Table IV.
Demographics and baseline risk behaviors of participants at Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Treatment Indexes N=87 | Treatment Networks N=116 | Control Indexes N=84 | Control Networks N=112 | Total N=399 | ||
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Gender | Male | 84 ( 97%) | 86 ( 74%) | 81 ( 96%) | 78 ( 70%) | 329 ( 82%) |
Female | 3 ( 3%) | 30 ( 26%) | 3 ( 4%) | 34 ( 30%) | 70 ( 18%) | |
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Age | 18–30 | 46 ( 52%) | 59 ( 51%) | 43 ( 51%) | 67 ( 60%) | 215 ( 54%) |
31–40 | 23 ( 26%) | 24 ( 21%) | 21 ( 25%) | 23 ( 21%) | 91 ( 23%) | |
40+ | 18 ( 21%) | 33 ( 28%) | 20 ( 24%) | 22 ( 20%) | 93 ( 23%) | |
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Education | No or primary | 55 ( 63%) | 85 ( 73%) | 52 ( 62%) | 74 ( 66%) | 266 ( 67%) |
Some secondary | 29 ( 33%) | 26 ( 22%) | 26 ( 31%) | 31 ( 28%) | 112 ( 28%) | |
Completed secondary | 3 ( 3%) | 5 ( 4%) | 6 ( 7%) | 7 ( 6%) | 21 ( 5%) | |
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Employment | Full time | 58 ( 67%) | 78 ( 67%) | 46 ( 55%) | 71 ( 63%) | 253 ( 63%) |
Part time/occasional | 20 ( 23%) | 30 ( 26%) | 30 ( 36%) | 25 ( 22%) | 105 ( 26%) | |
Unemployed | 9 ( 10%) | 8 ( 7%) | 8 ( 10%) | 16 ( 14%) | 41 ( 10%) | |
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Non-injection drug use | Opiates (smoked) | 19 ( 22%) | 23 ( 20%) | 14 ( 17%) | 13 ( 12%) | 69 ( 17%) |
Benzodiazepines | 10 ( 11%) | 8 ( 7%) | 12 ( 14%) | 7 ( 6%) | 37 ( 9%) | |
Crack/Cocaine (smoke) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | |
Cocaine (snort or sniff) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | 0 ( 0%) | |
Amphetamines (smoke) | 35 ( 40%) | 42 ( 36%) | 41 ( 49%) | 39 ( 35%) | 157 ( 39%) | |
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Alcohol use | None | 2 ( 2%) | 23 ( 20%) | 8 ( 10%) | 23 ( 21%) | 56 ( 14%) |
Yes, but never drunk | 27 ( 31%) | 27 ( 23%) | 26 ( 31%) | 28 ( 25%) | 108 ( 27%) | |
Sometimes/always drunk | 58 ( 67%) | 66 ( 57%) | 50 ( 60%) | 61 ( 54%) | 235 ( 59%) | |
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Days injected in last month | 0 | 10 ( 11%) | 39 ( 34%) | 13 ( 15%) | 49 ( 44%) | 111 ( 28%) |
1–5 | 35 ( 40%) | 41 ( 35%) | 35 ( 42%) | 37 ( 33%) | 148 ( 37%) | |
6–29 | 38 ( 44%) | 26 ( 22%) | 32 ( 38%) | 18 ( 16%) | 114 ( 29%) | |
Everyday | 4 ( 5%) | 10 ( 9%) | 4 ( 5%) | 8 ( 7%) | 26 ( 7%) |