From: HIV knowledge and risk behaviors among drug users in three Vietnamese mountainous provinces
Characteristics | n | % |
---|---|---|
Self-assessed HIV status | ||
 No risk | 143 | 52.2 |
 Low risk | 67 | 24.5 |
 High risk | 64 | 23.4 |
Reasons for risk of HIV infection | ||
 Many partners | 18 | 14.1 |
 Sex without using condom | 17 | 13.3 |
 Drug-injection | 97 | 75.2 |
 Receiving blood transfusions | 6 | 4.7 |
Reasons for no risk of HIV infection | ||
 Being faithful | 65 | 35.0 |
 Using condom | 39 | 21.0 |
 Not sharing needles | 124 | 66.7 |
 Not having friends with HIV infection | 11 | 5.9 |
 Not having anal sex | 18 | 9.7 |
 Not having sex with female sex workers | 53 | 28.5 |
 Not receiving blood transfusions | 7 | 3.8 |