Table 1:
Demographic characteristics and baseline risk behavior of peer educators and network members enrolled in the MASLIHAT pilot study
| Peer educator (n=30) | Network member (n=60) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 24 – 45 | 32.5 | 6.4 | 19 – 43 | 31.3 | 6.0 |
| Age first injected | 20 – 38 | 26.8 | 5.1 | 17 – 40 | 26.5 | 5.2 |
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Secondary or less | 18 | 60.0 | 39 | 65.0 | ||
| College or technical college | 8 | 26.7 | 12 | 20.0 | ||
| University but no degree | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.7 | ||
| University degree | 3 | 10.0 | 8 | 13.3 | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Not married | 12 | 40.0 | 24 | 40.0 | ||
| Married | 5 | 16.7 | 17 | 28.3 | ||
| Divorced | 13 | 43.3 | 19 | 31.7 | ||
| How long in Russia | ||||||
| One year or less | 10 | 33.3 | 24 | 40.0 | ||
| > 1 to 2 years | 8 | 26.7 | 13 | 21.7 | ||
| 3 or more years | 12 | 40.0 | 23 | 38.3 | ||
| Employment | ||||||
| Construction | 13 | 43.3 | 22 | 36.7 | ||
| Loading in bazaar | 8 | 26.7 | 14 | 23.3 | ||
| Selling/food service | 5 | 16.7 | 6 | 10.0 | ||
| Other | 4 | 13.3 | 18 | 30.0 | ||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Frequency of alcohol use past month | 2.3 | 0.60 | 2.2 | 0.58 | ||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Any heavy drinking | 12 | 40.0 | 21 | 35.0 | ||
| Any sex work partner | 18 | 60.0 | 33 | 55.0 | ||
| Sex without condom | 12 | 40.0 | 18 | 30.0 | ||
| Injected with used syringe in past 4 weeks | 14 | 46.7 | 33 | 55.0 | ||