Table 1.
Characteristics | N (%) |
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Mean age, years (SD) | 28.4 (7.35) |
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Ethnicity | |
Malay | 92 (95.8) |
Chinese | 2 (2.1) |
Other | 2 (2.1) |
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Marital status | |
Married | 22 (22.9) |
Widowed | 7 (7.3) |
Divorced | 3 (3.1) |
Single | 37 (38.5) |
Has a sexual partner, but not married | 27 (28.1) |
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Education | |
No formal education | 1 (1.0) |
Primary | 7 (7.3) |
Lower secondary | 23 (24.0) |
Higher secondary or higher | 57 (59.4) |
Higher education | 8 (8.3) |
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Employment | |
Mean monthly income in ringitt (M, SD) | 702.90 (576.99) |
Currently employed | 48 (50) |
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Previously Incarcerated (jail, prison, CDDC)a | 54 (56.8) |
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Sexual Risk Behaviors | |
Having unprotected sex in the 30 days prior to coming to the C&C | 31 (32.3) |
Having unprotected sex in the previous 30 days | 13 (13.5) |
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Self-Reported Medical Comorbidities | |
Asthma | 16 (16.7) |
Hepatitis C | 9 (9.4) |
HIV | 7 (7.3) |
Tuberculosis | 5 (5.2) |
Hepatitis B | 5 (5.2) |
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Depression (CES-D) | |
No depression | 78 (81.3) |
Moderate to severe depression | 14 (14.6) |
Severe depression | 4 (4.2) |
One person did not respond to the question on previous incarceration