Table 3 Factors associated with not perceiving one’s risk in those actually having sexual risks
From: Factors associated with sexual risk taking behavior by precarious urban migrants in French Guiana
Variable n = 261 | Risk with perception n = 232 n(%) | Risk with no perception n = 86 n(%) | Adjusted prevalence ratio [CI 95%], P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Female | 90 (38.8) | 45 (52.3) | 1 | – |
Male | 142 (61.2) | 41 (47.7) | 0.66 [0.44–0.98] | 0.040 |
Nationality | ||||
Guyanese | 23 (9.9) | 14 (16.3) | 2.39 [1.31–4.35] | 0.004 |
Surinamese | 48 (20.7) | 36 (41.9) | 1.92 [1.09–3.38] | 0.025 |
Brazilian | 81 (34.9) | 24 (27.9) | 1 | – |
Use of condoms with regular or trusted partner | ||||
Non-systematic | 118 (61.1) | 58 (84.1) | 1 | – |
Systematic | 75 (38.9) | 11 (15.9) | 0.43 [0.24–0.78] | 0.006 |
Last HIV test | ||||
Never | 35 (15.2) | 17 (19.8) | 1.93 [1.18–3.15] | 0.009 |
Not recently | 51 (22.1) | 34 (39.5) | 1.62 [1.02–2.60] | 0.043 |
Recent | 145 (62.8) | 35 (40.7) | 1 | – |