| Aboriginal (N = 266) | Non-aboriginal (N = 1198) | ||||
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 | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis* | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis** | ||
Variables | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI |
Age | 0.22 | 1.00 | (0.96, 1.04) | 0.00 | 0.97†| (0.96, 0.99) |
Female | 0.02 | 2.07†| (1.03, 4.15) | 0.18 | 1.00 | (0.72, 1.37) |
Dependent children (Yes) | 0.09 | 2.15 | (0.83, 5.59) | 0.93 | 1.07 | (0.64, 1.80) |
No fixed address (NFA) | 0.32 | 1.53 | (0.71, 3.31) | 0.11 | 1.09 | (0.70, 1.70) |
Hepatitis C (Yes) | 0.00 | 4.91†| (2.43, 9.94) | 0.02 | 1.41 | (0.98, 2.02) |
HIV positive (Yes) | 0.48 | 0.49 | (0.20, 1.17) | 0.22 | 0.47 | (0.21, 1.07) |
Alcohol as primary substance of choice | 0.04 | 1.21 | (0.59, 2.48) | 0.00 | 0.59†| (0.40, 0.85) |
Cocaine as primary substance of choice | 0.02 | 1.62 | (0.77, 3.40) | 0.81 | 0.73 | (0.51, 1.05) |
Opiates as primary substance of choice | 0.00 | 2.09 | (0.89, 5.05) | 0.00 | 1.63†| (1.08, 2.46) |
Poly-drug use (Yes) | 0.01 | 1.28 | (0.59, 2.78) | 0.01 | 0.93 | (0.63, 1.39) |
Days of discharge‡ | 0.22 |  |  | 0.00 |  |  |
   Weekend |  | 2.28†| (1.04, 5.01) |  | 2.44†| (1.71, 3.46) |
   Welfare check issue period |  | 2.84†| (1.06, 7.59) |  | 1.51 | (0.96, 2.38) |