Table 2 Behavioral outcomes and exposure to drop-in center and outreach activities
Kunming (n = 336) | Gejiu (n = 204) | Nanning (n = 355) | Luzhai (n = 140) | Pooled sample (n = 1,035) | Matched Sample (n = 975) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Behavioral outcomes | ||||||
Injected heroin in the past 3 months | 72.6 | 81.4 | 83.9 | 81.4 | 75.8 | 80.2 |
Ever shared needles/syringes with others in the past 3 months (among those who used heroin in the past 3 months) | 5.0 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
(n = 244) | (n = 166) | (n = 298) | (n = 114) | (n = 822) | (n = 762) | |
Always kept a new needle on hand during the past 3 months (among those who used heroin in the past 3 months) | 26.2 | 38.8 | 24.8 | 29.4 | 28.0 | 32.3 |
Received an HIV test in the past 12 months | 67.6 | 75.9 | 52.1 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 71.6 |
Had sexual intercourse in the past 3 months | 61.6 | 46.1 | 52.4 | 55.0 | 57.8 | 54.6 |
Mean number of sex acts in the past 3 months | 13 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 13 |
(n = 207) | (n = 94) | (n = 186) | (n = 77) | (n = 564) | (n = 500) | |
Used condoms consistently with all partners in the past 3 months (among those who had sexual intercourse in the past 3 months) | 38.5 | 67.0 | 30.2 | 45.6 | 41.4 | 49.3 |
(n = 207) | (n = 94) | (n = 186) | (n = 77) | (n = 564) | (n = 500) | |
Program exposure | ||||||
Participated in either DiC activities or outreach in the past 12 months | 58.3 | 78.4 | 25.6 | 51.4 | 55.9 | 51.0 |
Participated in DiC activities and outreach in the past 12 months | 25.9 | 25.0 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 22.8 | 18.4 |
Participated in DiC activities only in the past 12 months | 22.0 | 50.5 | 7.0 | 38.6 | 24.2 | 24.9 |
Participated in outreach only in the past 12 months | 10.4 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 7.7 |