Table 1.
Overall characteristics of the sample of PWID, Tehran, 2016 (n=500)
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD, yr) | 33.45±9.7 |
| Education | |
| Completed high school | 318 (63.6) |
| High school or less | 182 (36.4) |
| Living status | |
| Homeless | 208 (41.6) |
| Stable housing | 292 (58.4) |
| Monthly income (USD) | |
| <150 | 196 (39.2) |
| ≥150 | 304 (60.8) |
| Age of first drug use | |
| <25 | 260 (52.0) |
| ≥25 | 240 (48.0) |
| Age of first drug injection | |
| <25 | 245 (49.0) |
| ≥25 | 255 (51.0) |
| Dropped out of school | |
| Yes | 210 (42.0) |
| No | 290 (58.0) |
| Access to harm reduction programs | |
| Yes | 227 (45.4) |
| No | 273 (54.6) |
| HIV knowledge | |
| High | 355 (71.0) |
| Low | 145 (29.0) |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 352 (70.4) |
| Employed | 148 (29.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Not married | 307 (61.4) |
| Married | 193 (38.6) |
| Unprotected sex in the past 6 mo | 200 (40.2) |
PWID, people who inject drugs; SD, standard deviation; USD, US dollar; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.