Barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C screening among people who inject drugs: a multi-city, mixed-methods study

Table 1 Characteristics of sample, by receipt of HCV test in the past year (N = 520)

Characteristics	Not tested in past 12 m	Tested in past 12 m	P*
Overall number of subjects	136 (26.2)	384 (73.8)
Age
<30 years	62 (28.2)	158 (71.8)	0.37
≥30 years	74 (24.7)	226 (75.3)	0.37
Gender
Male	98 (27.5)	259 (72.5)	0.32
Female	38 (23.3)	125 (76.7)	0.32
Race
White	108 (26.4)	301 (73.6)	0.80
Non-white	28 (25.2)	83 (74.8)	0.80
Employment status
Unemployed	90 (28.3)	228 (71.7)	0.27
Employed – part time	23 (25.6)	67 (74.4)
Employed – full time	23 (20.5)	89 (79.5)
Has health insurance
No	84 (30.4)	192 (69.6)	0.02
Yes	52 (21.3)	192 (78.7)	0.02
Has a primary care provider
No	88 (31.7)	190 (68.3)	<0.01
Yes	48 (19.8)	194 (76.7)	<0.01
Area of residence
Rural	27 (33.8)	53 (66.2)	0.05
Suburban	64 (28.8)	158 (71.2)
Urban	44 (21.2)	164 (78.8)
Milwaukee zip code
No	80 (33.2)	161 (66.8)	<0.01
Yes	56 (20.1)	223 (79.9)	<0.01
Education
Did not finish HS	31 (40.3)	46 (59.7)	<0.01
GED or high school diploma	67 (31.9)	143 (68.1)
Some college/technical school	29 (17.2)	140 (82.4)
Graduated college/technical school	9 (14.1)	55 (85.9)
Years since initiation of injection drug use
Less than 2 years	40 (32.5)	83 (67.5)	0.19
2-5 years	50 (23.7)	161 (76.2
More than 5 years	46 (24.7)	140 (75.3)
Frequency of injection drug use within the past 6 months
Once per week or less	17 (34.0)	33 (66.0)	0.24
2-6 times/week	33 (29.5)	79 (70.5)
Once daily or more	86 (24.3)	268 (75.7)
Shared works in past 6 months**
No	59 (26.8)	161 (73.2)	0.77
Yes	77 (25.7)	223 (74.3)	0.77
History of opioid overdose
No	105 (28.9)	259 (71.2)	0.05
Yes	31 (20.4)	121 (79.6)	0.05
Positive test for HCV
No	n/a	343	n/a
Yes	n/a	41

All values are n (%) unless otherwise noted.
*P value from chi-squared of independence between selected covariate and receipt of HCV test in the preceding 12 months.
**Sharing works was defined as any report of using a syringe, cooker/container, or cotton filter after another person had already used it.

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