Increases and decreases in drug use attributed to housing status among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

Table 3 Bivariate GEE analyses of factors associated with perceived decreases in drug use ( n = 468)

Characteristic	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p value
Age
(Per year older)	1.03 (0.98–1.08)	0.209
Gender
(Female vs. male)	0.93 (0.68–1.28)	0.657
Caucasian ethnicity
(Yes vs. no)	1.27 (0.93–1.74)	0.140
Stable relationship (currently)
(Yes vs. no)	1.20 (0.90–1.59)	0.213
Homeless^a
(Homeless vs. not homeless)	1.60 (1.20–2.11)	0.001
Employment^a
(Yes vs. no)	1.08 (0.81–1.43)	0.618
Sex work^a
(Yes vs. no)	1.09 (0.61–1.95)	0.776
Drug dealing^a
(Yes vs. no)	1.20 (0.89–1.63)	0.228

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