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Table 3 Characteristics of peer recruiters by performance (2011)

From: Strategies for recruiting injection drug users for HIV prevention services in Delhi, India

 

Recruited no peers (n = 2949)a

Recruited at least one peer (n = 231)a

P-value

Median network size

10

10

 

Time since initiating injection drug use

   

  <1 year

981 (33.5)

85 (37.4)

 

  2-5 years

1215 (41.5)

89 (39.2)

0.474

  6-10 years

519 (17.7)

34 (15.0)

 

  >11 years

212 (7.3)

19 (8.4)

 

Risky injection practices in the past one month b

   

  Never

1192 (41.3)

83 (36.9)

0.198

  At least sometimes

1696 (58.7)

142 (63.1)

 

Number of injections on last day injected

   

  One

1141 (38.7)

90 (39.0)

0.987

  Two

1001 (34.0)

79 (34.2)

 

  Three or more

806 (27.3)

62 (26.8)

 

Accommodation

   

  Living with family/relatives

1257 (42.7)

118 (51.1)

0.046

  Living in rented/paying guest home

475 (16.1)

32 (13.9)

 

  Living in street/slum/public places

1214 (41.2)

81 (35.0)

 
  1. aAmong IDUs who were given peer referral coupons by study staff.
  2. bRisky injection behavior index includes the following practices in the past one month: (i) Using used needle or syringe; (ii) Back/front loaded/split drugs; (iii) Shared vial/cooker/container/cotton/filter/water; (iv) Received pre-filled injection; or (v) Drew up drugs from common container.