Table 4.
Perpetrators of dignity denial upon participants
Participants were asked: “Please tell me who are the people and/or groups who have attacked your dignity or demeaned you in the way that hurt you the most (circle all that apply).” We provided them a list of 41 categories of such potential attackers for them to choose among.
Categories that were endorse by more than 10% of at least one key population are included. Categories that did not meet this criterion were: Spouse, child, lover, the people I hang out with, teacher, student, fellow inmate, prison guard, priest/rabbi/pastor/imam, fellow drug users, group organizers, therapist, doctor, persons I have sex with for money, NA/AA sponsors, landlord/superintendent
| People Who Inject Drugs | High-Risk Heterosexuals (Who Do Not inject Drugs) | Men (who do not themselves inject drugs) who have sex with men | p (PWID vs. HRH) (p’s by chi-square unless otherwise specified) | p (PWID vs. MSM) (p’s by chi-square unless otherwise specified) | p (HRH vs MSM) (p’s by chi-square unless otherwise specified) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (may vary for some rows due to missing values) | 300 | 260 | 191 | |||
| Mother | 41% | 18% | 15% | <.001 | <.001 | .243 |
| Father | 13% | 5% | 14% | <.001 | .845 | .002 |
| Brother | 24% | 11% | 21% | <.001 | .571 | .002 |
| Sister | 29% | 11% | 15% | <.001 | <.001 | .189 |
| Ex-spouse | 13% | 11% | 8% | .417 | .076 | .297 |
| Ex-lover | 13% | 18% | 16% | .097 | .268 | .683 |
| Other relatives | 21% | 24% | 22% | .414 | .863 | .578 |
| Best friend | ||||||
| Friends | 10% | 12% | 9% | .550 | .743 | .399 |
| Neighbors | 5% | 11% | 30% | .005 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Boss or employer at work | 11% | 8% | 20% | .182 | .004 | <.001 |
| Boss or employer at work (among those 60 with full time or part-time jobs) | 43% | 17% | 31% | .001 | .125 | .041 |
| Co-Workers | 7% | 4% | 21% | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Co-workers (among respondents with full-time or part-time jobs) | 27% | 11% | 34% | .024 | .311 | .001 |
| “Fellow gays” | 1% | 0% | 14% | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Drug dealer | 15% | 7% | 10% | .003 | .149 | .180 |
| Counselor/Social Worker | 9% | 16% | 3% | .007 | .005 | <.001 |
| Probation/Parole Officer | 5% | 10% | 9% | .016 | .056 | .737 |
| Police Officer | 12% | 16% | 25% | .242 | <.001 | .014 |
| Storeowner | 11% | 8% | 27% | .314 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Strangers | 19% | 13% | 53% | .078 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Hospital or clinical staff | 13% | 7% | 14% | .027 | .719 | .018 |
| Program Staff/Case Manager | 18% | 17% | 6% | .296 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Security guards | 11% | 8% | 7% | .296 | .216 | .770 |