Table 1 Characteristics of sample from detentions (N = 956).
From: HIV/AIDS knowledge in detention in Hunan province, China
item | Â | number | percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | male | 660 | 69.1 |
| Â | female | 296 | 30.9 |
Marital status | single | 453 | 47.4 |
| Â | married | 293 | 30.7 |
| Â | cohabited | 53 | 5.3 |
| Â | divorced | 157 | 16.5 |
Age | ≤ 18 | 43 | 4.5 |
| Â | 19-30 | 377 | 39.5 |
| Â | 31-40 | 394 | 41.2 |
| Â | 41-50 | 119 | 12.5 |
| Â | >50 | 23 | 2.4 |
Education | Illiteracy | 19 | 2.0 |
| Â | Primary school | 192 | 20.0 |
| Â | Middle school | 492 | 51.5 |
| Â | High school | 205 | 21.4 |
| Â | College or above | 48 | 5.0 |
Reason for detention | Drug use | 449 | 47.0 |
| Â | Commercial sex | 16 | 1.5 |
| Â | Others | 491 | 51.4 |