Table IIIc.
Demographics and Drug Use among new and long-term female CSW-PWID in Hai Phong, Viet Nam, 2014
| New injectors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total N | 26 | 18 |
| Avg. Age(SD) | 34(6) | 31(7) |
| Avg. Years injecting (SD)* | 10(4) % |
2(2) % |
| Drug injection characteristics | ||
| Heroin (injected) | 100 | 100 |
| Methamphetamine (injected) | 0 | 0 |
| Methamphetamine (non-injected) | 38 | 39 |
| Sexually active | 100 | 100 |
| HIV seropositive | 38 | 38 |
| HCV seropositive* | 81 | 44 |
| Injecting daily or more frequently | 89 | 94 |
| Receptive sharing+ | 12 | 11 |
| Distributive sharing# | 4 | 0 |
| Sex with primary partner | 50 | 67 |
| Unsafe sex with primary partner | 46 | 44 |
| Sex with casual partner | 12 | 17 |
| Unsafe sex with casual partner | 0 | 6 |
| Exchanged sex for money | 100 | 100 |
| Unsafe sex with client* | 8 | 33 |
| Exchanged money for sex | 0 | 0 |
| Unsafe sex with sex worker | 0 | 0 |
+
defined as receiving used needles/syringes from other PWID
#
defined as giving used needles/syringes to other PWID
*
Significant difference (p < 0.05) by chi-square test (for continuous variables t-test was used)