Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana

Table 3

Unweighted and weighted characteristics of respondents by variable type according to people who inject drugs.

	Unweighted	Weighted
	n (%)	n (%)
Factor	52 (100)	52 (100)
Age group at start of injecting drugs
<15 years	12 (23.1)	3 (5.6)
15–19 years	12 (23.1)	12 (23.9)
20–24 years	11 (21.2)	13 (25.0)
25–29 years	14 (26.9)	9 (16.6)
>30 years	12 (23.1)	15 (28.9)
Person who introduced injecting
A relative or family member	3 (5.9)	4 (8.3)
A person you use drugs with	4 (7.8)	3 (5.7)
A friend/an acquaintance	42 (82.4)	42 (82.1)
A stranger	1 (2.0)	1 (2.6)
Others	1 (2.0)	1 (1.3)
Drug injected at first time^(M)
Cocaine	22 (42.3)	27 (51.1)
Crack	9 (17.3)	5 (10.1)
Heroin	8 (15.4)	11 (21.0)
Marijuana	1 (2.0)	0 (0.9)
Crystal meth/methamphetamine	1 (2.0)	0 (0.6)
Tramad	6 (11.5)	4.6 (8.9)
Pethidine	6 (11.5)	4 (8.2)
Ever changed from one injecting drug to the other
Yes	16 (31.4)	13 (25.8)
No	34 (66.7)	36 (69.9)
Nonresponse	1 (2.0)	2 (4.3)
What did it change to?
Cocaine	7 (43.8)	8 (52.7)
Crack	4 (25.0)	3 (16.9)
Heroin	2 (12.5)	2 (10.9)
Crystal meth/methamphetamine	1 (6.3)	1 (6.2)
Other	2 (12.5)	2 (13.2)
Last time injected drugs
Within the last 7 days	37 (71.2)	37 (70.9)
More than 7 days to 1 month	4 (7.7)	3 (6.1)
More than 1 month up to 6 months	5 (9.6)	4 (6.8)
More than 6 up and to 12 months	2 (3.9)	3 (6.5)
More than 12 months	4 (7.7)	5 (9.8)
Commonly injected drugs
Cocaine	23 (45.1)	28 (55.2)
Crack	9 (17.7)	6 (12.4)
Heroin	7 (13.7)	8 (14.9)
Crystal meth/methamphetamine	1 (2.0)	0 (0.7)
Tramadol	6 (11.7)	5 (9.1)
Pethidine	4 (7.8)	3 (6.9)
Other	1 (2.0)	0 (0.9)
Number of times per day drug is injected
1 time/day	14 (27.5)	0 (27.6)
2 times/day	13 (25.5)	13 (25.2)
3 times/day	9 (17.7)	9 (17.5)
4+ times/day	15 (29.4)	15 (29.8)
Commonly use two or more drugs together
No	31 (67.4)	32 (69.6)
Yes	15 (32.6)	14 (30.4)