Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PWUD
Variables | PWID = 119 | Non PWID = 1507 | ||||||||||
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Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |||||||
Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | |
Regional provincesa | ||||||||||||
 Low risk provinces | 23 | 22.3 | 2 | 12.5 | 25 | 21.0 | 745 | 61.9 | 73 | 26.8 | 818 | 55.4 |
 High risk provinces | 80 | 77.7 | 14 | 87.5 | 94 | 79.0 | 459 | 38.1 | 199 | 73.2 | 658 | 44.6 |
Age, median (IQR)b, years | 28 (24–31) | 30 (26–34) | 28 (24–32) | 23 (20–28) | 27 (22–31) | 24 (20–29) | ||||||
Age groups | ||||||||||||
  ≤ 20 years old | 12 | 12.1 | 1 | 6.3 | 13 | 11.3 | 351 | 29.6 | 46 | 17.2 | 397 | 27.3 |
 21–29 years old | 50 | 50.5 | 6 | 37.5 | 56 | 48.7 | 594 | 50.1 | 138 | 51.7 | 732 | 50.4 |
  ≥ 30 years old | 37 | 37.4 | 9 | 59.2 | 46 | 40.0 | 240 | 20.3 | 83 | 31.1 | 323 | 22.3 |
Marital status | ||||||||||||
 Married | 48 | 47.1 | 14 | 87.5 | 62 | 52.5 | 472 | 39.5 | 225 | 83.0 | 697 | 47.5 |
 Non-married | 54 | 52.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 56 | 47.5 | 723 | 60.5 | 46 | 17.0 | 769 | 52.5 |
Education, median (IQR), years | 7 (3–9) | 3 (1–6) | 6 (3–8) | 8 (6–10) | 4 (0–7) | 7 (5–9) | ||||||
Education level | ||||||||||||
 0–6 years in school | 49 | 50.0 | 3 | 18.7 | 62 | 54.4 | 745 | 65.3 | 71 | 26.8 | 591 | 42.0 |
  ≥ 7 years in school | 49 | 50.0 | 13 | 81.3 | 52 | 45.6 | 397 | 34.7 | 194 | 73.2 | 816 | 58.0 |
Report current living places | ||||||||||||
 Parent | 36 | 35.3 | 1 | 6.2 | 36 | 30.5 | 708 | 59.3 | 42 | 15.5 | 763 | 51.0 |
 Spouse | 15 | 14.7 | 4 | 25.0 | 19 | 16.0 | 272 | 22.8 | 56 | 20.7 | 332 | 22.2 |
 Friend | 15 | 14.7 | 4 | 25.0 | 18 | 15.3 | 60 | 5.0 | 54 | 19.9 | 117 | 7.8 |
 Street | 5 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4.3 | 15 | 1.3 | 20 | 7.4 | 38 | 2.5 |
 Others | 31 | 30.4 | 7 | 43.8 | 40 | 33.9 | 139 | 11.4 | 99 | 36.5 | 245 | 16.5 |