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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2020 Apr 3;33(4):516–524. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1748867

Table 3.

Select background variables, substance use patterns and mental health variables among Florida Cohort participants at baseline (N=932), The Florida Cohort 2014-2018

Variables N (%)
Education
Less than high school 319 (34%)
High school diploma/GED 275 (30%)
Some College 196 (21%)
College or trade school graduate 102 (11%)
Graduate degree 37 (4%)
Recruitment Year
2014 194 (21%)
2015 371 (40%)
2016 319 (24%)
2017 45 (5%)
2018 3 (<1%)
Alcohol use
Current drinkers 649 (71%)
Heavy drinkers 79 (9%)
Binge drinkers 303 (34%)
Hazardous drinkers 312 (35%)
Ever in Alcohol Treatment 238 (26%)
Injection Drug use
Injection heroin use past 12 months 16 (2%)
Injection cocaine use past 12 months 19 (2%)
Injection Stimulant use past 12 months 33 (4%)
Non-Injection drug use
Marijuana use past 3 months 305 (37%)
Snorted Cocaine use past 12 months 88 (10%)
Smoked crack/cocaine use past 12 months 126 (14%)
Snorted or smoked heroin past 12 months 12 (1%)
Stimulants or “uppers” (like amphetamines, speed, “crank”) past 12 months 44 (5%)
Pain medication use past 12 months 95 (11%)
Sedatives or “downers” past 12 months 97 (11%)
Ecstasy or Molly use past 12 months 42 (5%)
Mental health
Current depression symptoms 305 (34%)
Current anxiety symptoms 282 (31%)
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms 260 (29%)