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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of injection drug users (IDUs) in Lahore and Quetta, Pakistan.

From: High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan

Characteristic

Total N = 351 (%)

Lahore n = 255 (%)

Quetta n = 96 (%)

χ2 p-value

Nationality

    

   Pakistani

331 (94.3)

254 (99.6)

77 (80.2)

 

   Afghan or Iranian

20 (5.7)

1 (0.4)

19 (19.8)

<0.001

Age (in years); mean (SD)

34.4 (8.9)

35.4 (8.5)

31 (9.2)

<0.001*

Any formal education

    

   No

197 (56.1)

141 (55.3)

56 (58.3)

 

   Yes

154 (43.9)

114 (44.7)

40 (41.7)

0.61

Marital status

    

   Single, divorced, widowed

281 (80.1)

39 (15.3)

31 (33.3)

 

   Married

70 (19.9)

216 (76.9)

65 (67.7)

<0.001

Currently employed

    

   No

244 (69.5)

180 (70.6)

64 (66.7)

 

   Yes

107 (30.5)

75 (19.1)

32 (33.3)

0.48

Being very poor (earned <3000 rupees/month)

    

   No

278 (79.2)

191 (74.9)

87 (90.6)

 

   Yes

73 (20.8)

64 (25.1)

9 (9.4)

0.001

Ever worked outside of Pakistan

    

   No

320 (91.2)

243 (95.3)

77 (80.2)

 

   Yes

31 (8.8)

12 (4.7)

19 (19.8)

<0.001

Homeless

    

   No

165 (47.0)

111 (43.5)

54 (56.3)

 

   Yes

186 (53.0)

144 (56.5)

42 (43.7)

0.03

HCV serostatus

    

   Negative

42 (12.0)

18 (7.1)

24 (25.0)

 

   Positive

309 (88.0)

237 (92.9)

72 (75.0)

<0.001

Ever heard of HCV before†

    

   No

283 (80.9)

194 (76.4)

89 (92.7)

 

   Yes

67 (19.1)

60 (23.6)

7 (7.3)

0.001

Ever heard of HIV before

    

   No

53 (15.1)

36 (14.1)

17 (17.7)

 

   Yes

298 (84.9)

219 (85.9)

79 (82.3)

0.40

  1. * P-value based on t-test.
  2. † One response was missing; percentages based on available data.
  3. SD = standard deviation