Table 1 People who Inject Drugs population description in two urban settings in Mozambique, 2013–2014 (N = 492)
Characteristics | PWID Study Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n | % unweighted | RDS-weighted % (95%CI) | |
City | |||
 Maputo | 353 | 71.7 | – |
 Nampula/Nacala | 139 | 28.3 | – |
Crude median age (years) [IQR]a | 32 [27–36] |  | |
Age group (years) | |||
 18–24 | 92 | 18.7 | 18.2 (1.3–23.3) |
 ≥ 25 | 400 | 81.3 | 81.8 (76.7–86.8) |
Gender | |||
 Male | 467 | 94.9 | 93.3 (90.3–96.3) |
 Female | 25 | 5.1 | 6.7 (3.6–9.7) |
Marital status | |||
 Single/never married | 289 | 58.7 | 60.9 (55.6–66.3) |
 Cohabitating/married | 103 | 20.9 | 20.5 (13.9–26.9) |
 Widowed/divorced/separated | 100 | 20.3 | 18.6 (13.1–24.1) |
Education | |||
 No formal education/primary | 210 | 42.8 | 50.1 (44.0–57.2) |
 Secondary/higher | 281 | 57.2 | 49.9 (42.8–55.9) |
Religion | |||
 Christian (catholic, evangelical, protestant) | 247 | 50.2 | 54.8 (48.3–61.3) |
 Muslim | 143 | 29.1 | 25.5 (19.5–31.5) |
 Other/None | 102 | 20.7 | 19.7 (14.4–24.9) |
Age of first drug use (years) | |||
 < 18 | 56 | 11.7 | 7.9 (0.1–14.9) |
 18–24 | 235 | 49.1 | 50.9 (45.8–55.9) |
 ≥25 | 188 | 39.2 | 41.2 (34.5–47.8) |
No of sexual partners, last 12 months, males only (N = 456)b | |||
 0 | 94 | 20.6 | 19.9 (15.5–24.3) |
 1 | 95 | 20.8 | 24.2 (19.0–29.4) |
 ≥2 | 267 | 58.6 | 55.9 (49.6–62.1) |
Frequency of drug injection in the last 12 months | |||
 Did not use | 25 | 5.1 | 7.9 (4.5–11.8) |
 Few times per year or month | 192 | 39.0 | 40.0 (34.0–46.1) |
 Daily | 275 | 55.9 | 51.9 (45.4–58.4) |
Had access to new syringes in the past 12 months (N = 491) | 425 | 86.6 | 87.3 (82.6–92.1) |
Ever shared needles or syringes | 258 | 52.4 | 48.8 (42.1–55.6) |
Shared syringes in the last month | 146 | 29.7 | 27.2 (20.5–33.8) |
Ever injected with a previously used needle/syringe (N = 491) | 391 | 79.6 | 74.8 (68.6–81.1) |
Ever shared any other injection equipmentc | 158 | 32.1 | 33.6 (26.9–40.4) |
Had unprotected sexual intercourse at last sex (N = 491) | |||
 Yes | 214 | 43.6 | 44.3 (37.6–51.0) |
 No, used a condom | 173 | 35.2 | 36.1 (30.2–42.0) |
 Not sexually active | 104 | 21.2 | 19.4 (13.1–25.8) |
Received condoms in the past 12 months (N = 489) | 188 | 38.4 | 34.6 (28.6–40.6) |
Ever incarcerated | 328 | 66.7 | 64.3 (58.2–70.6) |