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Table 6.

Associations between harm reduction client characteristics and correctly answering true or false questions about decriminalization among harm reduction clients aware of BC’s decriminalization policy

	Accurately answered ‘false’ to: “police can take drugs if holding less than the allowable amount” (n = 249)					Accurately answered ‘true’ to: “people can be arrested for trafficking no matter how much drug they have on them” (n = 247)
	Risk Ratio	95% Confidence Interval		P-value	χ²₁, P-value	Risk Ratio	95% Confidence Interval		P-value	χ²₁,P-value
		Lower CI	Upper CI				Lower CI	Upper CI
Health Authority					4.61, 0.33					3.90, 0.42
Fraser	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Interior	0.74	0.57	0.97	0.03		0.75	0.54	1.06	0.10
Island	0.95	0.78	1.15	0.58		0.84	0.63	1.13	0.26
Northern	0.72	0.53	0.99	0.04		0.96	0.63	1.46	0.86
Vancouver Coastal	0.74	0.53	1.05	0.09		0.85	0.58	1.26	0.42
Community size					11.38, < 0.01					2.23, 0.33
Large population	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Medium population	0.57	0.44	0.75	< 0.001		1.14	0.83	1.55	0.42
Small population	0.85	0.69	1.05	0.13		1.16	0.83	1.63	0.39
Housing concerns past 6 months					0.01, 0.91					0.64, 0.43
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.12	0.93	1.35	0.24		0.98	0.79	1.22	0.86
Internet Access					4.71, 0.03					1.42, 0.23
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.55	1.05	2.31	0.03		1.28	0.88	1.85	0.20
Age group					5.14, 0.02					2.05, 0.15
40 and older	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
19–39	1.30	1.09	1.55	0.003		0.82	0.65	1.03	0.08
Sex/gender					0.002, 0.96					1.27, 0.26
Cis man	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Cis woman	1.02	0.89	1.17	0.73		0.85	0.66	1.09	0.21
Opioid use past 3 days					3.06, 0.08					0.12, 0.72
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.09	0.92	1.28	0.31		1.27	0.99	1.62	0.06
Simulant use past 3 days					1.48, 0.22					1.32, 0.25
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.07	0.88	1.30	0.49		0.90	0.71	1.14	0.37

¹Pearson’s Chi-squared test statistic and p-value