Correlates of abortions and condom use among high risk women attending an std clinic in st Petersburg, Russia

Table 1 Characteristics of high risk^a female STD clinic patients from St.Petersburg, Russia (N = 87)

Characteristics
Demographics
Age (median (IQR^b); min 18, max 50)	26 (21-35)
Married	(27/87) 31.0%
Completed college or more	(48/87) 55.2%
Monthly income < 9,000 rubles	(36/87) 41.4%
Alcohol use
At risk drinking^c	45/87 (51.7%)
More likely to agree to have sex after drinking	41/87 (47.1%)
Finds sex more enjoyable after drinking	25/87 (28.7%)
Injection drug use
Ever injected drugs	1/87 (1.1%)
Ever had a sex partner who injected drugs	14/87 (16.1%)
Sexual behavior in the previous three months
Did not use condoms	23/87 (26.4%)
Used alcohol prior to sex at least some of the times	67/87 (77.7%)
Pregnancy and abortion
Has ever been pregnant	(55/87) 63.2%
Parity	(36/87) 41.1%
Abortions:
None	(48/87) 55.2%
1	(18/87) 20.7%
2	(7/87) 8%
3 or more	(13/87) 16.1%

^a i.e., reported having multiple or casual sexual partners in the last 3 months
^b IQR = interquartile range
^c i.e., received an "at risk" score in the alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT-C)

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