Table 1.

Characteristics of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) and mean PWID-related stigma score by characteristic (n=132); PHARM-Link Services Study, New York City, 2010-2012.

	Total sample n (%)	PWID-related stigma score (mean, SD)	p value
Study characteristics
Recruitment method			0.2391
Non-syringe pharmacy customer	3 (2.3)	2.5 (1.1)
Pharmacy syringe customer	78 (59.1)	2.3 (0.7)
PWID peer	51 (38.6)	2.1 (0.7)
Pharmacy neighborhood			0.8285
Washington Heights	44 (33.3)	2.2 (0.9)
South Bronx	20 (15.2)	2.2 (0.8)
Central Harlem	68 (51.5)	2.3 (0.7)
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age (mean, SD)	42.7 (9.7)		0.8673
Gender			0.2135
Male	105 (80.2)	2.3 (0.76)
Female	26 (19.9)	2.1 (0.75)
Race/ethnicity			0.0033
Latino	73 (55.3)	2.4 (0.8)
Black	18 (13.6)	2.2 (0.7)
White/Other	41 (31.1)	1.9 (0.6)
Education level			0.0001
< High school	38 (28.8)	2.6 (0.8)
≥ High school	94 (71.2)	2.1 (0.7)
Homeless^a			0.8225
No	78 (59.1)	2.2 (0.8)
Yes	54 (40.9)	2.2 (0.6)
Employment^a			0.7384
Not employed	113 (86.3)	2.2 (0.7)
Employed	18 (13.7)	2.2 (0.9)
Injection risk behaviors
Years since injection initiation (mean, SD)	16.7 (11.1)		0.9792
Number of injection partners^a (mean, SD)	0.64 (1.0)		0.5682
Frequency of injection^a			0.6598
Less than daily	98 (74.2)	2.2 (0.8)
At least daily	34 (25.8)	2.2 (0.7)
Syringe borrowing^a			0.2913
No	120 (91.6)	2.3 (0.8)
Yes	12 (8.4)	2.0 (0.5)
100% sterile syringe use^a			0.0918
No	59 (45.0)	2.1 (0.7)
Yes	72 (55.0)	2.3 (0.8)
Pharmacy^a			0.9448
No	40 (30.5)	2.2 (0.9)
Yes	91 (69.5)	2.2 (0.7)
SEP^a			0.0034
No	41 (31.3)	2.5 (0.7)
Yes	90 (68.7)	2.1 (0.7)
100% pharmacy or SEP use^a			0.0125
No	6 (4.6)	3.0 (1.0)
Yes	124 (95.4)	2.2 (0.7)	20

past 3 months

^b past 30 days

^c past 2 months