Table 1 Demographic and behavioral characteristics of the sample (n = 433)
From: HIV vaccine acceptability among high-risk drug users in Appalachia: a cross-sectional study
Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Demographic | |
Male | 239 (55.2) |
Age – median (IQR) | 34 (29 – 41) |
White | 407 (94.0) |
High school graduate | 251 (58.0) |
Married | 111 (25.6) |
Unemployed | 169 (39.0) |
Income in past 30 daysa – median (IQR) | $698 (200 – 1100) |
Uninsured | 285 (65.8) |
Drug use in past 6 months | |
Nonmedical use of prescription drugsb | 368 (95.0) |
Cocaine | 51 (11.8) |
Methamphetamine | 35 (8.1) |
Heroin | 23 (5.3) |
Crack | 14 (3.2) |
IDU-related behaviors (past 6 months) | |
Injected drugs at least once | 146 (33.7) |
Injected with unclean needle | 33 (7.6) |
Gave/loaned/sold an unclean needle | 16 (3.7) |
Shared injection equipmentc | 55 (12.7) |
Sexual behavior (past 6 months) | |
Number of sex partners | |
Zero | 76 (17.6) |
One partner | 254 (58.7) |
Two partners | 56 (12.9) |
Three or more partners | 47 (10.9) |
Unprotected sex with at least one partner | 308 (71.1) |
Unprotected sex with PWID | 85 (19.6) |