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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 May 26;111(1-2):74–81. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.022

Table 5.

Adjusted odds ratios of covariates significantly (p<.05) associated with probability of transitioning from one status to another over one year’s time

Time 1 status Time 2 status
Direct SEP users Indirect SEP users Isolated IDUs

Hartford (ref=Chicago)
 Direct SEP users - 0.30 1.01
 Indirect SEP users 1.16 - 1.35
 Isolated IDUs 1.02 0.44 -

Oakland
 Direct SEP users - 0.48 0.83
 Indirect SEP users 1.52 - 0.89
 Isolated IDUs 1.60 0.67 -

White/other ethnicity (ref=African American)
 Direct SEP users - 3.19 1.02
 Indirect SEP users 1.14 - 0.92
 Isolated IDUs 1.28 1.01 -

Latino
 Direct SEP users - 1.76 1.03
 Indirect SEP users 1.11 - 0.85
 Isolated IDUs 1.22 1.26 -

Female (ref=Male)
 Direct SEP users - 0.91 0.65
 Indirect SEP users 1.10 - 0.99
 Isolated IDUs 0.93 0.73 -

>high school education
 Direct SEP users - 0.54 0.99
 Indirect SEP users 0.68 - 1.07
 Isolated IDUs 1.19 0.91 -

Stopped by police for drug paraphernalia*
 Direct SEP users - 1.24 0.87
 Indirect SEP users 1.29 - 1.26
 Isolated IDUs 1.29 0.96 -

Homeless*
 Direct SEP users - 1.06 1.42
 Indirect SEP users 1.70 - 1.09
 Isolated IDUs 0.99 1.03 -

Injected speedball
 Direct SEP users - 0.33 1.01
 Indirect SEP users 0.93 - 0.86
 Isolated IDUs 1.17 1.05 -
*

In the past year;

- = reference cell in row. For example, reading from left to right, females who were Direct SEP users at Time 1 were 0.65 times as likely to become Isolated users than to maintain their Direct SEP user status (reference) at Time 2.