| Why did decide to inject the first time? (all respondents) |
| Curiosity |
39.6% |
40.3% |
37.2% |
n.s. |
| Better high/instantaneous rush |
34.7% |
33.7% |
32.2% |
n.s. |
| Economics |
13.9% |
17.8% |
4.7% |
P = .036 |
| Coercion |
0.7% |
1.0% |
0.0% |
n.s. |
| Peer influence |
38.9% |
39.6% |
37.2% |
n.s. |
| Problem with other mode of administration |
2.8% |
3.0% |
2.3% |
n.s. |
| Tolerance to other mode of administration |
12.5% |
9.9% |
18.6% |
n.s. |
| Other |
24.3% |
22.8% |
27.9% |
n.s. |
| Tolerance (aggregated) |
49.3% |
48.5% |
51.2% |
n.s. |
| Experimentation (aggregated) |
61.1% |
62.4% |
58.1% |
n.s. |
| Was there any reason you had not injected before? |
| Never had the opportunity |
22.5% |
22.2% |
23.3% |
n.s. |
| Fear of disease |
13.4% |
15.2% |
9.3% |
n.s. |
| Fear of needles |
26.1% |
25.3% |
27.9% |
n.s. |
| Fear of overdose |
12.0% |
12.1% |
11.6% |
n.s. |
| Fear of addiction |
12.0% |
12.1% |
11.6% |
n.s. |
| Stigma/taboo |
9.2% |
9.1% |
9.3% |
n.s. |
| Seen the effects on other people |
14.8% |
16.2% |
11.6% |
n.s. |
| Other person directly discouraged injection |
0.7% |
0.0% |
2.3% |
n.s. |
| Other mode of administration was adequate/custom/routing |
6.3% |
7.1% |
4.7% |
n.s. |
| Did not know how |
5.6% |
6.1% |
4.7% |
n.s. |
| Other |
30.3% |
27.3% |
37.2% |
n.s. |
