Table 1 Socio-demographic and behaviors characteristics of the Study Participants (n = 916)
Socio-demographics and behavioral characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Recruitment methods | |
Mandatory Detoxification Centers | 155 (16.9) |
Community | 761 (83.1) |
Gender | |
Male | 718 (78.4) |
Female | 198 (21.6) |
Age (years) | |
18–29 | 92 (10.0) |
30–39 | 517 (56.4) |
40–60 | 307 (33.5) |
Marital status | |
Single | 186 (20.3) |
Married or cohabiting | 626 (68.3) |
Divorced or widowed | 104 (11.4) |
Residential status | |
Local resident | 878 (95.9) |
Non-local resident | 38 (4.1) |
Ethnicity | |
Han | 902 (98.5) |
Minority ethnic | 14 (1.5) |
Education level | |
≤Primary school | 86 (9.4) |
Junior high | 585 (63.9) |
≥Senior high | 245 (26.7) |
Drugs used in the past year | |
Heroin | 883 (96.4) |
Methamphetamine | 104 (11.4) |
Other | 29 (3.2) |
Peer education in the past year | |
Yes | 498 (54.4) |
No | 418 (45.6) |
HIV/AIDS knowledge awareness | |
Yes | 856 (93.4) |
No | 60 (6.6) |
Receptive sharing of syringe in the past year | |
Yes | 154 (16.8) |
No | 762 (83.2) |
Unprotected commercial sexual intercourse in the past year | |
Yes | 112 (12.2) |
No (consistent condom use/never engage in commercial sex) | 804 (87.8) |