Table 1:

Bivariate factors associated with providing assisted injection in the last 6 months (N=601)

Characteristic	Total N=601 (100%)	Injection provider N=336 (56%)	Non-provider N=265 (44%)
Socio-demographics
Gender
Female	150 (25%)	90 (27%)	60 (23%)
Male	440 (75%)	240 (73%)	200 (77%)
Race/ethnicity *
White	239 (40%)	160 (48%)	79 (32%)
Latinx	142 (24%)	60 (18%)	73 (28%)
African American	133 (22%)	63 (19%)	79 (30%)
Native American	42 (7%)	28 (8%)	14 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	6 (1%)	4 (1%)	2 (1%)
Mixed	37 (6%)	20 (6%)	17 (6%)
Age *
Less than 30	93 (16%)	71 (21%)	22 (8%)
30–39	136 (24%)	99 (30%)	37 (14%)
40–49	160 (27%)	83 (25%)	77 (29%)
50 or more	210 (33%)	82 (25%)	128 (49%)
Gay, lesbian or bisexual *	115 (19%)	83 (25%)	33 (13%)
Heterosexual	479 (80%)	253 (75%)	232 (87%)
Homeless *Yes	451 (75%)	272 (81%)	179 (68%)
No	150 (25%)	62 (19%)	86 (32%)
Income source
General Relief*	349 (58%)	214 (64%)	135 (51%)
Panhandling*	142 (24%)	96 (29%)	46 (17%)
Retirement/SSI	117 (20%)	51 (15%)	66 (25%)
Illegal or possibly illegal income	263 (44%)	191 (57%)	72 (27%)
Monthly income*
<$1400	473 (79%)	252 (75%)	221 (83%)
Years of injection use *
<10	174 (29%)	108 (32%)	66 (25%)
10–19	125 (21%)	83 (25%)	42 (16%)
20 or more	298 (50%)	142 (43%)	156 (59%)
Injection frequency*
None	67 (11%)	15 (5%)	52 (20%)
Less than daily	160 (27%)	75 (22%)	85 (32%)
Once or twice a day	142 (24%)	82 (24%)	60 (23%)
Three or more times a day	232 (39%)	164 (49%)	68 (26%)
Drug Scene Involvement
Took others to place to inject*	274 (47%)	215 (65%)	59 (23%)
Operated shooting gallery*	62 (11%)	44 (13%)	18 (7%)
Purchased syringes*	230 (39%)	168 (51%)	62 (24%)
Sold syringes *	218 (37%)	158 (48%)	60 (23%)
Bought drugs for others*	333 (56%)	227 (68%)	106 (41%)
Sold drugs*	310 (53%)	219 (67%)	91 (35%)
Violence in the last 6 months
Punched*	210 (35%)	148 (45%)	62 (24%)
Attacked with weapon*	115 (19%)	85 (26%)	30 (11%)
Stolen belongings*	423 (72%)	277 (84%)	146 (56%)

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