Table 3.
Prior Month Income from Legal, Non-Legal, and Total Sources by gender
| Source of income | Women N = 62 |
Men N = 140 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N(%) | Median (IQR) | N(%) | Median (IQR) | |
| Baseline | ||||
| Non-legal | 45 (72.58) | 2000.00 (800.00, 4600.00) |
86 (61.43) | 1750.00 (500.00, 4000.00) |
| Legal | 61 (98.39) | 1111.00 (850.00, 1400.00) |
140 (100.00) | 1150.00 (900.00, 1587.50) |
| Total | 62 (100.00) | 2282.50 (1400.00, 4200.00) |
140 (100.00) | 2115.50 (1487.50, 4022.00) |
| Six-months | ||||
| Non-legal | 23 (37.10) | 1000.00 (500.00, 1500.00) |
38 (27.94) | 1500.00 (250.00, 3000.00) |
| Legal | 60 (96.77) | 1080.00 (836.00, 1300.00) |
135 (96.43) | 1100.00 (906.00, 1330.00) |
| Total | 62 (100.00) | 1300.00 (960.00, 2120.00) |
136 (100.00) | 1200.00 (957.50, 1955.00) |
Medians are in Canadian Dollars. IQR = Interquartile Range. Medians and IQR data is presented for women and men reporting at least one dollar of income in each source
Legal Sources: Employment, Income Assistance, Pension, Disability, Money from partner, family or friends
Non-legal Sources: Drug dealing, property theft, and sex work
There were no significant differences found between men and women in regards to baseline or six-month non-legal, legal, or total income