Table 2.
Weighted Bivariate tests of differences between sources of syringes, cleaning with bleach and receptive syringe sharing, distributive syringe sharing and reusing syringe at last injection 2002–2019 (n = 1737)
| Borrowing | Lending | Reuse syringe | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p value | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p value | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | p value | |
| Overall | |||||||||
| Access to syringes | |||||||||
| Got last needle through SEP | 9.4(27) | 13.5(190) | .310 | 11.1(36) | 12.7(181) | .628 | 10.3(111) | 15.8(106) | .041 |
| Purchased last needle at pharmacy | 43.6(122) | 54.8(831) | .013 | 43.1(159) | 55.0(794) | .012 | 52.1(569) | 53.8(384) | .661 |
| Obtained syringe on the street | 23.0(60) | 14.1(166) | .022 | 23.1(64) | 13.8(162) | .016 | 19.2(171) | 9.5(55) | .001 |
| Obtained syringe other means | 25.0(85) | 18.2(256) | .075 | 22.7(79) | 18.5(262) | .250 | 20.9(211) | 18.3(130) | .381 |
| Use bleach to clean last needle | 40.1(111) | 24.5(304) | < .001 | 39.8(130) | 24.6(285) | < .001 | 32.7(308) | 18.4(107) | < .001 |
| Uninsured | 34.1(91) | 33.2(493) | .850 | 38.3(117) | 32.1(467) | .167 | 34.7(367) | 31.0(217) | .286 |
| Injection drug use | .990 | .239 | < .001 | ||||||
| Heroin | 54.0(154) | 53.8(794) | 47.3(163) | 55.4(785) | 51.1(540) | 58.5(408) | |||
| Cocaine | 17.2(44) | 17.5(235) | 19.2(51) | 16.7(228) | 14.3(145) | 22.7(134) | |||
| Both | 28.9(96) | 28.8(414) | 33.6(124) | 27.65(386) | 34.7(377) | 18.8(133) | |||
| Race | |||||||||
| Black | 7.1(11) | 7.4(68) | .914 | 8.3(15) | 7.1(64) | .671 | 6.28(40 | 9.2(39) | .224 |
| White | 73.5(216) | 77.7(1145) | .353 | 73.0(256) | 77.9(1105) | .273 | 76.4(844) | 78.1(517) | .613 |
| Other | 2.6(22) | 2.8(94) | .838 | 1.2(18) | 3.1(98) | .010 | 2.7(64) | 2.8(52) | .862 |
| Hispanic | 16.9(45) | 12.1(136) | .213 | 17.5(49) | 11.9(132) | .139 | 14.7(114) | 9.9(67) | .078 |
| Age 18–25 | 28.9(172) | 24.4(758) | .181 | 29.5(205) | 24.2(725) | .100 | 24.0(554) | 27.2(376) | .210 |
| Less than High School Education | 26.7(81) | 27.1(378) | .930 | 32.2(94) | 25.73(365) | .132 | 27.3(292) | 26.5(167) | .830 |
| Poverty | 43.4(113) | 32.6(439) | .022 | 40.2(119) | 33.0(433) | .120 | 35.9(349) | 31.9(206) | .267 |
| Male sex | 61.6(139) | 69.3(900) | .067 | 61.3(163) | 69.6(876) | .045 | 67.8(623) | 68.5(416) | .809 |
Bold indicates significance at p < .05
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001; All percentages are weighted using the sampling methodology used in the study