. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2019 Dec 12;76:102618. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102618

TABLE 1.

Baseline sample characteristics of a community-based cohort of women sex workers who use drugs in Metro Vancouver, Canada, 2010–2017 (n = 624)

Characteristic	Total (%) (n = 624)	Non-Fatal Overdose^*		p - value
Characteristic	Total (%) (n = 624)	Yes (%) (n = 48)	No (%) (n = 576)	p - value
Age, years (med, IQR)	34 (27 – 42)	31 (23 – 40)	34 (28 – 42)	0.029
Monthly income, per $1000	2.9 (1.7 – 5.5)	4.9 (2.3 – 8.8)	2.8 (1.7 – 5.1)	0.005
CAD (med, IQR)^*^‡
Indigenous ancestry	329 (52.7)	29 (60.4)	300 (52.1)	0.267
Minority gender identity	49 (7.9)	7 (14.6)	42 (7.3)	0.089
Minority sexual orientation	271 (43.4)	22 (45.8)	249 (43.2)	0.734
Mental health diagnosis^†	389 (62.3)	38 (79.2)	351 (60.9)	0.012
Primary place of service^*
Outdoor/public space	328 (52.6)	27 (56.3)	301 (52.3)
Informal indoor	238 (38.1)	18 (37.5)	220 (38.2)
Brothel/quasi-brothel	36 (5.8)	1 (2.1)	35 (6.1)
N/A no recent sex work	7 (1.1)	0 (0.0)	7 (1.2)	0.580
Workplace physical/sexual violence^*	141 (22.6)	20 (41.7)	121 (21.0)	<0.001

All data refer to n (%) of participants unless otherwise specified

In the last 6 months

^†

In lifetime

^‡

Income from all sources, including government allowances