Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

Bello, Braimoh; Moultrie, Harry; Somji, Aleefia; Chersich, Matthew F.; Watts, Charlotte; Delany-Moretlwe, Sinead

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4350-4

Table 3 Factors associated with heavy episodic drinking in men and current alcohol use among women in inner-city Johannesburg

From: Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

听	Male heavy episodic drinking (n听=听141)			Female current drinkers (n听=听124)
听	Number	Row %	P	Number	Row %	P
Age group (years)
鈥�18鈥�24	32	6.2	<0.001^a	33	9.2	0.03^a
鈥�25鈥�34	77	12.1		59	14.1
鈥兲墺听35	32	15.6		32	15.1
Place of birth
鈥僄补耻迟别苍驳	0	0.0	0.70	10	22.2	<0.001
鈥僈waZulu Natal	131	10.3		73	9.8
鈥僌ther provinces	8	12.3		40	21.4
鈥僌utside South Africa	0	0.0		0	0.0
Completed secondary school
鈥僋辞	99	10.9	0.36	115	15.0	<0.001
鈥僘别蝉	41	9.3	0.36	9	4.0	<0.001
Married
鈥僋辞	119	10.2	0.71	117	12.7	0.48
鈥僘别蝉	21	11.1	0.71	7	9.9	0.48
Has children
鈥僋辞	38	7.6	0.01	19	11.4	0.65
鈥僘别蝉	102	12.0	0.01	105	12.7	0.65
Employed	听	听	听	听	听	听
鈥僋辞	65	8.6	0.03	98	13.0	0.42
鈥僘别蝉	74	12.3	0.03	26	11.0	0.42
Income per month (USD)
鈥�0鈥�9	38	6.1	听	74	12.8	听
鈥�10鈥�99	33	15.7	<0.001^a	32	13.0	0.76^a
鈥�100鈥�199	23	13.9		11	10.4
鈥兲墺听200	47	13.2		7	13.2
Perceived social cohesion
鈥僔ery close	79	10.9	0.39^a	48	12.6	0.96^a
鈥僀濒辞蝉别	50	9.0		60	12.6
鈥僆ndifferent/not close	11	12.8		16	12.8
Perceived safety	听	听	听	听	听	听
鈥僑afe or very safe	25	8.1	0.16^a	29	9.8	0.22^a
鈥僓苍蝉补蹿别	63	10.0		64	14.1
鈥僔ery unsafe	51	12.4		31	13.1
Witnessed violence in past 3听months
鈥僋辞	90	9.1	0.02	94	11.8	0.09
鈥僘别蝉	50	13.4	0.02	30	16.4	0.09
Ever had HIV test			听	听	听	听
鈥僋辞	18	13.1	0.23	38	9.4	0.01
鈥僘别蝉	121	9.9	0.23	86	14.9	0.01
Perceived risk of acquiring HIV
鈥僋辞 risk at all	44	7.4	<0.001^a	35	12.9	0.87^a
鈥僑ome risk	60	10.5		53	12.2
鈥僅igh risk	35	19.6		35	12.4
Current smoker
鈥僋辞	40	5.5	<0.001	82	8.9	<0.001
鈥僘别蝉	100	16.1	<0.001	40	63.5	<0.001
Health status			听	听	听	听
鈥僔ery good	31	12.4	0.46^a	19	9.0	0.004^a
鈥僄ood or fair	88	9.7		68	11.8
鈥働辞辞谤	22	10.6		37	18.7
STI symptoms in past 6听months
鈥僋辞	110	10.1	0.58	44	9.8	0.016
鈥僘别蝉	31	11.2	0.58	80	14.8	0.016

1 USD听=听6 South Africa Rand. Row percentages are presented, which in men is the proportion of each subgroup who had been drunk in the past week, and in women is the proportion who currently drink in each subgroup. STI sexually transmitted infection. ^aChi-square test for trend (the remainder are chi-square tests). Totals vary due to missing data

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