Table 1 PWID profile(N = 740)
From: People who inject drugs (PWID) and HIV/aids cases in Mexico City: 1987–2015
Amphetamines | Cocaine | Heroine | Opiates | Hallucinogens | Sedatives | Other non medical drugs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 18 (2.4%) | n = 293 (38.2%) | n = 184 (24.9%) | n = 90 (12.6%) | n = 39 (5.3%) | n = 63 (8.5%) | n = 53 (7.2%) | |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 83.3 | 84.3 | 83.6 | 81.1 | 84.6 | 69.8 | 79.2 |
Female | 16.7 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 18.9 | 15.4 | 30.2 | 20.8 |
Civil Status | |||||||
Married | – | 91.8 | 84.7 | 86.7 | 79.5 | 92.1 | 88.7 |
Divorced | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Separated | – | – | – | – | – | 7.9 | – |
Single | 100 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 17.9 | – | 11.3 |
Common law | – | 1.0 | 1.6 | – | 2.6 | – | – |
Socioeconomic level | |||||||
Low | 100.0 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 21.1 | 23.1 | 12.5 | 11.3 |
Medium | – | 85.3 | 84.2 | 78.9 | 76.9 | 87.3 | 88.7 |
Education level | |||||||
S/E | – | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | – | 3.3 | – |
Primary school incomplete | – | 7.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
Primary complete | 5.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 3.8 |
Secondary incomplete | 27.8 | 19.9 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 10.3 | 26.2 | 7.5 |
Secondary complete | 22.2 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 21.3 | 12.8 | 24.6 | 20.8 |
Technical incomplete | – | 1.7 | 2.8 | – | 5.1 | – | – |
Technical complete | – | 5.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 | – | 4.9 | 1.9 |
High school incomplete | 22.2 | 25.1 | 18.2 | 12.4 | 46.2 | 14.8 | 30.2 |
High school complete | 16.7 | 4.9 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 18.9 |
University studies incomplete | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
University complete | – | 1.7 | 2.2 | 5.6 | – | 6.6 | 7.5 |
Postgraduate incomplete | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Postgraduate complete | – | .3 | – | – | – | 1.6 | – |
Occupation | |||||||
Housewife | – | 2.5 | 1.7 | 4.7 | – | 6.5 | 3.8 |
Employee or retailers | 50 | 23.2 | 16 | – | 7.9 | 27.4 | 18.9 |
Student | 18.8 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 34.2 | 14.5 | 18.9 |
Professionist | – | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.5 | – | 1.6 | 1.9 |
No occupation | 12.5 | 29.3 | 41.2 | 36.0 | 36.8 | 24.2 | 24.5 |
Underemployed, casual laborer | 18.7 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 26.7 | 21.0 | 25.8 | 32.1 |