Table 1.
Sample Characteristics of Drug Using (DU) and Non-Drug Using (NDU) Women.
| Characteristic | N (%) (n=443) |
DU women (n=225) |
NDU women (n=218) |
Test statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean(SD) | 42.7 (7.74) | 43.9 (6.0) | 41.5 (9.0) | 3.4 | p=0.001 |
| African American | 435 (97.3) | 220 (97.3) | 215 (97.3) | 0.002 | ns |
| Income in the past 30 days (less than $500) | 195 (43.6) | 112 (49.6) | 83 (37.6) | 6.5 | p=0.011 |
| Employed at least part-time | 102 (22.8) | 35 (15.5) | 67 (30.7) | 14.6 | p<0.001 |
| Homeless in the past 6 m | 101 (22.8) | 67 (29.6) | 35 (15.8) | 12.1 | p=0.001 |
| Self-reported HIV positive | 56 (12.5) | 28 (12.4) | 28 (12.7) | 0.01 | ns |
| Currently has a main sex partner | 325 (3.2) | 166 (73.5) | 159 (72.9) | 0.015 | ns |
| Had children under 18 years old living in household | 123 (27.5) | 56 (24.8) | 67 (30.7) | 1.9 | ns |
| Depressive Symptoms (CESD≥20) | 202 (45.6) | 117 (52.0) | 85 (39.0) | 7.5 | p=0.01 |