Table 6.
How key socioeconomic variables are related to frequencies of having one’s dignity attacked *
| Table 6.a. For people who inject drugs (PWID | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1–2 times | 3–10 times | About once a month | About once or twice a week | Daily or more | Total | p (Linear-by-linear association) | |
| Having one’s dignity attacked | ||||||||
| Not currently employed | 15% | 11% | 25% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 233 | |
| Currently employed | 26% | 29% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 2% | 58 | <.001 |
| Currently domiciled | 21% | 18% | 21% | 19% | 15% | 5% | 225 | |
| Currently homeless | 2% | 2% | 25% | 11% | 16% | 44% | 55 | <.001 |
| Income $10,000+ | 24% | 26% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 1% | 110 | |
| Income less than $10,000 | 12% | 8% | 28% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 179 | <.001 |
| Did not sell sex for money or goods in last 30 days | 18% | 14% | 25% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 242 | |
| Sold sex (participant received money/drugs/gifts) | 12% | 16% | 12% | 20% | 22% | 16% | 49 | .089 |
| Male | 22% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 164 | |
| Female | 10% | 15% | 23% | 18% | 16% | 12% | 127 | .163 |
| Table 6b. For high-risk heterosexuals (HRH) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1–2 times | 3–10 times | About once a month | About once or twice a week | Daily or more | Total | p (Linear-by-linear association) | |
| Having one’s dignity attacked | ||||||||
| Not currently employed | 18% | 15% | 21% | 25% | 16% | 5% | 191 | |
| Currently employed | 37.5% | 28% | 16% | 12% | 2% | 5% | 64 | <.001 |
| Currently domiciled | 24% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 12% | 5% | 229 | |
| Currently homeless | 8% | 20% | 16% | 32% | 16% | 8% | 25 | .058 |
| Income $10,000+ | 29% | 22% | 20% | 17% | 8% | 3% | 143 | |
| Income less than $10,000 | 14% | 14% | 19% | 28% | 18% | 7% | 112 | <.001 |
| Did not sell sex for money or goods in last 30 days | 25% | 17% | 17% | 23% | 13% | 5% | 210 | |
| Sold sex (participant received money/drugs/gifts) | 11% | 27% | 31% | 16% | 11% | 4% | 45 | .838 |
| Male | 23% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 12% | 7% | 129 | |
| Female | 23% | 20% | 19% | 22% | 12% | 3% | 122 | .498 |
| Table 6c. For men who have sex with men (MSM) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1–2 times | 3–10 times | About once a month | About once or twice a week | Daily or more | Total | p (Linear-by-linear association) | |
| Having one’s dignity attacked | ||||||||
| Not currently employed | 5% | 7% | 22% | 56% | 9% | 0% | 85 | |
| Currently employed | 7% | 17% | 33% | 33% | 9% | 0% | 105 | .013 |
| Currently domiciled | 6% | 14% | 27% | 42% | 10% | 0% | 162 | |
| Currently homeless | 4% | 4% | 36% | 54% | 4% | 0% | 28 | .514 |
| Income $12,500+ | 4% | 15% | 40% | 34% | 7% | 0% | 104 | |
| Income less than $12,500 | 8% | 9% | 14% | 56% | 13% | 0% | 86 | .032 |
| Did not sell sex for money or goods in last 30 days | 7% | 15% | 29% | 41% | 7% | 0% | 149 | |
| Sold sex (participant received money/drugs/gifts) | 0% | 2% | 27% | 54% | 17% | 0% | 41 | .001 |
*
The question asked was: In the last year, how often have people spoken or acted towards you in a way that felt like they were attacking your dignity or demeaning you?
For MSM, we used an income cut-off of $12,500 due to MSM sample having higher incomes than the PWID or HRH samples