The Impact of Social Structures on Deviant Behaviors: The Study of 402 High Risk Street Drug Users in Iran

Table 1

Baseline characteristic of participants.

Variables	Frequency; (%)
Sex (399)
Male	386 (96.5)
Female	14 (3.5)
Age (years) (382)
20–29	148 (38.7)
30–39	164 (42.9)
≥40	70 (18.3)
Marital status (387)
Single	189 (46.3)
Divorce	109 (27.1)
Married	92 (22.9)
Educational level (389)
Illiterate	35 (9.0)
Primary/secondary school	239 (61.4)
High school	100 (25.7)
University	15 (3.9)
Occupation
Yes	328 (85.2)
No	57 (14.8)
Age of onset (382)
≤20	220 (57.6)
21–30	129 (33.8)
≥31	33 (8.6)
Addiction duration (years) (370)
≤5	160 (42.9)
≥6	213 (57.1)
Addiction treatment history (383)
No	67 (17.5)
Yes	316 (82.5)
Medical treatment for addiction
Yes	104 (30.7)
No	235 (69.3)
Imprisonment history (381)
Yes	277 (72.7)
No	104 (27.3)
Needle sharing
Yes	21 (5.2)
No	381 (94.8)
Pre- or extramarital sex
Yes	43 (10.7)
No	359 (89.3)
Condomless sex
Yes	38 (19.5)
No	364 (90.5)