Research Article

Willingness to Participate in Hypothetical HIV Vaccine Trial and Associated Factors among People Who Inject Drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 2

Risk behaviours of respondents.

BehaviourNumber (%),

Age at onset of injecting drugs (, ) years
Shared needle/syringes
 Yes146 (37.9)
 No or do not remember240 (62.1)
Number of people shared needle/syringes
 One or two86 (58.9)
 Three or more60 (41.1)
Frequency of needle or syringe sharing with other people
 One or two times46 (31.0)
 Three times or above100 (69.0)
Types of agents used to clean needle/syringe before sharing
 Coldwater109 (83.2)
 Othersd22 (16.8)
Number of sexual partners
 One or two49 (12.7)
 Three or more337 (87.3)
Had sexual intercourse with nonregular partner in the last 6 months
 Yes184 (47.7)
 No or do not remember202 (52.3)
Used condom with nonregular partners in the last intercourse
 Yes89 (48.6)
 No or do not remember94 (51.4)
Partner injecting drugs
 Yes63 (31.7)
 No136 (68.3)
Exchanged sex for money, drugs, or other services
 Yes166 (43.0)
 No220 (57.0)

SD: standard deviation. dJik, hot water, spirit, and dry cloth.