Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Residential relocation and frequency of violence outcomes among PWID in Los Angeles and San Francisco (N = 594)^a

	Residential Relocation Status	Having Belongings Stolen	Experiencing Physical Assault	Experiencing Weaponized Assault	Experiencing Sexual Assault
Bivariate Analysis	Relocated in past 30 days (n = 427)	327 (77%) ***	167 (40%) **	93 (23%) *	18 (78%)
Bivariate Analysis	Did not relocate (n = 167)	91 (56%)	255 (23%)	21 (13%)	403 (71%)
Categorical Analysis	Relocated > 9x (n = 121)	127 (87%) ***	76 (52%) ***	49 (34%) ***	8 (6%)
	Relocated 3-9x (n = 189)	129 (83%)	64 (41%)	30 (19%)	7 (4%)
	Relocated < 3x (n = 117)	68 (59%)	26 (22%)	13 (11%)	3 (3%)
	Did not relocate (n = 167)	91 (54%)	39 (23%)	21 (13%)	5 (3%)

*= χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.05
**= χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.01
***= χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.001
^a fewer than 601 individuals responded to this question

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