Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and neighborhood perceptions among SHIELD study participants, Baltimore, Maryland, N=1207

		Number	Percent
Sociodemographic characteristics
Male		739	61.23
Completed grade 12 or higher		626	51.86
Employed at least part time		249	20.63
Have main partner		734	60.81
Lived at current place for 3 years or more		243	20.13
Current drug use		1150	95.28
Injected drugs in past six months		685	56.89
Ever inject drugs		694	57.50
Age		Mean = 38.79	SD = 7.16
CES-D score		Mean = 20.00	SD = 11.36
Hours per day spent on the street		Mean = 6.59	SD = 5.05
# active drug users in network		Mean = 3.85	SD = 2.41
# roles in drug economy		Mean = 1.00	SD = 1.49
# times arrested past 6 months		Mean = .91	SD = 1.83
Neighborhood perception scale items
Total scale		Mean = 7.40	SD = 4.27
Vandalism
	Somewhat of a problem	369	30.60
	A big problem	258	21.39
Vacant housing
	Somewhat of a problem	279	23.12
	A big problem	493	40.85
Litter or trash in the streets
	Somewhat of a problem	430	35.63
	A big problem	432	35.79
Groups of teenagers hanging out
	Somewhat of a problem	313	25.93
	A big problem	663	54.93
Burglary
	Somewhat of a problem	372	31.79
	A big problem	194	16.58
Selling drugs
	Somewhat of a problem	187	15.54
	A big problem	824	68.50
People getting robbed
	Somewhat of a problem	421	35.23
	A big problem	389	32.55