Table 1 Descriptive statistics

Age (years)

44.15

33

% Male

87.88%

33

% Heterosexual

96.97%

33

% Unemployed

75.75%

33

% Experienced homelessness in past year

21.21%

33

% Graduate high school (or higher)

54.55%

33

% Married or living together as married

21.24%

33

% Annual income < $5000

51.52%

33

Average money spent on drugs daily

$41

33

% Currently covered by health insurance

90.91%

33

% Ever participated in a drug treatment program

15.15%

33

Number of years injecting

20.91

33

Age at first injection

22.27

33

% Injected 4 or more times per day

30.30%

33

% Injected 2–3 times per day

39.39%

33

% Tested positive for HIV

3.03%

33

% Tested positive for HCV

84.84%

33

Last time you injected with someone did you…

Use a needle after someone else

7.14%

28

Use a sterile needle

84.62%

26

Use a cooker, water, or cotton that someone else had used

71.43%

28

Use drugs that had been divided with a syringe that someone else had used

32.14%

28