Table 1.
Distribution of sex and injection risk norms among IDUs with drug-using networks, STEP study (n = 818)
| Responses | Sex exchange norms |
Needle sharing norms |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends would disapprove if you were to have sex or turn a trick to get money or drugsa | Number of friends have sex or turn tricks to get money or drugsb | Number of drug buddies share needles with other peoplec | Responses | My drug buddies would give me a hard time if I shared a needle with a strangerd | |
| None | 211 (26) | 241 (30) | 217 (27) | Strongly disagree | 28 (3) |
| A few (about 25%) | 174 (21) | 391 (48) | 447 (55) | Disagree | 136 (17) |
| About half (50%) | 48 (6) | 87 (11) | 78 (10) | Neither agree or disagree | 49 (6) |
| Most (about 75%) | 101 (12) | 67 (8) | 52 (6) | Agree | 391 (48) |
| All (about 100%) | 282 (35) | 25 (3) | 16 (2) | Strongly agree | 214 (26) |
a
2 missing,
b
7 missing,
c
8 missing,
d
3 missing