Research Article
Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana
Table 1
Distribution of respondents’ (drug users and injectors) characteristics according to their HIV, HCV, and HBV status.
| | | Unweighted | Weighted | HIV | HCV | HBV | | 323 (100) n(%) | 323 (100) n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) |
| | Factor | | | % | % | % |
| | Age of participant, median (IQR) | 36 (28, 43) | 37 (28, 44) | 39 (28, 43) | 44 (34, 54) | 40 (32, 50) |
| | Age group of participants | | | | | | | 19–29 years | 91 (28.2) | 90 (27.7) | 30.3 | 17.0 | 13.7 | | 30–39 years | 112 (34.7) | 113 (35.1) | 24.5 | 29.0 | 32.7 | | 40–49 years | 75 (23.2) | 71 (22.1) | 45.3 | 21.3 | 21.6 | | >49 years | 42 (13.0) | 47 (14.6) | 0.0 | 32.7 | 25.5 | | Nonresponse | 3 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| | Highest level of education | | | | | | | Never attended school | 7 (2.2) | 7 (2.3) | 14.0 | 5.2 | 9.8 | | Primary | 75 (23.2) | 81 (25.0) | 15.1 | 39.4 | 23.5 | | JHS/middle school | 132 (40.9) | 128 (39.7) | 29.1 | 31.0 | 34.0 | | SHS/SSS/Voc./Tech. | 91 (28.2) | 96 (29.7) | 41.8 | 18.4 | 21.6 | | Tertiary | 18 (5.6) | 11 (3.4) | 0.0 | 5 .9 | 11.1 |
| | Employment status | | | | | | | Employed full-time | 125 (38.7) | 116 (36.0) | 36.1 | 49.8 | 13.7 | | Employed part-time | 64 (19.8) | 78 (24.1) | 30.1 | 23.6 | 55.0 | | Full-time student | 3 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Retired | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.7) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Unemployed | 129 (39.9) | 125 (38.6) | 33.8 | 26.6 | 31.4 |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | Single, never married | 196 (60.7) | 184 (57.0) | 78.0 | 62.5 | 52.3 | | Married | 85 (26.3) | 89 (27.4) | 3.5 | 22.6 | 21.6 | | Separated/divorced | 17 (5.3) | 24 (7.5) | 18.6 | 15.0 | 19.6 | | Widowed | 25 (7.7) | 26 (8.0) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| | Currently living with sexual partner | | | | | | | Yes | 118 (36.5) | 110 (34.1) | 32.6 | 15.6 | 39.2 | | No | 205 (63.5) | 213 (65.9) | 67.4 | 84.4 | 60.8 |
| | Monthly income | | | | | | | Less than 200 GHC | 70 (21.7) | 66 (20.3) | 36.1 | 11.2 | 27.5 | | 200 to 500 GHC | 78 (24.2) | 77 (23.8) | 39.4 | 41.7 | 29.4 | | 500 to 1000 GHC | 79 (24.5) | 84 (26.0) | 0.0 | 28.6 | 7.8 | | 1000 to 2000 GHC | 59 (18.3) | 60 (18.7) | 17.5 | 18.6 | 11.8 | | Above 2000 GHC | 23 (7.1) | 21 (6.5) | 7.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 | | Don’t know | 6 (1.9) | 8 (2.5) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | | Refuse to answer | 8 (2.5) | 7 (2.2) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | How respondents identify self | | | | | | | SW | 15 (4.6) | 13 (3.9) | 29.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | MSM | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.7) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | General population | 303 (93.8) | 305(94.4) | 70.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | Refuse to answer | 3 (0.9) | 3 (1.1) | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| | Age at start of using of drugs, median (IQR) | 20 (18, 25) | 20 (18, 26) | 16, 28 | 22, 33 | 17, 24 |
| | Age group at start of using drugs | | | | | | | <15 years | 14 (4.3) | 14 (4.4) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 15–19 years | 107 (33.1) | 100 (31.1) | 37.3 | 17.9 | 40.0 | | 20–24 years | 82 (25.4) | 83 (25.8) | 15.1 | 21.1 | 13.7 | | 25–29 years | 40 (12.4) | 39 (12.0) | 30.1 | 26.8 | 9.8 | | >30 years | 51 (15.8) | 55 (16.9) | 17.5 | 28.3 | 7.7 | | Non-response | 29 (9.0) | 32 (9.7) | 0.0 | 6.0 | 38.6 |
| | Age at start of injecting drugs, median (IQR) | 23.5 (19, 30) | 22 (18, 30) | 16, 16 | 20, 20 | 20, 35 |
| | Age group at start of injecting drugs | | | | | | | <15 years | 3 (5.8) | 3 (5.6) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 15–19 years | 12 (23.1) | 12 (23.9) | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 20–24 years | 12 (23.1) | 13 (25.0) | 0.0 | 100.0 | 40.0 | | 25–29 years | 11 (21.2) | 9 (16.6) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | >30 years | 14 (26.9) | 15 (28.9) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| | Regions | | | | | | | Greater accra | 108 (33.4) | 134 (41.5) | 37.1 | 94.1 | 41.2 | | Ashanti | 90 (27.9) | 76 (23.5) | 45.4 | 0.0 | 16.3 | | Western | 86 (26.6) | 93 (28.8) | 17.47 | 6.0 | 39.2 | | Northern | 39 (12.1) | 20 (6.1) | 00.00 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
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