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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Jul 27;84:102875. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102875

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Sample during opt-in and opt-out testing policy (N1,059)

Characteristic Total Sample (N = 1,059) Opt-In HIV/ HCV Testing (N = 512) Opt-Out HIV/ HCV Testing (N = 547)
Age (n, %)
18–29 271 (25.6) 124 (24.2) 147 (26.9)
30–49 626 (59.1) 302 (59.0) 324 (59.2)
50 and older 162 (15.3) 86 (16.8) 76 (13.9)
Sex (n, %)
Male 787 (75.1) 391 (76.4) 396 (73.9)
Female 261 (24.9) 121 (23.6) 140 (26.1)
Race/Ethnicity (n, %)
Non-Hispanic White 561 (55.0) 283 (57.5) 278 (52.6)
Non-Hispanic Black 54 (5.3) 23 (4.7) 31 (5.9)
Hispanic 406 (39.8) 186 (37.8) 220 (41.6)
Educational attainment  (n, %)
≤High School 509 (48.9) 257 (50.7) 252 (47.1)
>High School 533 (51.2) 250 (49.3) 283 (52.9)
Annual income (n, %)
≤$14,999 510 (52.7) 226 (49.2) 277 (54.5)
>$15,000 457 (47.3) 233 (50.8) 231 (45.5)
Currently homeless (n, %)
Yes 367 (36.6) 188 (40.6) 179 (33.2)
No 636 (63.4) 275 (59.4) 361 (66.8)
Drugs injected in the previous 30 days (n, %)
Heroin 785 (74.1) 426 (83.2) 359 (65.6)
Cocaine 290 (27.4) 123 (24.0) 167 (30.5)
Methamphetamine 176 (16.6) 60 (11.7) 116 (21.2)
Speedball 189 (17.9) 99 (19.3) 90 (16.5)
Share injection equipment in the previous 30 days (n, %)
Any 325 (30.7) 182 (35.6) 143 (26.1)
None 734 (69.3) 330 (64.4) 404 (73.9)
Reuse syringes in the previous 30 days (n, %)
Any 671 (68.3) 342 (75.3) 329 (62.2)
None of the time 312 (31.7) 112 (24.7) 200 (37.8)
Number of injections per day in previous
30 days (n, %)
<5 587 (60.1) 284 (57.5) 303 (62.9)
≥5 389 (39.9) 210 (42.5) 179 (37.1)
Male who has sex with men (MSM) (n, %)
Yes 117 (11.1) 48 (9.4) 69 (12.6)
No 942 (88.9) 464 (90.6) 478 (87.4)
Condomless sex in previous 30 days (n, %)
Yes 449 (45.2) 192 (38.1) 257 (52.5)
No 545 (54.8) 312 (61.9) 233 (47.5)
Uptake of testing (n, %)
No test accepted 296 (28.0) 257 (50.2) 39 (7.1)
HIV test only 79 (7.5) 71 (13.9) 8 (1.5)
HCV test only 18 (1.70) 17 (3.3) 1 (0.2)
HIV/HCV accepted 666 (62.9) 167 (32.6) 499 (91.2)