Table 3 Frequency of risk behaviors and HCV screening categorized by history of opioid agonist therapy (OAT)
| Â | People on OAT | People with a history of OAT | People with no history of OAT |
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics, n (%) | n = 621 | n = 241 | n = 949 |
Sex | |||
Male | 602 (96.9%) | 237 (98.3%) | 909 (95.3%) |
Female | 19 (3.1%) | 4 (1.7%) | 45 (4.7%) |
Highest educational level | Â | Â | Â |
Did not go to school | 62 (10.0%) | 12 (5.0%) | 86 (9.1%) |
Did not finish high school | 356 (57.3%) | 148 (61.4%) | 521 (54.9%) |
Finished high school | 137 (22.1%) | 55 (22.8%) | 238 (25.1%) |
Higher education | 47 (7.6%) | 18 (7.5%) | 82 (8.6%) |
Missing | 19 (3.1%) | 8 (3.3%) | 22 (2.3%) |
Monthly income | |||
Minimum wage or below | 508 (81.8%) | 191 (79.3%) | 709 (74.7%) |
Living wage | 87 (14.0%) | 33 (13.7%) | 158 (16.7%) |
Above living wage | 21 (3.4%) | 9 (3.7%) | 51 (5.4%) |
Missing | 5 (0.8%) | 8 (3.3%) | 31 (3.3%) |
Drug use, ever | |||
No | 52 (8.4%) | 66 (27.4%) | 390 (41.1%) |
Yes | 569 (91.6%) | 174 (72.2%) | 557 (58.7%) |
Injecting drug use, ever | |||
No | 468 (82.3%) | 153 (87.9%) | 506 (90.8%) |
Yes | 100 (17.6%) | 21 (12.1%) | 49 (8.8%) |
Shared injection equipment, ever | |||
No | 35 (35.0%) | 9 (42.7%) | 26 (53.1%) |
Yes | 57 (57.0%) | 11 (52.4%) | 21 (42.7%) |
Missing | 8 (8.0%) | 1 (4.8%) | 2 (4.1%) |
HCV screening, ever | |||
No | 395 (63.6%) | 142 (58.9%) | 622 (65.5%) |
Do not know | 24 (3.9%) | 16 (6.6%) | 71 (7.5%) |
Yes, currently have HCV | 12 (1.9%) | 3 (1.2%) | 8 (0.8%) |
Yes, currently do not have HCV | 54 (8.7%) | 34 (14.1%) | 107 (11.3%) |
Yes, do not know the current status | 136 (21.9%) | 45 (18.7%) | 137 (14.4%) |