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Table 1 Study Sample (N = 100) Demographic Characteristics

From: Double jeopardy--drug and sex risks among Russian women who inject drugs: initial feasibility and efficacy results of a small randomized controlled trial

 

Total Sample

(N= 100)

Nutrition Condition

(n= 49)

Woman-Focused Intervention Condition

(n= 51)

 

n (%) a or M ( SD )

Mean age

25.9 (SD = 3.0)

26.0 (SD = 2.8)

25.7 (SD = 3.1)

Education

   Less than high school

20 (20%)

12 (24.5%)

8 (15.7%)

   High school or greater

80 (80%)

37 (75.5%)

43 (84.3%)

Marital status

   Single

17 (17%)

8 (16.3%)

9 (17.7%)

   Involved, Married, or Living as Married

68 (68%)

32 (65.3%)

36 (70.6%)

   Separated, Divorced, Widowed

15 (15%)

9 (18.4%)

6 (11.8%)

Ever told HIV+ (yes)

57 (57%)

26 (53.1%)

31 (60.8%)

Ever traded sex for drugs, money, clothing, shelter, or any other goods (yes)

44 (44.4%)

22 (44.9%)

22 (44.0%)

Ever used a female condom with main sex partner (yes)b

2 (2.8%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (2.7%)

Mean age at first time injected

18.5 (3.2 SD)

18.9 (3.3 SD)

18.1 (3.0 SD)

Intimate partner helped inject first time (yes)

22 (22%)

10 (20.8%)

12 (23.5%)

Ever shared works that had been used by someone else (yes)

50 (50%)

21 (42.9%)

29 (56.9%)

  1. a Percentage of participants who responded Yes within the given intervention group
  2. b Of those that had main sex partners