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. 2018 Aug 30;13(8):e0203262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203262

Table 1. Demographic profile and uptake of Anti-Retroviral treatment and opioid substitution therapy services of the interviewed homeless HIV positive PWIDs registered in targeted intervention project in Delhi (December 2016).

Variable Number of PWID % of PWID
Total 235 (100)
Age
18–24 Yrs 49 (21)
25–34 Yrs 104 (44)
35–44 Yrs 66 (28)
> = 45 Yrs 16 (7)
Education
Illiterate 144 (61)
Literate 91 (39)
Occupation
Daily wage labourer 76 (32)
Scrap/Garbage collection/ Rag picking 72 (31)
Unemployed 26 (11)
Service (private/government) 38 (16)
Drug dealer, Petty crime 23 (10)
Marital status
Never married 159 (68)
Separated 38 (16)
Currently married 36 (15)
Widower/Divorced 2 (1)
With whom do you currently live
Living alone 76 (32)
Living with friends 75 (32)
Living with spouse/ relative/ sexual partner 46 (20)
Rain Basera (Night Shelter) 38 (16)
Which state do you belong/native state
Uttar Pradesh 116 (49)
Delhi 40 (17)
Bihar 27 (12)
Others 52 (22)
PWID mobility (travelled out of Delhi/NCR in last 30 days)
Travelled 132 (56)
Did not travel 103 (44)
PWID needle/syringe sharing status with other injecting drug users in the place visited last
Shared 83 (63)
Not shared 49 (37)
PWID age group first injected drugs
5–12 Yrs 8 (3)
13–17 Yrs 76 (32)
18–24 Yrs 101 (43)
> = 25 Yrs 50 (21)
Drug most often injected over the last 3 months
Buprenorphine (Tidigesic, Lupigesic, Morphine, Bupin etc.) 115 (49)
Brown Sugar/ Smack 55 (23)
Diazepam/ Calmpose, Nitrazepam/ Clonazepam/ Avil/ Phenargan Pethidine 33 (14)
Others 3 (1)
Currently not injecting 29 (12)
Feel treated differently in health facilities/ hospitals
Yes 102 (43)
No 133 (57)
PWID current ART status during the interview
Pre ART 149 (63)
On ART 29 (12)
Not registered at ART Center 55 (23)
Not recorded 2 (1)
PWID current OST Status during the interview
Registered at OST Center 188 (80)
Not Registered at OST Centre 47 (20)