The role of drug treatment and recovery services: an opportunity to address injection initiation assistance in Tijuana, Mexico

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of PRIMER participants that completed the quantitative baseline survey in Tijuana, Mexico (n = 748)

*Categorical Variables*	*n (%)*
Gender
Men	457 (61.1)
Women	291 (38.9)
Housing Status
Stable Housing	465 (62.2)
Other	283 (27.8)
Marital Status
Married	326 (43.7)
Other	420 (56.3)
Injection Drug Use Frequency^a
Daily	607 (81.1)
Less Than Daily	41 (5.5)
None	100 (13.4)
Provided Injection Initiation Assistance^a
Yes	41 (5.5)
No	707 (94.5)
Enrolled in any Drug Treatment or Recovery Service^a
Yes	92 (12.3)
No	656 (87.7)
Voluntarily Enrolled in Abstinence-Based Drug Recovery Services^a
Yes	48 (6.4)
No	700 (93.6)
Enrolled in MAT^a
Yes	21 (2.8)
No	727 (97.2)

^aThe variable refers to activities during the previous six months; MAT: Medication-Assisted Treatment; SD: Standard Deviation

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