Table 4.
Distributions of the number of miles between pin-drop home locations and street-address home locations for a sample of young adults living in rural Appalachian Kentucky who use opioids to get high.
| Characteristics | Sample (N=96) | Sample restricted to participants who reported no technical problems completing the survey (N=80) | |||||||
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Percentile | P value | Percentile | P value | |||||
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25th | 50th | 75th |
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25th | 50th | 75th |
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| Age (years) | 27.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | .85 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 32 | .88 | |
| Gender |
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.57 |
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.52 | |
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Man | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
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0.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
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Woman | 0.5 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
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0.5 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
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| Homeless |
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.56 |
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.46 | |||
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Yes | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
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0.8 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
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No | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
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0.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
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| High-school graduate |
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.03 | .03 | ||||
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No | 1.7 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
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1.5 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
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Yes | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
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0.5 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
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| Employment status | .23 | .34 | |||||||
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Full-time | 0.6 | 3.7 | 5.7 |
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0.7 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
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Part-time | 1.8 | 3.6 | 7.3 |
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2.1 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
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Other | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
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1.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
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| Monthly income (US $) | 100.0 | 300.0 | 661.5 | .57 | 10.0 | 275.0 | 60.0 | .71 | |
| Usually drive myself | .93 | .46 | |||||||
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Yes | 0.8 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
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0.8 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
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No | 0.9 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
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0.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
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| Caregiver | .48 | .58 | |||||||
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Yes | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
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0.4 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
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No | 1.1 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
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1.1 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
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| History of arrest | .75 | .72 | |||||||
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Yes | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.1 |
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0.6 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
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No | 0.8 | 2.1 | 5.3 |
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0.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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| Injected (past 6 months) | .047 | .07 | |||||||
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Yes | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
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0.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
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No | 0.8 | 3.6 | 14.1 |
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0.8 | 2.5 | 16.4 |
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| Live in county where map centered | .48 | .41 | |||||||
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Yes | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
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0.7 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
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No | 0.8 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
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0.8 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
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| Recruitment method | .03 | .02 | |||||||
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Staff contact | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
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0.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
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Peer referral | 1.3 | 4.0 | 14.2 |
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1.4 | 4.0 | 17.7 |
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Other | 2.0 | 11.3 | 31.2 |
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2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
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| Device used | .07 | .26 | |||||||
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Mobile phone | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
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0.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
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Computer | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
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1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
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Tablet | 3.4 | 6.8 | 35.0 |
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0.6 | 4.6 | 36.2 |
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Other | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
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0.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
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| Reported technical problem with survey | .04 |
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—a | |||||
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Yes | 1.6 | 5.6 | 7.8 |
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— | — | — |
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No | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
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— | — | — |
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aNot applicable.