Variables Guangxi Nanning
(N=291) %
Guangdong Dongguan
(N=407) %
Xinjiang Kashi
(N=297) %
Recruit settings Detocification center 39.2 99.8 99.3
Community 60.8 0.2 0.7
Gender Male 50.9 89.2 96.6
Female 49.1 9.8 3.4
Age ≤ 30 43.6 70.3 71.7
>30 56.4 29.7 28.3
Marital status Single 63.6 63.6 52.2
Married 36.4 35.4 47.8
Residence Local 98.6 28.5 100
Transient 1.4 71.5 0.0
Ethnic group Han-Chinese 82.7 86.5 1.7
Minority 17.3 11.5 98.3
Education ≤ 9 years 25.1 35.6 55.4
> 9 years 74.9 64.4 44.6
Monthly income ≤ 600 40.5 13.5 85.2
601-2000 9.6 36.4 9.1
>2000 3.5 27.8 1.3
N/A 46.4 22.3 4.4
Age at first drug use ≤ 30 90.6 88.5 83.7
>30 9.4 11.5 16.3
Injecting drug No 2.4 33.4 82.4
Yes 97.6 66.6 17.6
Commercial sex behaviour in last 12 months No 90.0 76.9 94.9
Yes 10.0 23.1 5.1
STD symptoms in last 12 months No 86.6 78.6 93.5
Yes 13.4 21.4 6.5
Table 1: Characteristics of samples in Guangxi Nanning, Guangdong Dongguan, and Xinjiang Kashi