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Table 1 Characteristics of qualitative study sample compared to a representative sample of SIF clients (SEOSI)

From: The perspectives of injection drug users regarding safer injecting education delivered through a supervised injecting facility

 

Qualitative Interview Participants

SEOSI Cohort

Total Number

50

1090

Median Age (range)

38 (25–60)

38.4 (18.9–63.7)

Gender

  

   Female, n (%)

21(42)

313(29)

   Male, n (%)

28(56)

773(71)

   Trans-gendered, n (%)

1 (2)

4 (< 1)

Aboriginal Ethnicity

  

   Yes, n (%)

13(26)

211(19)

   No, n (%)

37(74)

879(81)