TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006–2008 (N = 799)

Characteristic	Overall (Men + Women)	Men (n = 533)	Women (n = 266)
Age* (25 yr or less)	412 (52.1%)	266 (50.7%)	146 (54.9%)
Currently married	376 (47.1%)	233 (43.7%)†	143 (53.8%)
Currently employed	628 (78.9%)	430 (81.1%)†	198 (74.4%)
Education (completed university)	387 (48.9%)	264 (49.8%)	123 (47.0%)
Weekly drinking alcohol	283 (36.7%)	235 (45.3%)†	48 (19.1%)
Ever injected drugs	37 (4.7%)	26 (4.9%)	11 (4.2%)
Age of first time sex (<16 yr)	198 (25.2%)	153 (29.3%)†	45 (17.1%)
Ever traded sex	17 (2.1%)	7 (1.3%)†	10 (3.8%)
Men who have sex with men	—	28 (5.3%)	—
Having unprotected sex in the past month	583 (75.8%)	392 (76.3%)	191 (74.9%)
Lifetime no. sexual partners (11 or more)	330 (48.0%)	272 (61.1%)†	58 (24.0%)

^*Mean = 27.0, standard deviation = 7.4, median = 25.0 years; interquartile range, 21–30 years.

^†Significantly different from women.