Table 1 Demographics and substance use (n = 420)
Category | % (95 % C.I.) |
|---|---|
Age | Â |
18–24 | 11.3 (7.1-15.6) |
25–34 | 34.4 (28.2-40.6) |
35–44 | 28.7 (23.7-33.6) |
45+ | 25.6 (19.8-31.4) |
Place of birth | Â |
New Delhi | 38.3 (26.7-50.0) |
Uttar Pradesh | 27.9 (22.2-33.6) |
Other | 33.7 (25.2-42.3) |
Mother tongue | Â |
Hindi | 74.4 (67.5-81.3) |
Punjabi | 6.5 (3.6-9.5) |
Bengali | 4.6 (1.95-7.3) |
Nepali | 4.3 (2.1-6.5) |
Other | 10.2 (6.0-14.4) |
Marital status | Â |
Never married | 53.3 (46.4-60.1) |
Currently married | 24.6 (17.8-31.4) |
Divorced / separated | 15.5 (12.0-19.0) |
Widowed | 6.6 (3.0-10.2) |
Number of children | Â |
None | 60.3 (53.7-66.9) |
1–2 children | 26.4 (22.0-30.9) |
3–4 children | 10.4 (6.3-14.5) |
5+ | 2.9 (0.6-5.2) |
Current tobacco use | Â |
[smoking, chewing or in paan] | Â |
Daily | 93.2 (90.1-96.2) |
Less than daily | 4.9 (2.3-7.6) |
Not at all | 1.9 (0.5-3.3) |
Alcohol use – past month |  |
Have never consumed alcohol | 21.1 (14.4-27.7) |
Not used in past month | 43.4 (36.1-50.7) |
Less than once a week | 9.5 (6.9-12.1) |
At least once a week | 19.1 (14.4-23.7) |
Everyday | 7.0 (3.3-10.7) |
Age at first injection | Â |
≤13 | 34.1 (29.1-39.0) |
14–16 | 26.2 (21.6-30.8) |
17–19 | 18.3 (13.7-22.9) |
20+ | 21.5 (15.9-27.1) |
Drugs used in the last 3Â months a | Â |
Pheniramine maleate | 99.0 (98.1-100.0) |
Buprenorphine | 97.4 (95.4-99.3) |
Heroin | 76.6 (69.9-83.3) |
Marijuana | 73.0 (63.4-82.7) |
Diazepam | 53.0 (44.8-61.1) |
Promethazine | 42.3 (35.6-48.9) |
Spasmoproxyvon | 26.5 (19.1-33.9) |
Pentazocine / morphine | 25.1 (19.6-30.6) |
Other | 22.2 (17.1-27.4) |
Main drug injected in last 3Â months b | Â |
Buprenorphine base | 76.9 (69.7-84.1) |
Heroin base | 18.0 (11.6-24.3) |
Other | 5.2 (1.7-8.6) |
Number of times injected during past week | Â |
≤7 | 14.4 (10.4-18.3) |
8–14 | 28.7 (23.0-34.3) |
15–21 | 36.4 (30.9-42.0) |
22+ | 20.5 (15.5-25.5) |