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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of former and current injecting drug users

From: High risk behavior for HIV transmission among former injecting drug users:a survey from Indonesia

 

Total group (N = 210)

fIDUs (N = 92)

cIDUs (N = 118)

P

Age, mean

27,8 (3,8)

28,1 (4,0)

27,5 (3,8)

0,64

Male gender

92%

89%

95%

0,12

Drug use

   

0,35

   Age of first drug use, mean

14,0 (2,8)

14,2 (3,3)

13,8 (2,2)

0,31

   Age of first drug injection, mean

18,0 (3,1)

18,4 (3,1)

17,8 (3,1)

0,17

   Years of injecting in life time, mean

7,1 (3,8)

5,5 (3,6)

8,4 (3,4)

< 0,01

Marital Status

   

0,35

   Married/remarried

30%

36%

25%

 

   Widowed

2%

3%

2%

 

   Separated/divorced

11%

6%

14%

 

   Never married

57%

55%

59%

 

Employment in the past 3 years

   

0,13

   Full time

41%

48%

36%

 

   Part-time

37%

36%

39%

 

   Student

5%

5%

4%

 

   Unemployed or housewife

17%

11%

21%

 

Education

   

0,48

   Junior high school or less

6%

4%

7%

 

   Senior high school

87%

87%

87%

 

   Undergraduate or higher

7%

7%

6%

 

HIV-AIDS

    

   Ever HIV-tested

75%

71%

78%

0,23

   HIV-infected#

63%

66%

60%

0,47

   Have developed AIDS##

30%

44%

18%

0,01

  1. All data are presented in percentage unless stated otherwise
  2. #n = 145; no data available for 12 subjects; ##n = 83; no data for 8 HIV-positive subjects