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Table 2 Food insecurity by gender, age, injected outdoors, self-reported HCV status, injected opiates and injected cocaine

From: Frequent food insecurity among injection drug users: correlates and concerns

 

Did you worry that there would not be enough to eat because of a lack of money?

Did you not have enough to eat because of a lack of money?

Did you not eat the quality or variety of foods that you wanted because of a lack of money?

 

Daily/Weekly

Monthly

Never

X 2

p

Daily/Weekly

Monthly

Never

X 2

p

Daily/Weekly

Monthly

Never

X 2

p

Total

52.4

24.8

22.8

  

54.5

22.1

23.4

  

60.4

24.3

15.3

  

Gender

Men

50.5

22.9

26.7

 

ns

53.3

21.0

25.7

 

ns

59.6

21.2

19.2

 

ns

Women

57.5

30.0

12.5

  

57.5

25.0

17.5

  

62.5

32.5

5.0

  

Age

<25

60.0

13.3

26.7

 

ns

53.3

13.3

13.3

 

ns

53.3

13.3

13.3

 

ns

≥ 25

51.5

26.2

22.3

  

54.6

23.1

22.3

 

ns

61.2

25.6

13.2

 

ns

Injected outdoors

Yes

55.9

20.7

23.4

 

ns

55.9

17.1

27.0

9.160

.001

62.2

20.7

17.1

 

ns

No

38.7

41.9

19.4

  

45.2

41.9

12.9

  

51.6

38.7

9.7

  

Self- reported HCV status

-ve

54.1

23.0

23.0

 

ns

52.5

16.4

31.1

 

ns

57.4

21.3

21.2

  

+ve

50.7

26.1

23.2

  

52.2

29.0

18.8

  

59.4

30.4

10.1

  

Injected opiates in the past 6 months

Yes

58.3

20.8

20.8

 

ns

58.3

12.5

29.2

 

ns

66.7

12.5

20.8

 

ns

No

51.7

25.8

22.5

  

53.3

24.2

22.5

  

59.2

26.7

14.2

  

Injected crack cocaine in the past 6 months

Yes

47.8

28.3

23.9

 

ns

45.7

58.2

30.4

 

ns

50.0

32.6

17.4

 

ns

No

55.1

23.5

21.4

  

23.9

21.4

20.4

  

65.3

20.4

14.3

  
 

Did you not eat or drink water because of a ‘drug binge’ (i.e., extended drug use)?

Did you use a food program?

     
 

Daily/Weekly

Monthly

Never

X 2

p

Daily/Weekly

Monthly

Never

X 2

p

     

Total

57.6

24.3

18.1

  

33.3

52.1

14.6

       

Gender

Men

57.7

25.0

17.3

6.596

.037

30.8

50.0

19.2

6.593

.037

     

Women

57.5

22.5

20.0

  

40.0

57.5

2.5

       

Age

               

<25

60.0

26.7

13.3

 

ns

40.0

57.5

2.5

6.337

.042

     

≥ 25

40.0

26.7

33.3

 

ns

32.6

55.0

12.4

       

Injected outdoors

Yes

55.9

17.1

9.160

27.0

.001

36.0

46.8

17.1

7.377

.025

     

No

45.2

41.9

12.9

  

19.4

74.2

6.5

       

Self- reported HCV status

-ve

59.0

24.6

16.4

 

ns

49.3

31.0

19.7

 

ns

     

+ve

55.1

23.5

21.7

  

46.1

43.8

10.1

       

Injected opiates in the past 6 months

Yes

41.7

29.2

29.2

 

ns

60.8

23.3

15.8

 

ns

     

No

41.7

54.2

4.2

  

31.7

51.7

16.7

       

Injected crack cocaine in the past 6 months

Yes

52.2

23.9

23.9

 

ns

60.2

24.5

15.3

ns

      

No

30.4

47.8

21.7

  

34.7

54.1

11.2

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