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Table 5 Association between individual alcohol consumption indicators and risky sexual behaviour among service providers in multivariate logistic regression

From: Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Alcohol consumption patterns

Risky sexual behaviour

Had more than 1 sexual partners in past 12 months - OR(95%CI)

Had transactional sex in past 12 months OR(95%CI)

Never used/inconsistently used condom in non-spousal relationship (95%CI)

Had sex with non-regular partner at last sex- OR(95%CI)

Taken alcohol in past 12 months (base=Never)

Once a month

0.46(0.09-2.45)

0.54(0.06-4.92)

0.58(0.06-5.27)

0.25(0.03-1.97)

2-4 times a month

9.80(2.21-43.59)**

3.61(0.89-14.62)

0.84(0.15-4.62)

0.43(0.05-3.85)

2+ times a week

5.68(2.21-4.62)***

6.35(2.44-16.54)***

1.18(0.35-3.93)

1.05(0.27-4.03)

AUDIT score a (base=1-7)

  8-15

1.96(0.75-5.09)

0.91(0.31-2.70)

1.49(0.37-6.02)

0.60(0.18-2.03)

  16+

8.48(2.30-31.26)**

8.65(2.62-28.57)***

1.90(0.45-7.99)

2.85(0.90-9.02)

Got drunk in past 30 days - (Base=No)

  Yes

4.34(1.88-10.10)**

4.39(1.92-10.01)***

0.48(0.15-1.51)

2.30(0.94-5.60)

Length of time of drinking in hours - (Base 0–2)

  3-4

4.00(0.74-21.61)

2.42(0.52-11.17)

0.72(0.07-7.44)

2.68(0.41-17.50)

  5+

6.04(1.40-25.98)*

5.78(1.50-22.24)*

1.16(0.14-9.39)

4.30(0.88-21.08)

Days of drinking (base=Weekends only)

  Any day

2.50(0.82-7.63)

6.39(1.60-25-52)

0.23(0.02-2.12)

1.36(0.33-5.70)

Time for start of drinking (specific time)

  Anytime

1.16(0.39-3.49)

6.54(1.94-22.01)**

0.21(0.03-1.49)

2.99(0.83-10.81)

  1. aThe AUDIT score is based on 9 of 10 questions. *=p<0.05 **= p<0.01 ***= p<0.001.