Table 2.
Baseline demographics and characteristics of 336 WLWH from SHAWNA cohort stratified by the housing status
| Housing status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N = 336 (100) |
Missing data (%) | Unsheltered N = 82 (24.4) |
Unstable N = 159 (47.3) |
Supportive housing N = 40 (11.9) |
Stable housing N = 55 (16.4) |
P-value | |
| Age (median, Q1-Q3) | 43 (36–50) | 0 (0) | 40 (34–46) | 44 (37–52) | 48 (43–53) | 44 (36–50) | < 0.001 |
| Sexual minority | 110 (32.7) | 1 (0.3) | 26 (31.7) | 56 (35.2) | 12 (30.0) | 16 (29.1) | 0.836 |
| Gender minority | 33 (9.8) | 2 (0.6) | – | – | – | – | 0.008 |
|
Race White Indigenous Otherwise racialized |
115 (34.2) 191 (56.9) 30 (8.9) |
0 (0) |
– – – |
– – – |
– – – |
– – – |
0.384 |
| Currently live in City of Vancouver | 246 (73.2) | 1 (0.3) | – | – | – | – | < 0.001 |
| Currently live in DTES | 103 (30.7) | 1 (0.3) | 43 (52.4) | 36 (22.6) | 18 (45.0) | 6 (10.9) | < 0.001 |
| Education, high school level and above | 161 (47.9) | 0 (0) | 29 (35.4) | 87 (54.7) | 16 (40.0) | 29 (52.7) | 0.022 |
|
Employmenta None Sex work Formal, legal |
165 (49.1) 115 (34.2) 44 (13.1) |
12 (3.6) |
– – – |
– – – |
– – – |
– – – |
0.001 |
| Monthly income in $CADa (median, Q1-Q3) |
1,600 (1,110–2,660) |
5 (1.5) |
1,490 (1,000–3,150) |
1,700 (1,140–2,820) |
1,380 (1,110–1,930) |
1,690 (1,180–2,400) |
0.085 |
| Food insecuritya | 260 (77.4) | 2 (0.6) | 71 (86.6) | 123 (77.4) | 27 (67.5) | 39 (70.9) | 0.077 |
| Incarcerationb | 246 (73.2) | 1 (0.3) | 66 (80.5) | 113 (71.1) | 32 (80.0) | 35 (63.6) | 0.081 |
| Hospitalizationa | 79 (23.5) | 1 (0.3) | – | – | – | – | < 0.001 |
| Stimulant usea | 221 (65.8) | 1 (0.3) | 72 (87.8) | 93 (58.5) | 31 (77.5) | 25 (45.5) | < 0.001 |
| Opioid usea | 143 (42.6) | 1 (0.3) | 49 (59.8) | 60 (37.7) | 17 (42.5) | 17 (30.9) | 0.003 |
| Overdosea | 19 (5.7) | 3 (0.9) | – | – | – | – | 0.257 |
| Feel in danger where currently sleeping | 89 (26.5) | 0 (0) | 26 (31.7) | 44 (27.7) | 9 (22.5) | 10 (18.2) | 0.316 |
| Physical/sexual violencea | 62 (18.5) | 15 (4.5) | – | – | – | – | < 0.001 |
| Outed as HIV + b | 154 (45.8) | 11 (3.3) | 38 (46.3) | 69 (43.4) | 17 (42.5) | 30 (54.6) | 0.686 |
| Abused due to HIV statusb | 108 (32.1) | 21 (6.3) | 32 (39.0) | 50 (31.5) | 11 (27.5) | 15 (27.3) | 0.383 |
All data refer to n (%) of participants unless otherwise specified
Q1-Q3: first to third quartile
Low cell counts (< 5) are suppressed to maintain participant privacy
a Last six months prior to the interview
b Lifetime