Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n=368)
| IDUs (n=158) |
NIDUs (n=210) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n/mean | Per cent/SD | n/mean | Per cent/SD | p Value |
| Age | 29.8 | 7.2 | 25.5 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| ≤20 | 17 | (10.8) | 40 | (19.0) | |
| 21–30 | 77 | (48.7) | 134 | (63.8) | |
| 31–40 | 50 | (31.6) | 30 | (14.3) | |
| 41–50 | 14 | (8.9) | 6 | (2.9) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.943 | ||||
| Burma | 35 | (22.2) | 45 | (21.4) | |
| Shan | 46 | (29.1) | 66 | (31.4) | |
| Kachin | 35 | (22.2) | 48 | (22.9) | |
| Others | 42 | (26.5) | 51 | (24.3) | |
| Marital status | 0.137 | ||||
| Single | 75 | (47.5) | 110 | (52.4) | |
| Married | 66 | (41.8) | 68 | (32.4) | |
| Divorced/widower | 17 | (10.7) | 32 | (15.2) | |
| Education | 0.227 | ||||
| Primary/no formal education | 52 | (32.9) | 61 | (29.0) | |
| Secondary education | 58 | (36.7) | 67 | (31.9) | |
| High school or above | 48 | (30.4) | 82 | (39.1) | |
| Employment status | 0.315 | ||||
| Non-regular job | 32 | (20.3) | 34 | (16.2) | |
| Regular job | 126 | (79.7) | 176 | (83.8) | |
| Living status (inter-regional migration) | <0.001 | ||||
| Resident | 138 | (87.3) | 143 | (68.1) | |
| Migrant | 20 | (12.7) | 67 | (31.9) | |
Mean age 29.8 (SD 7.2) for IDUs and 25.5 (SD 25.5) for NIDUs.
IDUs, injecting drug users; NIDUs, non-injecting drug users.