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

Table 3 Residential relocation and frequency of health outcomes among PWID in Los Angeles and San Francisco (N = 594) ^a

	Residential Relocation Status	Overdose	Receptive Syringe Sharing	Severely Food Insecure	Drug Treatment
Bivariate Analysis	Relocated in past 30 days (n = 427)	73 (17%) **	67 (16%) **	184 (47%) *	126 (30%) *
Bivariate Analysis	Did not relocate (n = 167)	11 (7%)	12 (7%)	51 (34%)	68 (41%)
Categorical Analysis	Relocated > 9x (n = 121)	30 (21%) **	28 (21%) **	84 (60%) ***	35 (24%) *
	Relocated 3-9x (n = 189)	24 (15%)	26 (17%)	61 (43%)	48 (31%)
	Relocated < 3x (n = 117)	19 (16%)	13 (11%)	36 (33%)	43 (37%)
	Did not relocate (n = 166)	11 (7%)	12 (7%)	51 (31%)	68 (41%)

*= 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