Table 1.

Participant characteristics and difficulties encountered while completing an online survey, for a sample of young adult residents of rural Appalachian Kentucky who used opioids to get high (N=151).

Participant characteristic		Valuesa
Age (years), mean (SD)		28.9 (4.1)
Gender, n (%)
	Man	93 (61.6)
	Woman	58 (38.4)
Race, n (%)
	White	146 (96.7)
	Black or African American	4 (2.7)
	Other	1 (0.7)
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, n (%)		1 (0.7)
Homeless, n (%)		68 (45.0)
Educational attainment, n (%)
	Less than high school	46 (30.5)
	High-school graduate	59 (39.1)
	Some college or associate’s degree	40 (26.5)
	College graduate or higher	3 (2.0)
Employment status, n (%)
	Full-time	27 (17.1)
	Part-time	28 (17.7)
	Other	103 (65.2)
Monthly income (US $), mean (SD)		300 (664)
Usually drive myself where I need to go, n (%)		69 (45.7)
Caregiver to a child, n (%)		29 (19.2)
History of arrest, n (%)		60 (39.7)
Injected drugs to get high (past 6 months), n (%)		100 (66.2)
Primary drugs used (multiple responses possible), n (%)
	Heroin	109 (72.2)
	Methamphetamines	89 (58.9)
	Buprenorphine or methadone	92 (60.9)
	Opioid prescription pain pills	78 (51.7)
	Gabapentin or Neurontin	60 (39.7)
	Prescription sedatives/tranquilizers	40 (26.5)
	Crack or cocaine	34 (22.5)
Live in the most populous county (ie, where maps centered), n (%)		118 (78.2)
Recruitment method, n (%)
	Staff contact	100 (66.2)
	Peer referral	42 (27.8)
	Other	9 (6.0)
Device used to complete the survey, n (%)
	Mobile phone	72 (48.3)
	Computer	43 (28.9)
	Tablet	16 (10.7)
	Other	18 (12.1)
Technical challenges experienced while completing the survey (participants could select >1 response), n (%)
	None	119 (78.8)
	Maps were slow to load	10 (6.6)
	Trouble dropping pin in the correct place	10 (6.6)
	Maps would not zoom in or out	8 (5.3)
	Lost internet connection	4 (2.2)
	Other	10 (6.6)

^aSome percentages do not sum to 100% because of some individuals refused to answer select items.