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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul 23;73(7):1097–1104. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.040

Table 2.

Individual, Study, and Neighborhood Level Correlates of Peer Recruitment, New York City, 2006–2009. (N=311)

Model I Total Number of Recruits (Eligible/Ineligible) Model II Total Number of Eligible Recruits
RR 95%CI RR 95%CI
Individual Variables
Age 0.99 0.93, 1.06 1.00 0.96, 1.05
Male vs. Female 1.36 0.84, 2.19 0.97 0.73, 1.27
Hispanic vs. White 0.92 0.67, 1.26 0.82 0.48, 1.40
Black vs. White 1.06 0.78, 1.43 1.12 0.63, 1.96
High school or more 0.97 0.68, 1.39 1.01 0.79, 1.29
Total income greater than $10,000 per year 0.87 0.57, 1.33 0.80 0.70, 0.92
Homeless in past 6 months 1.22 0.92, 1.63 1.11 0.90, 1.36
HIV positive 1.45 0.68, 3.11 1.42 0.95, 2.12
Inject 0.69 0.31, 1.55 0.62 0.48, 0.79
Heroin use in past 6 months 0.82 0.53, 1.28 0.70 0.55, 0.89
Cocaine use in Past 6 months 1.04 0.70, 1.54 0.79 0.58, 1.09
Crack use in past 6 months 1.13 0.88, 1.43 1.32 1.01, 1.73
Drug Network Characteristics
# People use drug with 1.05 0.92, 1.20 1.05 0.99, 1.12
# Drug using social networks 1.03 0.94, 1.13 1.01 0.97, 1.05
Study Variables
Number of coupons given 4.95 4.01, 6.10 1.61 1.40, 1.86
4 or more coupons vs. 3 coupons received 14.52 11.50, 18.33 2.55 2.5, 2.90
Attend at least one training 2.92 1.96, 4.34 2.09 1.59, 2.75
Seed vs. peer recruit 1.28 0.55, 3.00 1.02 0.69, 1.50
Neighborhood Variables
Proportion of neighborhood sample who_____
 Disagrees that people abusing drugs/alcohol are more dangerous 0.28 0.01, 7.21 0.88 0.23, 3.36
 Disagrees that people can stop using drugs whenever they want 0.06 0.00, 51.20 1.80 0.06, 53.13
 Disagrees that those abusing alcohol/drugs lack self control 0.00 0.00, 2.99 0.45 0.01, 24.57
 Disagree that those abusing alcohol/drugs are more likely to commit crimes 0.10 0.00, 12.19 1.15 0.11, 3.92
 Does not look down on those hospitalized for drug/alcohol problems 3.98 0.11, 145.51 0.66 0.11, 4.00
 Tolerates having a neighbor who abuses alcohol/drugs 2.93 0.06, 138.55 1.03 0.23, 4.60
 Are against more severe criminal penalties for illicit drug users 0.82 0.05, 12.28 3.61 1.24, 10.51
 Disagrees that there should be more mandatory drug testing at work 0.89 0.00, 159.50 6.13 0.63, 59.70
 Are against more aggressive police sweeps to arrest drug users 0.09 0.01, 1.33 0.89 0.18, 4.49
 Feels making clean needles available to IDUs is important 18.64 1.18, 295.12 4.98 1.61, 15.45

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; IDU, injection drug user; IQR, Interquartile Range; RR, Risk Ratio