001 | 0.73 (0.63–0.84) *** |
Primary | 322 (3.02%) | 10,330 (96.98%) | 0.71 (0.62–0.82) *** | ||
Secondary | 2463 (4.38%) | 53,791 (95.62%) | 0.79 (0.73–0.86) *** | ||
Consume tobacco | |||||
No ® | 3985 (4.30%) | 88,591 (95.70%) | 24.93 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 135 (6.98%) | 1917 (93.42%) | 1.65 (1.37–1.99) *** | ||
Smoke cigarettes | |||||
No ® | 3082 (3.77%) | 78,579 (96.23%) | 480.98 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 1038 (8.00%) | 11,929 (92.00%) | 1.86 (1.71–2.02) *** | ||
Drink alcohol | |||||
No ® | 2650 (3.76%) | 67,822 (96.24%) | 233.53 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 1470 (6.09%) | 22,686 (93.91%) | 1.94 (1.79–2.09) *** |
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Das, P.; Das, T.; Roy, T.B. Substance Use and Its Association with Risky Sexual Behaviour among Indian Men: A Relative Risk Analysis from Socio-Demographic and Economic Groups. Psychoactives 2023, 2, 133-143. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychoactives2020009
Das P, Das T, Roy TB. Substance Use and Its Association with Risky Sexual Behaviour among Indian Men: A Relative Risk Analysis from Socio-Demographic and Economic Groups. Psychoactives. 2023; 2(2):133-143. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychoactives2020009
Chicago/Turabian StyleDas, Partha, Tanu Das, and Tamal Basu Roy. 2023. "Substance Use and Its Association with Risky Sexual Behaviour among Indian Men: A Relative Risk Analysis from Socio-Demographic and Economic Groups" Psychoactives 2, no. 2: 133-143. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychoactives2020009