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Table 2 Respondents’ monthly income levels and source of income

From: Rapid situational assessment of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and coastal regions of Kenya: a respondent driven sampling survey

Region

Mombasa

 

Nairobi

 

All

 
 

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Income in Ksh.

 Up to 6000

67

21.6

75

28.3

142

24.7

 6–15,000

125

40.3

94

35.5

219

38.1

 16–40,000

103

33.2

86

32.5

189

32.9

 45–50,000

14

4.5

9

3.4

23

4.0

Source of income

 Temporary work

191

55.4

158

53.6

349

54.5

 Self-employed

49

14.2

46

15.6

95

14.8

 Theft, robbing or stealing

51

14.8

39

13.2

90

14.1

 Regular job with pay

10

2.9

17

5.8

27

4.2

 Spouse, partner, relative or friend’s income

11

3.2

8

2.7

19

3.0

 Sex work

10

2.9

9

3.1

19

3.0

 Other

23

6.7

18

6.1

41

6.4