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Table 3 Relationship between the studied variables and high-risk behaviors (sexually risky behaviors and drug use)

From: Prevalence of HIV infection and high-risk behaviors in truck and bus drivers in Kurdistan province

Variable

Sexual risky behaviors

P value

Drug use

P value

Yes

No

Yes

No

Marital status

 Married

99 (75.6)

416 (88.5)

**< 0.001

74 (80.4)

441 (86.6)

**0.1

 Single

32 (24.4)

54 (11.5)

18 (19.6)

68 (13.4)

Education

 Illiterate

0

9 (1.9)

***0.3

1 (1.1)

8 (1.6)

***0.3

 Diploma and less

121 (92.4)

422 (89.8)

87 (94.6)

456 (89.6)

 Academic

10 (7.6)

39 (8.2)

4 (4.3)

45 (8.8)

Prison history

 No

106 (80.9)

435 (92.6)

**< 0.001

67 (72.8)

474 (93.1)

**< 0.001

 Yes

25 (19.1)

35 (7.4)

25 (27.2)

35 (6.9)

Sexual risky behaviors

 No

44 (47.8)

423 (83.7)

**< 0.001

 Yes

48 (52.2)

83 (16.3)

Age, Mean ± Sd

38.85 ± 9.96

43.39 ± 10.34

*< 0.001

44.04 ± 11.44

42.10 ± 10.21

*0.1

  1. *Mann–Whitney U test
  2. **Chi-square test
  3. ***Fisher’s exact test