Table 1.
Socio-demographic and Drug Use Characteristics of Illicit Drug Users Recruited Through RDS in New York City, 2006-2009
| Study Sample* (N=357) |
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|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 271 | 75.1 |
| Female | 85 | 24.9 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 122 | 36.5 |
| Black | 199 | 54.4 |
| White/Other | 36 | 9.1 |
| Education | ||
| < High School | 231 | 64.3 |
| ≥ High School | 126 | 35.7 |
| Income | ||
| ≤ 10,000 | 288 | 85.2 |
| > 10,000 | 50 | 14.8 |
| Age | ||
| 18-27 | 63 | 18.2 |
| 28-30 | 49 | 14.3 |
| 31-34 | 70 | 19.2 |
| 35-36 | 51 | 14.5 |
| 37-38 | 55 | 17.5 |
| 39-40 | 69 | 19.2 |
| Homeless in last 6 months | ||
| No | 108 | 30.2 |
| Yes | 249 | 69.8 |
| Injection status | ||
| NIDU | 331 | 90.6 |
| IDU | 26 | 9.4 |
| HIV status | ||
| Negative | 302 | 90.1 |
| Positive | 33 | 9.9 |
| Heroin use in the past 6 months (with or without crack/cocaine) |
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| No | 188 | 53.3 |
| Yes | 165 | 46.7 |
| Cocaine use in the past 6 months (with or without heroin) | ||
| No | 81 | 22.5 |
| Yes | 274 | 77.5 |
| Crack use in the past 6 months (with or without heroin) | ||
| No | 52 | 15,8 |
| Yes | 304 | 84.2 |
| Number of drug-using network members (mean, post-fit mean) |
1.52 | 1.57 |
Abbreviations: HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; RDS, Respondent Driven Sampling
*
This does not include seeds