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Table 2 Boatmen's sexual behaviour with non-marital female partners

From: An assessment of vulnerability to HIV infection of boatmen in Teknaf, Bangladesh

Variables

Deep sea fishing boatmen

Day long fishing boatmen

Non-fishing boatmen

Total

Married n = 198

Single n = 102

Married n = 73

Single n = 31

Married n = 14

Single n = 15

n = 433

Proportion of boatmen who had sexual intercourse with non-marital female partners in last 12 months

48.5 [41.5–55.4]

60.8 [51.3–70.2]

67.1 [56.3–77.8]

80.6 [66.6–94.5]

42.9 [16.9–68.8]

33.3 [9.4–57.1]

57.3

P = .043

P = .164

P = .594

Proportion of boatmen who had sexual intercourse with non-marital female partners in last month

30.8 [24.3–37.2]

46.1 [36.4–55.7]

34.2 [23.3–45.0]

58.1 [40.7–75.4]

0

26.7

35.8

P = .009

P = .023

Proportion of boatmen who had sexual intercourse with CSW in last 12 months

38.9 [32.1–45.6]

45.1 [35.4–54.7]

57.5 [46.1–68.8]

70.0[53.9–86.1]

42.9 [16.9–68.8]

44.8 [19.6–69.9]

46.1

P = .301

P = .231

P = .917

Proportion of boatmen who had sexual intercourse with CSW in last month

24.2 [18.2–0.1]

32.4 [23.3–41.4]

30.1 [19.5–40.6]

38.7 [21.5–55.8]

0

26.7

27.5

P = .392

P = .392

Number of non-marital female partners in last 12 months

1

12.1 [7.5–6.6]

8.8 [3.3–4.2]

6.8 [1.2–12.5]

6.4 [2.2–15.0]

7.1 [6.3–20.5]

20.0 [.2–40.2]

10.2

P = .386

P = .940

P = .313

2+

36.4 [29.6–43.1]

52.0 [42.3–61.6]

60.3 [49.0–71.5]

74.2 [58.7–89.6]

35.7 [10.6–60.7]

46.7 [21.4–71.9]

47.1

P = .009

P = .175

.547

  1. Note: Confidence Interval [CI] is shown within parenthesis, corresponding p value is given below