Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Risky Sexual Behavior Leading to HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Egyptian Substance Abusers: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sample characteristics and sexual history.
Sex
Male, (%)
361 (88.0%)
Female, (%)
49 (12.0%)
Age
374
Mean (SD)
28.63 (6.27)
Min.–Max.
16–53
If ever gone to school, what is the highest qualification you have?
Primary, (%)
17 (4.3%)
Preparatory, (%)
17 (4.3%)
Vocational, (%)
38 (9.7%)
Secondary, (%)
39 (9.9%)
College or institute, (%)
48 (12.2%)
University or higher, (%)
230 (58.5%)
No answer, (%)
4 (1.0%)
Intravenous drug usage (IVDU)
IVDUs, (%)
203 (49.5%)
Non-IVDU, (%)
207 (50.5%)
Have you ever been married?
Yes, (%)
165 (40.2%)
No, (%)
239 (58.3%)
No answer, (%)
6 (1.5%)
If married, how old were you when you first married?
165
Mean (SD)
24.81 (5.0)
Min.–Max.
14–38
What describes your current marital/sexual activity status?
Married and having sex with my wife/husband, (%)
85 (20.7%)
Married and having sex with another woman/man, (%)
14 (3.4%)
Married and not having sex with someone, (%)
8 (2.0%)
Unmarried and having sex with a woman/man, (%)
134 (32.7%)
Unmarried and not having sex with someone (%)
129 (31.5%)
No answer, (%)
40 (9.8%)
Have you ever had a sexual relationship before? (sex means vaginal or rectal sex)
Yes, (%)
387 (94.39%)
No, (%)
22 (5.37%)
No answer, (%)
1 (0.24%)
How old were you when you first had sex?
297
Mean (SD)
16.89 (3.5)
Min.–Max.
6–31
Don’t know, (%)
70 (23.6%)
No answer, (%)
20 (6.7%)
Have you had sex within the past 12 months?
Yes, (%)
303 (78.29%)
No, (%)
67 (17.31%)
Don’t know, (%)
7 (1.81%)
No answer, (%)
10 (2.58%)
In total, do you know how many were they in the past 12 months?
202
Mean (SD)
2.5 (2.3)
Min.–Max.
0–24
Don’t know, (%)
65 (32.17%)
No answer
36 (17.82%)
In those past 12 months, how many of them were regular sex partners, for example, as your wife/girl friend or husband/boyfriend or anybody else without money for sex?
204
Mean (SD)
1.4 (1.22)
Min.–Max.
0–9
1–3 regular partners
162 (79%)
4–6 regular partners
9 (4%)
7–9 regular partners
2 (1%)
Don’t know, (%)
31 (15%)
In those past 12 months how many of them were commercial sex workers?
173
Mean (SD)
0.85 (1.83)
Min.–Max.
0–17
1–3 CSWs
115 (66%)
4–6 CSWs
21 (12%)
7–9 CSWs
1 (1%)
10 or more CSWs
3 (2%)
Don’t know, (%)
33 (19%)
In the past 12 months, how many of those irregular sex partners have you never lived with except with money for sex?
171
Mean (SD)
1.22 (1.84)
Min.–Max.
0–12
Don’t know, (%)
47 (27.48%)
We talked about having sex with people from the other sex; now, have you ever had sex with a person of the same sex?
Yes, (%)
70 (18.08%)
No, (%)
164 (42.37%)
No answer, (%)
153 (39.53%)
Have you had sex with a person of your same sex, within the past 12 months?
