Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study sample (N = 96)
| 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) |
a
One person did not respond to the question on previous incarceration