Table 1.
ROI Interview Participant Demographic Characteristics
| Interviewees | Total | Illinois | Kentucky | North Carolina | New England | Ohio | Oregon | Wisconsin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 (100%) | 22 (7%) | 57 (19%) | 65 (21%) | 22 (7%) | 26 (9%) | 52 (17%) | 60 (20%) | ||
| Male1 | 169 (55%) | 14 (64%) | 35 (61%) | 34 (52%) | 10 (45%) | 15 (58%) | 281 (54%) | 33 (54%) | |
| Average age | 36 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 35 | |
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 213 (70%) | 20 (91%) | 56 (98%) | 15 (23%) | 15 (68%) | not asked | 49 (94%) | 58 (97%) | |
| Black | 2 (1%) | 2 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | -- | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Native American | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (8%) | 1 (5%) | -- | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | |
| Mixed race | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | -- | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | |
| Other | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | -- | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Not given/Not asked2 | 75 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 432 (66%) | 62 (27%) | 262 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Interviewees | 304 (100%) | 22 (6%) | 57 (16%) | 65 (19%) | 22 (6%) | 26 (7%) | 52 (15%) | 60 (17%) | |
| Substance use | |||||||||
| Ever IDU | 288 (83%) | 20 (91%) | 57 (100%) | 65 (100%) | 21 (95%) | 17 (65%) | 52 (100%) | 56 (93%) | |
| Current IDU | 279 (80%) | 19 (86%) | 57 (100%) | 65 (100%) | 18 (82%) | 15 (58%) | 50 (96%) | 55 (92%) | |
| Heroin | 195 (56%) | 8 (36%) | 30 (53%) | 51 (78%) | 18 (82%) | 13 (50%) | 41 (79%) | 34 (57%) | |
| Fentanyl | 73 (21%) | 1 (5%) | 17 (30%) | 26 (40%) | 14 (64%) | 3 (12%) | 6 (12%) | 6 (10%) | |
| Methamphetamine | 210 (60%) | 14 (64%) | 37 (65%) | 61 (94%) | 4 (18%) | 6 (23%) | 47 (90%) | 41 (68%) | |
| Other | 193 (55%) | 4 (18%) | 54 (95%) | 61 (94%) | 15 (68%) | 10 (38%) | 21 (40%) | 28 (47%) | |
| Interviewees | 304 (100%) | 22 (7%) | 57 (19%) | 65 (21%) | 22 (7%) | 26 (9%) | 52 (17%) | 60 (20%) | |
| Education | |||||||||
| < High school | 56 (18%) | 1 (5%) | 21 (37%) | 13 (20%) | 3 (14%) | 7 (27%) | not asked | 11 (18%) | |
| H.S. or GED | 97 (32%) | 11 (50%) | 22 (39%) | 21 (32%) | 9 (41%) | 11 (42%) | -- | 23 (38%) | |
| Some college | 61 (20%) | 7 (32%) | 6 (11%) | 20 (31%) | 3 (14%) | 6 (23%) | -- | 19 (32%) | |
| Assoc/trade deg | 16 (5%) | 3 (14%) | 8 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | -- | 4 (7%) | |
| >= B.A. | 12 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (12%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | -- | 3 (5%) | |
| Not answered | 62 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (5%) | 6 (27%) | 1 (4%) | 52 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |
1. One non-male interviewee from Oregon identifies as “Neither”.
2. Some NC and NE interviewees did not give their race. Ohio did not ask interviewees their race.