Table 1 Socio-demographics of 1415 drug users, by illicit methadone (IM) use and injection status
From: Correlates of illicit methadone use in New York City: A cross-sectional study
Non-injection drug users | Injection drug users | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Current IM use | No current IM use | Total | Current IM use | No current IM use | |||
n = 955 | n = 113 | n = 842 | n = 460 | n = 157 | n = 303 | |||
n(%) d | n(%) | n(%) | p-value a | n(%) d | n(%) | n(%) | p-value a | |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 664 (69.5) | 76 (67.3) | 588 (69.8) | 0.576 | 370 (80.4) | 125 (79.6) | 245 (80.9) | 0.751 |
Female | 289 (30.3) | 37 (32.7) | 252 (29.9) | 0.541 | 88 (19.1) | 30 (19.1) | 58 (19.1) | 0.993 |
Transgender | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) | 1.000b | 2 (0.4) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0.120b |
Race | ||||||||
Hispanic | 430 (45.0) | 67 (59.3) | 363 (43.1) | 0.001 | 373 (81.1) | 133 (84.7) | 240 (79.2) | 0.172 |
Black | 436 (45.7) | 36 (31.9) | 400 (47.5) | 0.002 | 21 (4.6) | 5 (3.2) | 16 (5.3) | 0.304 |
White | 25 (2.6) | 1 (0.9) | 24 (2.9) | 0.960b | 51 (11.1) | 16 (10.2) | 35 (11.6) | 0.651 |
Other | 64 (6.7) | 9 (8.0) | 55 (6.5) | 0.567 | 14 (3.0) | 3 (1.9) | 11 (3.6) | 0.398b |
Mean age (SD) c | 30.1 (6.5) | 31.8 (6.2) | 29.8 (6.5) | 0.002 | 26.4 (5.3) | 26.1 (4.9) | 26.6 (5.5) | 0.388 |
Sexual orientation | ||||||||
Heterosexual | 786 (82.3) | 100 (88.5) | 686 (81.5) | 0.033 | 395 (85.9) | 133 (84.7) | 262 (86.5) | 0.961 |
MSM e | 90 (9.4) | 5 (4.4) | 85 (10.1) | 0.051 | 13 (8.3) | 32 (10.6) | 13 (8.3) | 0.447 |
WSW f | 102 (10.7) | 9 (8.0) | 93 (11.0) | 0.327 | 11 (7.0) | 21 (6.9) | 11 (7.0) | 0.955 |
< High school education | 526 (55.1) | 68 (60.2) | 458 (54.4) | 0.246 | 190 (41.3) | 67 (42.7) | 123 (40.6) | 0.709 |
Homeless in last 6 months | 549 (57.5) | 60 (53.1) | 489 (58.1) | 0.315 | 332 (72.2) | 117 (74.5) | 215 (71.0) | 0.419 |
Main source of income | ||||||||
Employed | 180 (18.8) | 18 (15.9) | 162 (19.2) | 0.334 | 59 (12.8) | 20 (12.7) | 39 (12.9) | 0.925 |
Illegal | 386 (40.4) | 53 (46.9) | 333 (39.5) | 0.203 | 254 (55.2) | 99 (63.1) | 155 (51.2) | 0.021 |
Public Assistance | 221 (23.1) | 27 (23.9) | 194 (23.0) | 0.956 | 65 (14.1) | 16 (10.2) | 49 (16.2) | 0.071 |
Other | 146 (15.3) | 15 (13.3) | 131 (15.6) | 0.459 | 72 (15.7) | 20 (12.7) | 52 (17.2) | 0.194 |
Have children | 547 (57.3) | 77 (68.1) | 470 (55.8) | 0.013 | 216 (47.0) | 70 (44.6) | 146 (48.2) | 0.463 |
Ever been incarcerated | 661 (69.2) | 88 (77.9) | 573 (68.1) | 0.044 | 323 (70.2) | 112 (71.3) | 211 (69.6) | 0.632 |
Site | ||||||||
Bronx | 348 (36.4) | 43 (38.1) | 305 (36.2) | 0.704 | 232 (50.4) | 83 (52.9) | 149 (49.2) | 0.453 |
Harlem | 449 (47.0) | 53 (46.9) | 396 (47.0) | 0.980 | 171 (37.2) | 59 (37.6) | 112 (37.0) | 0.907 |
Brooklyn | 67 (7.0) | 11 (9.7) | 56 (6.7) | 0.228 | 22 (4.8) | 6 (3.8) | 16 (5.3) | 0.487 |
Queens | 47 (4.9) | 5 (4.4) | 42 (5.0) | 0.880 | 6 (1.3) | 3 (1.9) | 3 (1.0) | 0.415 |
Lower East Side | 40 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 40 (4.8) | 1.000b | 27 (5.9) | 6 (3.8) | 21 (6.9) | 0.178 |
HIV+ | 101 (10.6) | 6 (5.3) | 95 (11.3) | 0.056 | 22 (4.8) | 6 (3.8) | 16 (5.3) | 0.457 |
HBV+ | 211 (22.1) | 24 (21.2) | 187 (22.2) | 0.832 | 141 (30.7) | 47 (29.9) | 94 (31.0) | 0.763 |
HCV+ | 36 (3.8) | 6 (5.3) | 30 (3.6) | 0.247b | 255 (55.4) | 86 (54.8) | 169 (55.8) | 0.596 |