Table 1.
Sociodemographic profile
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Women/I (n=20) | Women/NI (n=28) |
| Age (median, IQR) in years | 35 (25–40) | 29.5 (22–35) |
| Education | ||
| Illiterate | 17 | 19 |
| Class I–XII | 3 | 6 |
| Graduate and above | 0 | 0 |
| No formal schooling | 0 | 3 |
| Accommodation | ||
| Street-based | 10 | 15 |
| Home-based | 10 | 13 |
| Employment status* | ||
| Unemployed | 5 | 3 |
| Daily wage work | 8 | 5 |
| Sex work | 4 | 11 |
| Drug peddling | 1 | 7 |
| Pick-pocketing | 3 | 2 |
| Begging | 3 | 11 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 11 | 12 |
| Separated/divorced | 6 | 9 |
| Widow | 3 | 4 |
| Single | 0 | 3 |
| Number of children ever born† | ||
| None | 4 | 2 |
| 1–2 | 8 | 10 |
| >2 | 8 | 13 |
*Some women reported more than one job.
†Only women who reported they had ever been married were asked about the number of children ever born, since childbearing without marriage is a social taboo in India.
Women/I, women who inject drugs; women/NI, women who use drugs through non-injecting routes.