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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative PWID

From: Prevalence and risk factors of HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Cambodia: findings from a national survey

 

Total (n = 310)

HIV test result

Positive (n = 47)

Negative (n = 263)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-value*

Living in an urban community

284 (91.6)

46 (97.9)

238 (90.5)

0.15

Female gender

83 (26.8)

18 (38.3)

65 (24.7)

0.07

Age group

0.001

 18–24

59 (19.1)

1 (2.1)

58 (22.1)

 

 25–34

130 (42.1)

19 (40.4)

111 (42.4)

 

  ≥ 35

120 (38.8)

27 (57.4)

93 (35.5)

 

Ethnicity

0.23

 Khmer

244 (79.0)

34 (72.3)

210 (80.2)

 

 Vietnam

65 (21.0)

13 (27.7)

52 (19.8)

 

Current marital status

0.008

 Never married

125 (40.3)

12 (25.5)

113 (43.0)

 

 Married

126 (40.6)

19 (40.4)

107 (40.7)

 

 Widowed/divorced/separated

59 (19.0)

16 (34.0)

43 (16.3)

 

Level of formal education completed

0.03

 Primary (0–6 years)

174 (56.1)

34 (72.3)

140 (53.2)

 

 Secondary school (7–9 years)

75 (24.2)

9 (19.1)

66 (25.1)

 

 High school or higher (≥10 years)

61 (19.7)

4 (8.5)

57 (21.7)

 

Living arrangement

0.003

 In the street (homeless)

84 (27.1)

21 (44.7)

63 (24.0)

 

 With family or relatives

122 (39.4)

11 (23.4)

111 (42.2)

 

 In own dwelling

60 (19.4)

5 (10.6)

55 (20.9)

 

 With friends

15 (4.8)

5 (10.6)

10 (3.8)

 

 Other

29 (9.4)

5 (10.6)

24 (9.1)

 

Main occupation

0.74

 Unemployed

39 (12.6)

5 (10.6)

34 (12.9)

 

 Entertainment worker

32 (10.3)

3 (6.4)

29 (11.0)

 

 Office worker

79 (25.5)

15 (31.9)

64 (24.3)

 

 Laborer/farmer

116 (37.4)

17 (36.2)

99 (37.6)

 

 Other

44 (14.2)

7 (14.9)

37 (14.1)

 

Average monthly income in the past 6 months (US$)

0.009

  < 100

112 (36.2)

22 (46.8)

90 (34.4)

 

 100–199

131 (42.4)

22 (46.8)

109 (41.6)

 

  ≥ 200

66 (21.4)

3 (6.4)

63 (24.0)

 
  1. Abbreviations: HIV human immunodeficiency virus, PWID people who inject drugs
  2. *Chi-square (or Fisher’s exact test when a cell count was smaller than 5) was used