TABLE 2.
Correlates of Recent Nights in Jail Among Homeless and Marginally Housed Persons: San Francisco, CA, August 2003–April 2004
| Males |
Females |
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| OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Median age | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | … | 0.6 (0.3, 1.0) | … |
| White race | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | … | 1.3 (0.7, 2.4) | … |
| Less than high school | 1.3 (1.0, 1.8) | … | 0.8 (0.4, 1.6) | … |
| Median monthly income | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | … | 0.8 (0.4, 1.4) | … |
| Nights spent in a shelter, past y | ||||
| 0 (Ref) | 1.00 | … | 1.00 | … |
| 1–90 | 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) | … | 1.6 (0.8, 3.4) | … |
| > 90 | 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) | … | 1.5 (0.7, 3.1) | … |
| Nights spent on the street, past y | ||||
| 0 (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1–90 | 2.2 (1.5, 3.2) | 2.1 (1.3, 3.4) | 2.2 (0.9, 4.8) | 0.8 (0.3, 2.0) |
| > 90 | 2.1 (1.5, 3.1) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) | 5.0 (2.2, 11.6) | 3.1 (1.2, 7.9) |
| Nights spent in a single-room occupancy hotel, past y | ||||
| 0 (Ref) | 1.00 | … | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1–90 | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | … | 2.8 (1.3, 6.0) | 2.1 (0.9, 5.1) |
| > 90 | 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) | … | 0.5 (0.2, 1.0) | 0.3 (0.1, 0.6) |
| HIV positive | 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) | … | 1.0 (0.3, 2.5) | … |
| Recent mental health treatment | 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) | 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) | 1.2 (0.6, 2.3) | … |
| Substance use, past 30 d | ||||
| Stimulants | 2.8 (2.1, 3.8) | 2.5 (1.7, 3.6) | 4.3 (2.3, 8.1) | 4.0 (1.9, 8.7) |
| Heroin | 3.5 (2.3, 5.3) | 3.1 (1.8, 5.2) | 5.4 (2.6, 11.6) | 4.7 (1.9, 12.3) |
| Heavy alcohol use | 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) | … | 2.3 (1.2, 4.4) | … |
| Any sex trade participation, past 12 mo | 3.0 (2.0, 4.5) | 2.2 (1.3, 3.6) | 3.3 (1.6, 6.7) | … |
| Living with any children | 1.3 (0.4, 4.0) | … | 0.3 (0.1, 0.9) | … |
Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Ellipses indicate no estimate was made; either a reference group or the variable did not remain in the multivariate model.