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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

From: HIV- and hepatitis C-related risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Uganda: implications for policy and programming

Characteristic

Kampala

Mbale

Number (%)

Number (%)

Biological sex of participant

 Male

77 (81.1)

25 (83.3)

 Female

18 (18.9)

5 (16.7)

Age of participant

 18–24

32 (33.7)

12 (40.0)

 25–29

35 (36.8)

16 (36.7)

 30–34

15 (15.8)

3 (10.0)

 35 and above

13 (13.7)

4 (13.3)

Marital status

 Never married/single

47 (49.5)

17 (56.7)

 Married or living together

28 (29.5)

10 (33.3)

 Divorced/separated

19 (20.0)

3 (10.0)

 Widowed

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

Highest level of education

 No education

3 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

 Primary incomplete

19 (20.0)

7 (23.3)

 Completed primary education

23 (24.2)

2 (6.7)

 Secondary

34 (35.8)

16 (53.3)

 Post-secondary

16 (16.8)

5 (16.7)

Occupation of respondent

 Artisan/builder/carpenter/mechanic

19 (20.0)

4 (13.3)

 Temporary/informal/casual work

9 (9.5)

13 (43.3)

 Sex work

15 (15.8)

2 (6.7)

 Transporter

15 (15.8)

0 (0.0)

 Trade/business

9 (9.5)

2 (6.7)

 Entertainer/artist

8 (8.4)

0 (0.0)

 Fishing

7 (7.4)

0 (0.0)

 Salon/beauty/health club

3 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

 Student

0 (0.0)

2 (6.7)

 Bar/hotel worker

0 (0.0)

1 (3.3)

 Other

4 (4.2)

5 (16.7)

 None

6 (6.3)

1 (3.3)