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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics & HIV Sexual Risk Behavior of Male Tajik MWID

From: HIV knowledge, self-perception of HIV risk, and sexual risk behaviors among male Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs in Moscow

Study Variablea

Total Population, N = 420

Among Those Reporting Sexual Activity, N = 255

Range

Mean

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Demographic Factors

Age

19–50

29.99

6.20

19–50

27.98

5.61

  

n

%

 

n

%

Married

52

12.4

19

7.5

Highest Education

Primary

16

3.8

7

2.8

Secondary

240

57.1

177

69.4

College or Technical

105

25.0

54

21.2

University (No degree)

14

3.3

6

2.4

University Degree

45

10.7

11

4.3

Study Factors

HIV Knowledge Score

0–13

7.21

3.30

0–13

7.05

3.32

HIV Risk Perception Score

0–5

1.75

1.35

0–5

1.61

1.17

  

n

%

 

n

%

Low HIV Knowledge

136

32.4

88

34.5

Low HIV Risk Perception

189

46.1

123

49.2

Loneliness

19–68

43.54

12.33

19–68

41.23

12.14

Depression

0–4

0.90

0.97

0–4

0.76

0.83

Police-Enacted Stigma

0–8

2.70

2.05

0–8

2.58

2.06

Study Outcomes

  

n

%

 

n

%

Multiple Sex Partnersb

125

29.8

124

48.6

Sex with FSW

177

42.1

177

69.4

Condomless Sex

178

42.4

178

69.8

Condomless Sex with FSW

62

14.8

62c

35.0

  1. a Frequency of study characteristics may not sum to column N due to missingness
  2. b One individual reporting multiple sex partners did not complete information to assess condomless sex
  3. c Among those reporting sex with FSW, N = 177