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Table 3 Distribution of contact characteristics according to location

From: Combining respondent-driven sampling with a community-based participatory action study of people who smoke drugs in two cities in British Columbia, Canada

Demographic variables of contacts

Abbotsford (n = 739)

DTES (n = 498)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Male

393(53)

304(61)

 < 0.01*

Age

41.99(34)

43(10)

0.69

Homeless

357(48)

87(17)

 < 0.01*

Years living in Abbotsford

23(3)

4(1)

0.01*

House/apartment

201(27)

31(6)

 < 0.01*

Living with friends or family

14(2)

3(1)

0.08

Years living in DTES

0(0)

177(36)

 < 0.01*

Supported living

115(16)

168(34)

 < 0.01*

Medical conditions

Mental Illness

196(27)

55(11)

 < 0.01*

HIV

41(6)

22(4)

0.38

HCV

149(20)

63(13)

 < 0.01*

Drug use

Current drug user

714(97)

468(96)

0.38

Injection drug use

386(52)

280(56)

0.17

Smoking drug use

694(94)

449(90)

0.01*

Meth

596(81)

249(50)

 < 0.01*

Crack

183(25)

213(43)

 < 0.01*

Opioids

346(47)

222(45)

0.44

  1. N = 1386 contacts. Data presented as either percent frequency or mean (standard deviation)
  2. *Statistical difference p < 0.05