Risk Factors Associated with Unsafe Injection Practices at the First Injection Episode among Intravenous Drug Users in France: Results from PrimInject, an Internet Survey
Table 1
Characteristics of the sample (): numbers and percentages.
%
Recruitment
Internet
97
37.0
Outreach services
89
34.0
Drug clinics
36
13.7
Newspapers
10
3.8
Pharmacies
6
2.3
Other
24
9.2
Gender
Male
171
65.3
Female
91
34.7
Occupation at time of data collection
Employed
76
29.0
Unemployed
119
45.4
Student
67
25.6
Education
<High school graduation
132
50.8
High school graduation
60
23.1
>High school graduation
68
26.1
Early substance use
Drunkenness at the age of 14 or younger
168
64.1
Only cannabis at the age of 14 or younger
98
38.7
Other illegal drug use at the age of 14 or younger
52
20.6
Age under 18 at first injection
68
26.0
Location
In a private location
179
68.6
At a party
47
17.9
Circumstances
Injection planned (yes)
94
35.9
Injection while being alone
68
26.0
Injected by another person
138
52.7
Drug given (versus bought)
83
31.7
Substance first injected
Heroin
152
58.0
Cocaine, freebase, and crack
39
14.9
Other opiates
39
14.9
Other drugs
32
12.2
Injected in the last 30 days prior to data collection
