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Table 1 Characteristics of RDS-recruited Participants (n = 353)

From: Prescription opioid injection among young people who inject drugs in New York City: a mixed-methods description and associations with hepatitis C virus infection and overdose

Characteristic

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Age

24 (3)

 

Gender

 Male

 

230 (65)

 Female

 

119 (34)

 Transgender

 

4 (1)

Race/ethnicity

 White

 

259 (73)

 Latino/a

 

66 (19)

 Non-White and non-Latino/a

 

26 (7)

Household income growing up (annual)1

 $0–$50,000

 

126 (36)

 $51,000–$100,000

 

116 (33)

 $101,000 or more

 

81 (23)

 Did not respond

 

30 (8)

Heroin and prescription opioid injection (lifetime)

 Never injected POs

 

139 (39)

 Injected POs sporadically

 

116 (33)

 Injected PO regularly2

 

92 (26)

 Never injected heroin

 

5 (2)

 Injected heroin sporadically

 

33 (9)

 Injected heroin regularly2

 

314 (89)

Ever homeless

 

247 (70)

Ever overdosed

 

197 (56)

HCV antibody-positive

 

105 (30)

  1. This table is based on the 353 participants who reported ever injecting drugs
  2. 1Thirty participants (9%) did not respond to the question about household income while growing up. For all other variables, less than 5% of data are missing
  3. 2“Regular” injection is defined as injecting 3 or more times per week for at least 1 month