Table 1.
Bivariate analyses of factors associated with crack pipe sharing among people who smoke crack cocaine (n = 503)
| Shared a crack pipe in the last six months n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic |
Yes 238 (47.3) |
No 265 (52.7) |
Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p - value |
| Age | ||||
| ≥ 46 years old | 116 (43.8) | 149 (56.2) | 0.74 (0.52 - 1.05) | 0.09 |
| < 46 years old | 122 (51.3) | 116 (48.7) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 84 (46.4) | 97 (53.6) | 0.94 (0.66 - 1.36) | 0.76 |
| Male | 154 (47.8) | 168 (52.2) | ||
| Living in DTES | ||||
| Yes | 157 (45.4) | 189 (54.6) | 0.78 (0.53 - 1.14) | 0.20 |
| No | 81 (51.6) | 76 (48.4) | ||
| Frequency of crack use* | ||||
| ≥ once per day | 99 (51.6) | 93 (48.4) | 1.32 (0.92 - 1.89) | 0.13 |
| < once per day | 139 (44.7) | 172 (55.3) | ||
| Acquired mouthpiece* | ||||
| Yes | 162 (54.9) | 133 (45.1) | 2.12 (1.47 - 3.04) | < 0.01 |
| No | 76 (36.5) | 132 (63.5) | ||
| Difficulty accessing pipes | ||||
| Yes/Sometimes | 78 (63.4) | 45 (36.6) | 2.38 (1.57 - 3.63) | < 0.01 |
| No | 160 (42.1) | 220 (57.9) | ||
| Smoke in public* | ||||
| Always/Usually | 53 (52.0) | 49 (48.0) | 1.26 (0.82 - 1.95) | 0.29 |
| Sometimes/Occasionally/Never | 185 (46.1) | 216 (53.9) | ||
| Binge drug use (non-injection)*1 | ||||
| Yes | 127 (53.8) | 109 (46.2) | 1.65 (1.15 - 2.36) | < 0.01 |
| No | 106 (41.4) | 150 (58.6) | ||
DTES: Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
CI: confidence interval
*Activities/events in the last six months
1Note that counts for binge drug use do not add up to n = 503 due to 11 missing responses (n = 492).