Table 1.
Participant characteristics within and between pooled and independent samples (N = 178)
| Total N (%) |
MMT Clinic n (%) |
HIV Care n (%) |
Difference Test t-test or χ2 value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | N=178 | n = 93 | n = 85 | n/a |
| Mean Age (SD) | 43.51 (11.33) | 38.10 (10.21) | 49.43 (9.34) | −7.68 ** |
| Gender | 0.40 | |||
| Male | 94 (52.8%) | 47 (50.5%) | 47 (53.3%) | |
| Female | 84 (47.2%) | 46 (49.5%) | 38 (44.7%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 60 (33.7%) | 13 (14.0%) | 47 (55.3%) | 33.93*** |
| non-Hispanic Black | 46 (25.8%) | 13 (14.0%) | 33 (38.8%) | 14.30*** |
| non-Hispanic White | 64 (36.0%) | 63 (67.7%) | 1 ( 1.2%) | 85.45*** |
| non-Hispanic Other | 8 ( 4.5%) | 4 ( 4.3%) | 4 ( 4.7%) | 0.02 |
| Primary Language | 25.16*** | |||
| English | 143 (80.3%) | 88 (94.6%) | 55 (64.7%) | |
| non-English | 35 (19.7%) | 5 ( 5.4%) | 30 (35.3%) | |
| Sexual Orientation§ | 5.53 * | |||
| Heterosexual | 144 (85.2%) | 77 (91.7%) | 67 (78.8%) | |
| Gay or Bisexual | 25 (14.8%) | 7 ( 8.3%) | 18 (21.2%) | |
| SES Factors | ||||
| No GED/Diploma | 67 (37.6%) | 30 (32.3%) | 37 (43.5%) | 2.40 |
| Unemployed§ | 126 (74.6%) | 62 (73.8%) | 64 (75.3%) | 0.50 |
| On disability/SSI§ | 66 (39.1%) | 17 (20.2%) | 49 (57.6%) | 24.84*** |
| Income < $20K/yr.§ | 137 (88.1%) | 74 (88.1%) | 63 (74.1%) | 5.38 * |
| Unstable housing§ | 15 ( 8.9%) | 8 ( 9.5%) | 7 ( 8.2%) | 0.07 |
| Injection Drug Use | ||||
| Lifetime | 99 (55.6%) | 73 (78.5%) | 26 (30.6%) | 41.29*** |
| Recent † | 16 ( 9.0%) | 11 (11.8%) | 5 ( 5.9%) | 1.92 |
| Opiate Use | ||||
| Lifetime | 130 (73.0%) | 93 (100%) | 37 (43.5%) | 97.91*** |
| Recent † | 27 (15.2%) | 20 (21.5%) | 7 ( 8.2%) | 6.08 * |
| Crack/Cocaine Use | ||||
| Lifetime | 145 (81.5%) | 89 (95.7%) | 56 (65.9%) | 26.14*** |
| Recent † | 40 (22.5%) | 31 (33.3%) | 9 (10.6%) | 13.19*** |
| Opiate Replacement Therapy | ||||
| History of ORT | 111 (62.4%) | 82 (88.2%) | 29 (35.1%) | 55.28*** |
| Currently on ORT | 103 (57.9%) | 83 (89.2%) | 20 (23.5%) | 78.67*** |
§
9 participants in MMT sample had missing values on this variable.
†
Recent use (MMT = past 30 days, HIV = past 3 mo.).
Difference test is significant at the 0.001 (***), 0.01 (**), or 0.05 (*) level (2-tailed).