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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 May 21;225:108750. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108750

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Correlates of Methamphetamine Use Among People Who Use Heroin

Past Year Methamphetamine Use
Not in Group In Group AOR (95% CI)
Female 32.0% 38.1% 0.95 (0.55, 1.65)
Young (< 26 years old) 32.9% 37.9% 1.26 (0.78, 2.02)
White 23.0% 38.0% 2.15 (1.25, 3.69)**
Sexual Minority 33.2% 40.6% 1.24 (0.65, 2.35)
High School Graduate 29.8% 35.0% 1.20 (0.70, 2.05)
Employed 35.8% 32.1% 0.85 (0.55, 1.32)
Below Poverty Line 31.3% 39.3% 1.50 (0.99, 2.28)
Rural 33.1% 53.7% 2.31 (1.08, 4.95)*
Past Year Injection Drug Use 26.9% 40.3% 1.85 (1.23, 2.77)**
Serious Mental Illness 29.0% 48.7% 2.12 (1.32, 3.42)**
Past Year Drug-Specific Treatment 35.2% 30.1% 0.61 (0.39, 0.98)*

Note. Not in Group/In Group estimates reflect percentage of people who endorsed past year methamphetamine use who did not (Not in Group) or did (In Group) belong to the row variable category. AOR = adjusted odds ratio. Rural refers to regions not in a Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA).

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001