Table 2.
Prevalence of lifetime and past-month non-injection drug use and drug injection among street-based female sex workers in Iran, 2017
| Non-injection drug use | Injection drug use | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Lifetime | 95% CI | % Past-month | 95% CI | % Lifetime | 95% CI | % Past-month | 95% CI | |
| Overall | 60.36 | 57.07, 63.57 | 47.22 | 43.91, 50.54 | 8.69 | 6.93, 10.72 | 3.78 | 2.64, 5.25 |
| Age at interview | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 50.43 | 41.03, 59.79 | 42.73 | 33.63, 52.21 | 5.12 | 1.19, 1.08 | 2.56 | 0.53, 7.31 |
| 25–34 | 60.16 | 55.00, 65.15 | 45.99 | 40.85, 51.18 | 8.02 | 5.47, 11.25 | 4.54 | 2.66, 7.17 |
| ≥ 35 | 67.31 | 62.22, 72.10 | 53.30 | 48.02, 58.51 | 11.54 | 8.44, 15.27 | 3.85 | 2.11, 6.36 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Never attended school | 59.68 | 46.44, 71.94 | 43.55 | 30.99, 56.74 | 8.06 | 2.67, 17.82 | 3.22 | 0.39, 11.17 |
| Primary school | 66.06 | 59.41, 72.27 | 51.58 | 44.78, 58.33 | 12.67 | 8.58, 17.78 | 5.88 | 3.16, 9.84 |
| Secondary school | 65.97 | 59.61, 71.93 | 44.60 | 49.08, 61.97 | 10.37 | 6.82, 14.93 | 3.32 | 1.44, 6.43 |
| High school | 54.19 | 46.01, 62.21 | 39.35 | 31.61, 47.51 | 3.87 | 1.43, 8.23 | 2.58 | 0.70, 6.57 |
| Diploma or college | 56.22 | 49.06, 63.18 | 42.79 | 35.84, 49.93 | 69.96 | 38.59, 11.41 | 3.48 | 1.41, 7.04 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single (never married) | 40.34 | 33.98, 46.94 | 29.61 | 23.83, 35.92 | 6.00 | 3.32, 9.87 | 3.43 | 1.49, 6.65 |
| Currently married | 65.77 | 57.56, 73.34 | 44.29 | 36.16, 52.65 | 5.36 | 2.34, 10.30 | 1.34 | 0.16, 4.76 |
| Divorced | 67.51 | 62.36, 72.36 | 58.47 | 53.14, 63.65 | 8.76 | 6.02, 12.19 | 3.39 | 1.76, 5.84 |
| Temporarily married | 78.57 | 68.26, 86.77 | 57.14 | 45.87, 67.89 | 13.09 | 6.72, 22.22 | 7.43 | 2.66, 14.90 |
| Widowed | 57.69 | 45.97, 68.80 | 43.59 | 32.38, 55.29 | 17.95 | 10.17, 28.27 | 7.69 | 2.87, 15.99 |
| Income | ||||||||
| $230 USD or less | 74.04 | 64.51, 82.14 | 58.65 | 48.5, 68.22 | 10.58 | 5.39, 18.13 | 3.85 | 1.05, 9.55 |
| $230 to $1100 USD | 63.34 | 59.09, 71.21 | 47.41 | 41.09, 53.78 | 13.15 | 9.22, 17.96 | 6.37 | 3.68, 10.14 |
| $1100 to $2200 USD | 52 | 45.61, 58.33 | 42 | 35.80, 48.38 | 8.4 | 5.27, 12.55 | 4.4 | 2.21, 7.73 |
| $2200 USD or more | 66.86 | 59.22, 73.90 | 57.40 | 49.57, 64.95 | 4.14 | 1.68, 8.34 | 0.00 | 0.00, 2.15 |
| Housing status | ||||||||
| Living with family, friends, partner or spouse | 57.72 | 53.22, 62.13 | 42.89 | 38.46, 47.39 | 6.91 | 4.83, 9.52 | 3.05 | 1.71, 4.97 |
| Living in their own house | 50 | 40.22, 59.77 | 35.18 | 26.24, 44.96 | 9.25 | 4.52, 16.36 | 5.55 | 2.06, 11.70 |
| Homeless | 76.19 | 69.84, 81.78 | 64.76 | 57.88, 71.21 | 14.28 | 9.85, 19.76 | 5.24 | 2.64, 9.17 |
| Duration of sex work | ||||||||
| ≤ 5 | 53.05 | 45.11, 60.87 | 42.07 | 34.41, 50.01 | 5.49 | 2.53–10.16 | 3.05 | 0.9, 6.97 |
| > 5 | 66.85 | 62.68, 70.83 | 52.62 | 48.28, 56.92 | 11.80 | 9.18–14.84 | 5.06 | 3.35, 7.27 |
| Age at first sex (years) | ||||||||
| ≤ 18 | 68.69 | 64.72, 72.46 | 55.30 | 51.13, 59.41 | 10.60 | 8.21, 13.41 | 4 | 2.55, 5.94 |
| > 18 | 49.59 | 43.15, 56.04 | 37.70 | 31.60, 44.11 | 6.56 | 3.79, 10.43 | 4.10 | 1.98, 7.40 |
| Age at sex work debut (years) | ||||||||
| ≤ 18 | 63.39 | 56.71, 69.70 | 45.09 | 38.45, 51.85 | 11.16 | 7.35, 16.03 | 4.91 | 2.47, 8.61 |
| > 18 | 62.15 | 57.74, 66.41 | 50.80 | 46.33, 55.25 | 9.56 | 7.13, 12.47 | 4.18 | 2.60, 6.32 |
| Number of clients per month | ||||||||
| < 5 | 55.40 | 48.45, 62.19 | 30.52 | 24.40, 37.17 | 6.57 | 3.63, 10.78 | 2.82 | 1.04, 6.03 |
| 6–15 | 56.22 | 48.74, 63.48 | 42.16 | 34.95, 49.62 | 12.43 | 8.04, 18.06 | 7.03 | 3.79, 11.17 |
| 16–30 | 71.75 | 63.22, 79.27 | 61.83 | 52.93, 70.17 | 12.98 | 7.74, 19.96 | 6.11 | 2.67, 11.67 |
| > 30 | 82.5 | 74.50, 88.82 | 79.17 | 70.80, 86.04 | 7.5 | 3.48, 13.76 | 0.8 | 0.02, 4.5 |
| Group sex (ever) | ||||||||
| No | 60.24 | 56.13, 64.24 | 45.44 | 41.33, 49–58 | 7.23 | 5.25, 9.64 | 3.10 | 1.84, 4.85 |
| Yes | 60.75 | 58.81, 70.35 | 53.96 | 47.90, 59.92 | 12.23 | 8.62, 16.66 | 5.39 | 3.05, 8.74 |
| Ever consumed alcohol | ||||||||
| No | 41 | 36.13, 45.99 | 32.25 | 27.69, 37.07 | 3.75 | 2.11, 6.10 | 2.25 | 1.03, 4.22 |
| Yes | 75.90 | 71.89, 79.59 | 59.24 | 54.77, 63.58 | 12.65 | 9.85, 15.89 | 5.02 | 3.27, 7.32 |
| Ever incarcerated | ||||||||
| No | 49.69 | 45.74, 53.63 | 40.16 | 36.33, 44.07 | 4.69 | 3.18, 6.62 | 3.28 | 2.04, 4.97 |
| Yes | 86.82 | 82.07, 90.69 | 64.73 | 58.56, 70.55 | 18.60 | 14.04, 23.89 | 5.04 | 2.70, 8.46 |