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Table 4 Residential relocation and frequency of criminal-legal outcomes among PWID in Los Angeles and San Francisco (N = 594) a

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

 

Residential Relocation Status

Arrest

Jail

Bivariate Analysis

Relocated in past 30 days (n = 427)

138 (32%) ***

136 (32%) ***

Did not relocate (n = 167)

28 (17%)

25 (15%)

Categorical Analysis

Relocated >9x in the past 30 days (n = 119)

61 (42%) ***

56 (39%) ***

Relocated 3-9x in the past 30 days (n = 186)

51 (33%)

53 (34%)

Relocated <3x in the past 30 days (n = 115)

25 (22%)

26 (23%)

Did not relocate (n = 156)

28 (17%)

25 (15%)

  1. * χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.05
  2. ** χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.01
  3. *** χ2 test between residential relocation and outcome significant at p < 0.001
  4. a fewer than 601 individuals responded to this question
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