High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)

Table 1 Socio-demographic variables, 2011-14^a

		Berlin		Essen		Leipzig		Frankfurt		Cologne		Hanover		Munich		Hamburg		range
		n = 337		n = 197		n = 130		n = 285		n = 322		n = 252		n = 235		n = 319		(min-max)
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	%
Age	Mean ± SD; median; range	35.6 ± 8.8; 35.0; 18-60		37.9 ± 7.9; 38.0; 19-55		29.4 ± 7.0; 29.0; 18-55		39.6 ± 8.7; 39.0; 20-64		39.9 ± 8.4; 41.0; 18-62		39.0 ± 8.7; 39.0; 19-64		38.3 ± 8.5; 39.0; 19-63		39.8 ± 8.9; 40.0; 17-65		29-41
Age	<25 years	30	9.0	9	4.6	35	26.9	6	2.1	11	3.4	15	6.0	16	6.8	13	4.1	2.1-26.9
Gender	Female	62	18.5	39	19.8	29	22.3	73	25.8	73	22.7	50	19.8	83	35.3	71	22.3	18.5-35.3
Country of birth	Foreign-born	103	30.6	38	19.3	12	9.2	59	20.7	67	20.8	57	22.6	39	16.6	84	26.3	9.2-30.6
Country of birth	Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union^b	83	24.7	20	10.2	8	6.3	34	11.9	22	6.8	40	15.9	23	9.8	62	19.5	6.3-24.7
Educational level	No school certificate	52	15.4	38	19.4	17	13.2	24	8.5	67	20.8	34	13.5	20	8.5	50	15.8	8.5-20.8
	Completed lower secondary - 9th grade	143	42.4	109	55.6	62	48.1	147	52.1	130	40.4	119	47.2	137	58.3	135	42.6	40.4-58.3
	Completed 10th grade	121	35.9	38	19.4	45	34.9	78	27.7	74	23.0	78	31.0	52	22.1	95	30.0	19.4-35.9
	High school graduate	21	6.2	11	5.6	5	3.9	33	11.7	51	15.8	21	8.3	26	11.1	37	11.7	3.9-15.8
Main source of income in the past 12 months	Regular job/Unemployment benefit	56	16.8	29	14.7	25	19.4	67	23.8	59	18.3	61	24.2	67	28.6	84	26.8	14.7-28.6
Main source of income in the past 12 months	Social benefits/pension	289	86.5	176	89.3	111	86.1	231	81.9	291	90.4	217	86.1	192	82.1	229	72.9	72.9-90.4
Homelessness	In the last 12 months^c	29	8.6	28	14.2	28	21.5	79	28.7	48	15.3	17	6.8	27	11.5	55	17.3	6.8-28.7
Homelessness	Ever	216	64.5	128	65.0	100	76.9	210	73.9	218	68.1	133	52.8	139	59.2	225	70.8	52.8-76.9

^aFootnote (Table 1): Because not all participants replied to every variable, some variables include missing values. This means that the city-specific denominator for some variables might be lower than the n displayed at the top of the table
^bEastern Europe and Former Soviet Union: Includes PWID reporting being born in the following 24 countries: Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia
^cMain reported form of residence, includes living on the street and in homeless shelters

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