Table 2.
Baseline Demographic and Risk Behaviors Characteristics of Philadelphia IDU Participants (Bold font indicates p-value < 0.05)
| Arm | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Treatment N/Total(%) |
Control N/Total(%) |
Index N/Total(%) |
Network Member N/Total(%) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18 to 25 | 27/314 (9%) | 30/338 (9%) | 17/232 (7%) | 40/420 (10%) |
| 25+ to 35 | 65/314 (21%) | 86/338 (25%) | 56/232 (24%) | 95/420 (23%) |
| 35+ to 45 | 100/314 (32%) | 103/338 (30%) | 81/232 (35%) | 122/420 (29%) |
| 45+ to 55 | 106/314 (34%) | 110/338 (33%) | 72/232 (31%) | 144/420 (34%) |
| Over 55 | 16/314 (5%) | 9/338 (3%) | 6/232 (3%) | 19/420 (5%) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 225/314 (72%) | 243/338 (72%) | 184/232 (79%) | 284/420 (68%) |
| Female | 89/314 (28%) | 95/338 (28%) | 48/232 (21%) | 136/420 (32%) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 132/314 (42%) | 174/338 (51%) | 117/232 (50%) | 189/420 (45%) |
| Black/African American | 169/314 (54%) | 131/338 (39%) | 102/232 (44%) | 198/420 (47%) |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 191/314 (61%) | 214/338 (63%) | 146/232 (63%) | 259/420 (62%) |
| Married | 33/314 (11%) | 32/338 (9%) | 24/232 (10%) | 41/420 (10%) |
| Living with partner/not married | 23/314 (7%) | 27/338 (8%) | 23/232 (10%) | 27/420 (6%) |
| Divorced or separated | 58/314 (18%) | 52/338 (15%) | 32/232 (14%) | 78/420 (19%) |
| Widowed | 9/314 (3%) | 13/338 (4%) | 7/232 (3%) | 15/420 (4%) |
| Education | ||||
| No schooling or primary schooling |
5/314 (2%) | 7/338 (2%) | 5/232 (2%) | 7/420 (2%) |
| Any secondary schooling | 239/314 (76%) | 263/338 (78%) | 177/232 (76%) | 325/420 (77%) |
| Vocational or trade schooling | 4/314 (1%) | 10/338 (3%) | 3/232 (1%) | 11/420 (3%) |
| College/university/graduate schooling |
66/314 (21%) | 58/338 (17%) | 47/232 (20%) | 77/420 (18%) |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time | 25/314 (8%) | 29/338 (9%) | 22/232 (9%) | 32/420 (8%) |
| Part-time/occasional/time-to- time |
31/314 (10%) | 39/338 (12%) | 31/232 (13%) | 39/420 (9%) |
| Unemployed | 258/314 (82%) | 270/338 (80%) | 179/232 (77%) | 349/420 (83%) |
| Injection Last Month | ||||
| Not Injected Daily | 128/314 (41%) | 119/337 (35%) | 79/232 (34%) | 168/419 (40%) |
| Injected Daily | 186/314 (59%) | 218/337 (65%) | 153/232 (66%) | 251/419 (60%) |
| Risk Behavior | ||||
| Shared Needle | 117/310 (38%) | 131/328 (40%) | 90/229 (39%) | 158/409 (39%) |
| Shared Cooker | 178/310 (57%) | 208/328 (63%) | 145/229 (63%) | 241/409 (59%) |
| Shared Cotton | 128/310 (41%) | 156/328 (48%) | 106/229 (46%) | 178/409 (44%) |
| Front/Back-loaded | 67/310 (22%) | 76/328 (23%) | 49/229 (21%) | 94/409 (23%) |