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. 2024 Oct 5;13:100285. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100285

Table 2.

Bivariate associations with being willing to distribute naloxone to PWUD.


Willingness to Distribute Naloxone to PWUD

Full sample (n=227)
PWUD (n=47)
Yes
n=142; 62.6 %
No
n=85; 37.4 %
p Yes
n=34; 61.8 %
No
n=21; 38.2 %
p
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Age, M (SD) 42.5 (12.9) 46.1 (15.1) 0.118 41.2 (11.2) 40.9 (14.0) 0.912
Gender 0.149a 0.807a
Men 50 (54.9 %) 41 (45.1 %) 14 (56.0 %) 11 (44.0 %)
Women 88 (67.7 %) 42 (32.3 %) 18 (66.7 %) 9 (33.3 %)
Other 4 (66.7 %) 2 (33.3 %) 2 (66.7 %) 1 (33.3 %)
Sexual Minority Status 0.209a 0.725a
 No 124 (61.4 %) 78 (38.6 %) 27 (60.0 %) 18 (40.0 %)
 Yes 18 (72.0 %) 7 (28.0 %) 7 (70.0 %) 3 (30.0 %)
Education 0.314a 0.074a
Less than High School 19 (67.9 %) 9 (32.1 %) 3 (33.3 %) 6 (66.7 %)
High School Equivalent 52 (56.5 %) 40 (43.5 %) 10 (55.6 %) 8 (44.4 %)
Some College or More 71 (66.4 %) 36 (33.6 %) 21 (75.0 %) 7 (25.0 %)
Self-Identified Homelessness 0.144a 0.287
 No 127 (61.1 %) 81 (38.9 %) 26 (57.8 %) 19 (42.2 %)
 Yes 15 (78.9 %) 4 (21.1 %) 8 (80.0 %) 2 (20.0 %)
Health Insurance 0.631a 0.287a
 No 13 (68.4 %) 6 (31.6 %) 8 (80.0 %) 2 (20.0 %)
 Yes 129 (62.0 %) 79 (38.0 %) 26 (57.8 %) 19 (42.2 %)
Relationship Status 0.197 0.139a
In a Relationship 71 (67.0 %) 35 (33.0 %) 14 (77.8 %) 4 (22.2 %)
Single 71 (58.7 %) 50 (41.3 %) 20 (54.1 %) 17 (45.9 %)
Employment 0.699 0.445a
Not working 44 (66.7 %) 22 (33.3 %) 11 (73.3 %) 4 (26.7 %)
Full time 73 (61.3 %) 46 (38.7 %) 12 (63.2 %) 7 (36.8 %)
Less than full time 25 (59.5 %) 17 (40.5 %) 11 (52.4 %) 10 (47.6 %)
Any Hunger in the Past 6 months 0.685 0.781a
 No 100 (61.7 %) 62 (38.3 %) 14 (58.3 %) 10 (41.7 %)
 Yes 42 (64.6 %) 23 (35.4 %) 20 (64.5 %) 11 (35.5 %)
Witnessed Overdoses (past 6 months)
Witnessed Any Non-Fatal Overdoses# 0.182a 0.746a
 No 116 (60.7 %) 75 (39.3 %) 25 (61.0 %) 16 (39.0 %)
 Yes 26 (74.3 %) 9 (25.7 %) 9 (69.2 %) 4 (30.8 %)
Witnessed Any Fatal Overdoses# 0.381a 1.000a
 No 132 (62.0 %) 81 (38.0 %) 30 (62.5 %) 18 (37.5 %)
 Yes 10 (76.9 %) 3 (23.1 %) 4 (66.7 %) 2 (33.3 %)
Indigenous Values
Importance of Indigenous Spirituality 0.097a 0.408a
Not at all/Not too Important 9 (45.0 %) 11 (55.0 %) 3 (42.9 %) 4 (57.1 %)
Somewhat/Very Important 133 (64.3 %) 74 (35.7 %) 31 (64.6 %) 17 (35.4 %)
Cultural Identity Scale Score, M (SD)# 18.2 (3.3) 18.1 (3.3) 0.846b 18.1 (3.3) 17.6 (3.8) 0.802b
Drug Use Characteristics and Stigma
Smoked Drugs 0.776a
 No -- -- 20 (58.8 %) 14 (41.2 %)
 Yes -- -- 14 (66.7 %) 7 (33.3 %)
Snorted Drugs 0.589a
 No -- -- 15 (57.7 %) 11 (42.3 %)
 Yes -- -- 19 (65.5 %) 10 (34.5 %)
Swallowed Drugs 1.000a
 No -- -- 12 (63.2 %) 7 (36.8 %)
 Yes -- -- 22 (61.1 %) 14 (38.9 %)
Injected Drugs 0.755a
 No -- -- 26 (63.4 %) 15 (36.6 %)
 Yes -- -- 8 (57.1 %) 6 (42.9 %)
Any Opioids 0.788a
 No -- -- 18 (60.0 %) 12 (40.0 %)
 Yes -- -- 16 (64.0 %) 9 (36.0 %)
Any Stimulants 0.578a
 No -- -- 14 (56.0 %) 11 (44.0 %)
 Yes -- -- 20 (66.7 %) 10 (33.3 %)
Any Other Drugs (except cannabis) 0.589a
 No -- -- 19 (65.5 %) 10 (34.5 %)
 Yes -- -- 15 (57.7 %) 11 (42.3 %)
Stigma Sum Score, M (SD) -- -- 7.3 (5.3) 6.5 (6.9) 0.385b

# n=1 missing; a indicates use of a Fischer's Exact test; b indicates use of a Mann-Whitney test