title: HIV-Risk Behavior Among the Male Migrant Factory Workers in a North Indian City.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Male migrants act as a bridge for transmitting infection from core risk groups to general population and hence this group becomes essential for the HIV control program. Migrant workers constitute a large proportion of workforce in India and HIV/AIDS epidemic in them would cause huge economic losses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to ascertain the HIV-risk behavior among male migrant factory workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional facility based survey conducted in 2011. Male migrant workers aged ≥18 years, who were born outside Haryana, who had moved to current location after 15 years of age, who had worked in the current factory for at least one year, who were willing to participate and able to give valid consent were eligible. A consecutive sampling was done. Descriptive, bivariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 755 male subjects completed the interview. About 21.5% had experienced non-spousal sexual intercourse in last one year. Nearly 60% did not use a condom at the last non-spousal sex. Factors associated with recent non-spousal sex were being unmarried, younger age at migration, recent migration to Haryana, greater number of places migrated and lesser total duration of migration and those associated with non-use of condom at the last non-spousal sex were older age, lower education, lesser number of places migrated and lower level of HIV/AIDS knowledge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unprotected, recent non-spousal sex was common among male migrants, which could increase their HIV/AIDS vulnerability.
authors: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Rizwan Suliankatchi
authors: RS
authors: Abdulkader
authors: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Kiran
authors: K
authors: Goswami
authors: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Sanjay K
authors: SK
authors: Rai
authors: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Puneet
authors: P
authors: Misra
authors: Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Shashi
authors: S
authors: Kant
keywords: Factory workers; HIV/AIDS risk behaviour; India; migrant workers