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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the 295 participants of the project "Assessing HIV Oral Testing of Brazilian Drug Users".

From: Knowledge of AIDS and HIV transmission among drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Variables

n

%

Gender

  

   Male

227

77.0

   Female

68

23.0

Marital status (N = 294)

  

   Single

167

56.8

   Married/Living together

90

30.6

   Separated/Divorced

34

11.6

   Widowed

3

1.0

Homeless

  

   Yes

12

4.1

   No

281

95.3

   Don't know/Not sure

2

0.7

Race/Skin color (N = 294)

  

   White

61

20.8

   Black

123

41.8

   Brown

96

32.7

   Indian

3

1.0

   Other

11

3.7

Income in the last 30 days (N = 293)

  

   None

59

20.1

   < R$300

91

31.1

   R$ 300 to R$ 599

93

31.7

   R$ 600 to R$ 1.199

33

11.3

   R$ 1.200 to R$ 1.799

13

4.4

   R$ 1.800 or more

3

1.0

   Don't know/Not sure

1

0.3

Continuous variables

median (IQR*)

Age

29 (23; 40)

Years of education

8 (6; 10)

Median income in the last 6 monts (in Reais) (N = 294)

350 (175; 500)

Spent on drugs in the last week (in Reais) (N = 287)

50 (20; 150)

  1. Rio de Janeiro, 2006
  2. * IQR: Interquartile range. Denotes Quartile 1 (25%) and Quartile 3 (75%)