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Table 1 Social risk environment variables of PWID by city. México, 2012

From: Comparing risk environments for HIV among people who inject drugs from three cities in Northern Mexico

Social risk environment variables

Sample distribution by city

All (N = 1494)

Tijuana (n = 670)

Cd. Juarez (n = 432)

Hermosillo (n = 392)

Age (mean)***

38.9

38.8

29.2

35.7

Sex (%)***

 Women

34.8

25.9

7.9

25.2

 Men

65.2

74.1

92.1

74.8

Civil status (%)***

 Single

42.5

43.8

65.3

51.1

 Ever married

57.5

56.3

34.7

48.9

City of birth (%)***

 Born in the current city of residence

35.7

69.9

79.3

56.9

 Born in a different city

64.3

30.1

20.7

43.1

Educational attainment (%)***

    

 Uncompleted secondary or less

60.1

55.9

13.0

47.6

 Complete secondary or above

39.9

41.4

86.0

52.4

Have had at least once commercial sex partner during the last 6 months (%) (***)

 Yes

28.2

26.2

14.3

24.0%

 No

71.8

73.8

85.7

76.0%

Monthly income (%) (Mex. pesos)***

 Less than $3499

74.3

70.1

39.9

64.6

 More than $3499

25.7

29.9

60.1

35.4

Frequency of receptive sharing needles (%) ***

 Never

29.0

28.9

41.6

32.3

 Less than half of the times

37.9

33.3

29.6

34.4

 Half of the times

10.6

14.4

5.6

10.4

 More than half of the times

14.9

15.5

16.3

15.5

 Always

7.6

7.9

6.9

7.5

 Distribution

100%

100%

100%

100%

  1. Note: Significant differences by city of residence ***p < 0.01;