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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for individual variables and Cronbach's alpha for each proposed factor

From: Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs: a factor analysis approach

Overall Security Worries1

  

Variable

Mean

SD

Having a Place to Stay

3.11

1.76

Able to Get Food

2.01

1.41

Being Robbed

2.91

1.63

Being Assaulted

2.51

1.56

Being Farmed

2.68

1.66

Being Arrested

2.76

1.59

Injection Drug Use-Specific Worries 2

  

Variable

Mean

SD

Overdosing

2.04

1.34

Vein Damage

2.65

1.57

Missing Your Smash

2.56

1.70

Police Confiscating Needles

1.76

1.44

Getting Clean Needles

1.72

0.45

Infectious Disease Worries 3

  

Variable

Mean

SD

HIV/AIDS

2.84

1.69

Hepatitis C Infection

2.89

1.71

STIs

2.11

1.50

  1. 1α = 0.75, 2α = 0.71, 3α = 0.74
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