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. 2020 Feb 6;15(2):e0228755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228755

Table 1. Weighted descriptive characteristics of individuals with lifetime opioid use disorders (NESARC-III, 2012–2013) (survey n = 766; weighted population n = 5,276,507).

Past-year experience with racial discrimination in healthcare settings
Variables Total Ever experienced
22.48%
Never experienced
77.52%
x2 p
% col % col %
Methadone treatment status 10.00 0.002
 Never utilized 90.93 83.86 92.95
 Ever utilized 9.07 16.13 7.04
Race/ethnicity 23.15 <0.001
 White 78.86 64.45 83.05
 Black 9.21 17.01 6.94
 Latina/Latino 9.29 14.27 7.84
 American Indian/Alaska Native 2.64 4.27 2.17
Sex 5.04 0.023
 Male 54.05 62.91 51.48
 Female 45.94 37.09 48.51
Age group 2.46 0.482
 18–29 30.97 25.52 32.55
 30–39 21.64 23.01 21.25
 40–49 19.05 19.62 18.89
 50+ 28.33 31.85 27.30
Urbanicity 0.43 0.510
 Urban 22.57 24.91 21.89
 Rural 77.42 75.09 78.10
Sexual orientation minority 0.00 0.983
 No 91.72 91.67 91.73
 Yes 8.28 8.32 8.27
Opioid use disorder type 0.26 0.880
 Opioid use disorder only 79.39 80.98 78.93
 Heroin use disorder only 9.81 8.84 10.10
 Both opioid and heroin use disorders 10.78 10.17 10.96
Past-year non-opioid substance use disorder diagnoses 2.45 0.458
 None 55.64 51.87 56.74
 Alcohol use disorder only 23.28 26.40 22.37
 Drug use disorder only 8.14 10.72 7.39
 Both AUD and DUD 12.94 11.00 13.50
Past-year dual disorder diagnosis 23.34 <0.001
 None 40.45 22.76 45.59
 Any 59.54 77.24 54.41
Ever homeless in the past year 3.46 0.063
 No 90.07 85.22 91.49
 Yes 9.92 14.78 8.51
Medicare or Medicaid coverage in the past year 5.54 0.019
 No 65.54 56.45 68.18
 Yes 34.45 43.55 31.82
Ever been incarcerated 7.64 0.006
 No 53.71 42.52 56.97
 Yes 46.29 57.48 43.03

Notes: Percentages are weighted, column sums may not equal 100.00; Rao-Scott x2