Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia

Table 1 Demographics of IDU by sex work status

	Sex workers % (n = 22)	Non-sex workers % (n = 132)
female	77	23
transgender	0	0
Age (M)	32	33
Years education (M)	8.9	9.7
ATSI	59**	28
not engaged in other employment	96	85
homeless	5	12
prison history	64	68
in drug treatment past 6 months	68	66
currently in drug treatment	45	47
criminal activity main income past month	0	28

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