Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants
From: Hepatitis C reinfection in former and active injecting drug users in Belgium
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 49 (81.7) |
Female | 11 (18.3) |
Median age (IQR) | 51.0 (44.3–56.0) |
Age groups | |
< 30 | 2 (3.3) |
30–39 | 5 (8.3) |
40–49 | 19 (31.7) |
50–59 | 31 (51.7) |
≥ 60 | 3 (5.0) |
Birth country | |
Belgium | 51 (85.0) |
Other | 9 (15.0) |
Income | |
Employed | 12 (20.0) |
Temporary benefit (unemployed) | 15 (25.0) |
Temporary benefit (disability) | 31 (51.7) |
Retirement | 1 (1.7) |
No income | 1 (1.7) |
Education | |
Completed primary | 13 (21.7) |
Partly high school | 25 (40.0) |
High school | 18 (30.0) |
University/college | 5 (8.3) |
Housing | |
Owned/rented | 48 (80.0) |
Residential | 3 (5.0) |
Family/friends | 8 (13.3) |
Homeless | 1 (1.7) |
Household member with HCV | |
Yes | 13 (21.7) |
No | 47 (78.3) |
History of imprisonment | |
Yes | 41 (68.3) |
No | 19 (30.6) |
Potentially non-sterile tattoo/piercing | |
Yes | 28 (46.7) |
No | 32 (53.3) |
Unsafe sexual contacts | |
Yes | 59 (98.3) |
No | 1 (1.7) |
Number of unsafe sexual contacts | |
1–5 | 12 (20.3) |
6–10 | 10 (16.9) |
> 10 | 15 (25.4) |
Missing | 22 (37.3) |
Alcohol abuse | |
Never | 9 (15.0) |
In the past | 15 (25.0) |
< Monthly | 14 (23.3) |
< Weekly | 6 (10.0) |
> Weekly | 6 (10.0) |
Daily | 10 (16.7) |