Table 2.
Risk factors among total sample and by injection drug use behavior
| Total sample | Non-Injector | PWID | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 406) | (n = 252) (62.1 %) | (n = 154) (37.9 %) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| HIV+ | 48 | 11.8 % | 8 | 3.2 % | 40 | 26.0 %** |
| Mental Health | ||||||
| -Depression (BSI, cutoff score 63) | 42 | 10.3 % | 16 | 6.3 % | 26 | 16.9 %** |
| Financial Stressors a | ||||||
| -At or below poverty line (ref: above poverty line) | 288/402 | 71.6 % | 200/248 | 80.6 %** | 88 | 57.1 % |
| -Borrowed money in past 3 months (ref: not borrowed) | 98 | 24.1 % | 48 | 19.0 % | 50 | 32.5 %** |
| -Enough money to buy food in past 3 months (ref: not enough) | 117 | 28.8 % | 66 | 26.2 % | 51 | 33.1 % |
| Living conditions | ||||||
| -Needed or wanted place to stay past 3 months, but did not (ref: had consistent place to stay) | 55 | 13.5 % | 31 | 12.3 % | 24 | 15.6 % |
| Negative Police Interactions | ||||||
| Ever been arrested | 206 | 50.7 % | 66 | 26.2 % | 140 | 90.9 %** |
| # times been arrested among those who reported prior arrest (n = 206) (mean, sd) | 4.3, 4.7 | 3.3, 3.8 | 4.8, 5.0* | |||
| Ever been brought to police lock-up, among those that had been arrested (n = 206) | 192 | 93.2 % | 53 | 80.3 % | 139 | 99.3 %** |
| # Days detained in lock-up, past 3 months (mean, sd) among those detained) (n = 190) a | 4.6, 6.6 | 3.3, 5.8 | 5.1, 6.8† | |||
| Ever gone to prison a | 130/203 | 64.0 % | 23/63 | 36.5 % | 107/140 | 76.4 %** |
| # times gone to prison (mean, sd) among those previously gone to prison (n = 203) a | 3.2, 2.8 | 2.7, 2.3 | 3.3, 2.9 | |||
amissingness due to non-response
** p <0.01; * p <0.05; † p < 0.1