Male migration and risky sexual behavior in rural India: is the place of origin critical for HIV prevention programs?

Table 2 Number and type of sex partners, unprotected sex practices, STI risk of non-migrants, returned migrants and active migrants in Prakasam and Azamgarh districts, India

听	Prakasam district				Azamgarh district
听	Non-migrants	Returned migrants	Active migrants	p-value¹	Non-migrants	Retuned migrants	Active migrants	p-value¹
Total sample size	401	317	316	听	431	319	320	听
听	%	%	%	听	%	%	%	听
Ever had sex with	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Either sex worker or casual unpaid partner	40.4	57.7	57.6	<0.001	38.3	42.3	47.8	0.033
Male partner	1.5	0.9	1.9	0.602	3.0	4.4	1.9	0.184
Had sex in past 12 months with	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Sex worker	7.5	12.0	14.6	0.009	6.5	10.3	19.4	<0.001
Casual unpaid partner	25.2	33.4	34.5	0.011	21.1	16.9	27.5	0.005
Both sex worker and casual partner	7.5	11.4	13.9	0.019	4.2	6.3	15.3	<0.001
3+ sex partners	9.2	15.5	17.7	0.003	10.4	10.0	17.2	0.007
Consistent condom use ^# in past 12 months with	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Sex worker²	76.7 (30)	68.4 (38)	73.9 (46)	0.732	28.6 (28)	42.4 (33)	41.9 (62)	0.435
Casual unpaid partner⁴	15.8 (101)	22.6 (106)	31.2 (109)	0.031	11.0 (91)	16.7 (54)	33.0 (88)	0.001
Risky sexual behavior ^$	9.3	12.3	13.1	0.334	6.8	8.6	16.5	0.002

¹ Chi-square test.
² Among those who had sex with sex workers in last 12 months.
³ Among those who had sex with sex workers.
⁴ Among those who had sex with casual unpaid female partners in last 12 months.
⁵ Among those who had sex with casual unpaid female partners.
^# Every time condom use in sex episodes in past12 months prior to the survey with specific type of partner (irrespective of place of origin or destination).
( ) Data in parenthesis indicates the total sample size for that variable.
^$ No consistent condom use in sex with both sex worker and/or casual unpaid partner, and having sex with both sex worker and casual unpaid partners.

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