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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Apr 28;25(5):897–904. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.04.012

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of participants (N = 43).

Characteristics Number Percent
Mean age (range) 35 (23–52) N/A
Marital status Married 18 42
Divorced/Separated 7 16
Single 17 40
Widowed 1 2
Education Primary 5 12
Secondary 25 58
High school 9 21
College/university 4 9
Employment Unemployed 13 30
Manual labor 18 42
Grocer/family business 6 14
Trucker/driver 4 9
Disabled soldier 1 2
Office worker 1 2
HIV status HIV+ 27 63
HIV− 11 25
Unknown 5 12
Antiretroviral therapy (ART)* Yes 24 89
No 3 11
Median months of detention at “06 center” (range) 22.5 (6–36) N/A
Median months since release (range) 10 (1–24) N/A
Median years of drug use (range) 12.4 (2–28) N/A
Currently injecting drugs 19 44
MMT Enrolled 12 28
Not enrolled 31 72
*

Of those reporting HIV+ status.