Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics | Total N=428 | Tijuana N=222 | Cd. Juárez N=206 | Odds Ratio\ (95% C.I.) | P-value |
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Percent unless indicated | |||||
Demographics | |||||
Median age (IQR) | 34 (28, 40) | 34 (29, 40) | 33 (28, 42) | -- | 0.594 |
Female | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 1.11 (0.56–2.22) | 0.765 |
Socio-economic factors | |||||
Completed secondary school | 29.7 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 1.27 (0.84–1.92) | 0.264 |
Average monthly income ≥3000 pesos | 42.5 | 39.7 | 45.4 | 0.79 (0.53–1.18) | 0.256 |
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Sources of income, past 6 months: | |||||
Job with pay | 24.5 | 26.6 | 22.3 | 1.26 (0.81–1.96) | 0.308 |
Informal work/odd jobs | 56.5 | 43.7 | 70.4 | 0.33 (0.22–0.49) | <0.001 |
Family/friends | 8.4 | 4.1 | 13.1 | 0.28 (0.13–0.61) | 0.001 |
Illegal source (e.g. prostitution, selling drugs etc.) | 18.7 | 22.5 | 14.6 | 1.71 (1.04–2.81) | 0.035 |
Social Influences | |||||
Married/common law | 26.7 | 23.0 | 30.7 | 0.67 (0.44–1.03) | 0.070 |
Family uses drugs | 48.3 | 42.4 | 54.6 | 0.61 (0.42–0.90) | 0.012 |
Migration | |||||
Lived in city of interview < 5 years | 13.4 | 23.3 | 2.9 | 10.1 (4.22–24.0) | <0.001 |
Lived or worked outside Mexico in past 10 years | 35.1 | 39.8 | 30.1 | 1.54 (1.03–2.30) | 0.035 |
Deportation from U.S. | 8.7 | 15.5 | 1.5 | 12.4 (3.76–41.2) | <0.001* |
Structural/environmental vulnerability | |||||
Homeless | 46.5 | 55.4 | 36.9 | 2.13 (1.44–3.13) | <0.001 |
Normally injected drugs outside | 15.9 | 27.1 | 3.9 | 9.22 (4.29–19.9) | <0.001 |
Median (IQR) # hours spent daily on the street | 13.5 (10, 24) | 20.0 (12, 24) | 12 (8, 15.3) | -- | <0.001 |
Normally injected drugs at shooting gallery | 38.2 | 57.0 | 18.0 | 6.06 (3.89–9.45) | <0.001 |
Ever been arrested | 93.2 | 95.9 | 90.3 | 2.55 (1.13–5.73) | 0.020 |
Ever arrested for carrying used needle/syringe | 61.2 | 74.2 | 46.2 | 3.35 (2.19–5.10) | <0.001 |
Mean (SD) # times in jail/prison | 1 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 2) | -- | 0.353 |
Ever injected in jail | 50.1 | 57.7 | 41.4 | 1.94 (1.30–2.88) | 0.001 |
Fisher’s Exact Test