Total | ||
n | % | |
Demographic background | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 565 | 70.2 |
Female | 240 | 29.8 |
Age, years | ||
10–14 | 305 | 37.9 |
15–17 | 351 | 43.6 |
18–19 | 149 | 18.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Ukrainian | 551 | 68.4 |
Russian | 143 | 17.8 |
Other/ I don't know | 111 | 13.8 |
Living arrangement | ||
Live with adult relatives | 333 | 41.4 |
Live with friends | 419 | 52.0 |
Ever institutionalised in care facility | 459 | 57.0 |
Educational level | ||
Never attended school | 30 | 3.9 |
Up to full elementary | 154 | 19.4 |
Up to basic secondary | 585 | 73.8 |
Full secondary | 24 | 3.0 |
Orphan status | ||
Double orphan* | 269 | 33.4 |
Single orphan | 352 | 43.7 |
Not an orphan | 184 | 22.9 |
Ever experienced police harassment | 608 | 75.5 |
Ever been incarcerated in prison/juvenile detention | 403 | 50.1 |
HIV risk and sexual health | ||
Injecting drugs (ever use) | 125 | 15.5 |
IDU injecting in the past month | 65 | 53.3 |
IDU past month sharing needles/syringes | 15 | 44.1 |
Ever had vaginal sex | 585 | 73.5 |
Sex with a casual partner in past year | 438 | 54.4 |
Condom use at last casual sex | 161 | 46.7 |
Sex with a commercial partner in past year | 161 | 20.0 |
Condom use at last commercial sex | 85 | 63.9 |
Ever had anal sex between men (among boys) | 54 | 9.8 |
Condom use at last MSM sex | 9 | 36.0 |
Ever pregnant (among girls) | 44 | 18.3 |
Ever had an abortion (among girls) | 30 | 12.5 |
Use of services | ||
IDU obtaining needles from pharmacy | 69 | 55.2 |
IDU obtaining needles from needle exchange or outreach | 14 | 11.2 |
Ever had an HIV test | 179 | 22.3 |
Had HIV test in past year and know results | 99 | 12.3 |
Ever received condoms from an outreach worker | 40 | 5.0 |
↵* Numbers may not add up to 100% when multiple responses or ‘no answer’ were options.
IDU, injecting drug users; MSM, men who have sex with men.