|
Age (years)
|
29.6
|
28
|
24-33
|
|
Level of education (years)
|
5.3
|
5
|
0-7
|
|
Age initiated injecting (years)
|
25.8
|
24
|
21 - 29
|
|
Duration of injecting (years)
|
4.0
|
2
|
1 - 6
|
|
Number of daily injections
|
5.7
|
6
|
5 - 6
|
|
Dichotomous Variables
|
N
|
%
|
|
Ever married
|
224
|
46.4
|
|
Born in Afghanistan
|
418
|
87.1
|
|
Lived outside Afghanistan in last 5 years
|
310
|
64.7
|
|
Employed at enrollment
|
56
|
11.7
|
|
Prior incarceration
|
302
|
63.1
|
|
Initiated drug use with injecting
|
39
|
8.1
|
|
Initiated injecting in the last year
|
111
|
23.0
|
|
Initiated injection inside Afghanistan
|
321
|
66.5
|
|
Ever shared needles/syringes
|
81
|
16.9
|
|
Shared needles/syringes in last 3 months
|
31
|
6.4
|
|
Ever shared injecting equipment
|
189
|
38.4
|
|
Shared injecting equipment in last 3 months
|
132
|
27.3
|
|
Ever inject/re-aspirate blood (khoon bozee)
|
337
|
70.2
|
|
Prior addiction treatment
|
70
|
14.6
|
|
Ever paid woman for sex*
|
177
|
40.4
|
|
Ever had sex with another male*
|
49
|
11.1
|
|
Ever used condom*
|
49
|
11.1
|
