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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J HIV AIDS Soc Serv. 2014 Jun 1;28(2):625–630.

Table 3.

Responses to past-month HIV Risk-Taking Behaviour Scale items for total sample

n (%)
Injection drug use items
 Injected drugs 8 (1.3%)
 Used needle after someone else 2 (0.3%)
 Number of people who have used a needle before you
  None/does not inject 597 (99.5%)
  One 3 (0.5%)
 Number of people who used a needle after you
  None/does not inject 595 (99.2%)
  One or more 5 (0.83%)
 Cleans needles before re-using
  Does not re-use or does not inject 593 (98.8%)
  Cleans every time 6 (1.0%)
  Does not clean every time 1 (0.2%)
 Uses bleach to clean needles before reusing
  Does not re-use or does not inject 593 (98.8%)
  Bleaches every time 4 (0.7%)
  Does not always bleach 3 (0.3%)
Sexual risk behavior items
 Number of regular, casual, or paid sex partners
  None 93 (15.5%)
  One person 326 (54.3%)
  Two or more people 181 (30.2%)
 Condom use with regular partners
  No regular partner/no sex 120 (20.0%)
  Used condom every time 153 (25.5%)
  Did not use condom every time 327 (54.5%)
 Condom use with casual partners
  No casual partner/no sex 263 (43.8%)
  Used condom every time 173 (28.8%)
  Did not use condom every time 164 (27.3%)
 Condom use with paid partners
  No paid sex/no sex 579 (96.5%)
  Condom use 1 time with paid partner(s) 4 (0.7%)
  Condom use more than 1 time with paid partner(s) 17 (2.8%)
 Number of times had anal sex
  None 495 (82.5%)
  One time 45 (7.5%)
  More than one time 60 (10.0%)