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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services

 

Overall

Period

Group condition

 

Pre-COVID

COVID

Usual care

Accessible care

(n = 106)

(n = 60; 56.6%)

(n = 46; 43.4%)

(n = 52; 49.1%)

(n = 54; 50.9%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age

     

 18–29

10 (9.5)

3 (5.0)

7 (15.2)

4 (7.7)

6 (11.1)

 30–39

35 (33.3)

19 (31.7)

16 (34.8)

19 (36.5)

16 (29.6)

 40–49

29 (27.4)

18 (30.0)

11 (23.9)

15 (28.8)

14 (25.9)

 > 50

32 (30.2)

20 (33.3)

12 (26.1)

14 (26.9)

18 (33.3)

Gender

     

 Male

86 (81.1)

50 (83.3)

36 (78.3)

43 (82.7)

43 (79.6)

 Female

19 (17.9)

10 (16.7)

9 (19.6)

9 (17.3)

10 (18.5)

 Transgender

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

Race/ethnicity

     

 Hispanic

66 (62.3)

39 (65.0)

27 (58.7)

35 (67.3)

31 (57.4)

 Non-Hispanic White

28 (26.4)

12 (20.0)

16 (34.8)

13 (25.0)

15 (27.8)

 Non-Hispanic Black

5 (4.7)

4 (6.7)

1 (2.2)

1 (1.9)

4 (7.4)

 Other

7 (6.6)

5 (8.3)

2 (4.3)

3 (5.8)

4 (7.4)

Homelessness

     

 Lifetime

95 (89.6)

52 (86.7)

43 (93.5)

45 (86.5)

50 (92.6)

 Past 3 months

53 (50.0)

31 (51.7)

22 (47.8)

26 (50.0)

27 (50.0)

Employment status

     

 Employed full time on the books

5 (4.7)

3 (5.0)

2 (4.3)

3 (5.8)

2 (3.7)

 Employed part time on the books

2 (1.9)

2 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

1 (1.9)

 Odd jobs, off the books

11 (10.4)

7 (11.7)

4 (8.7)

5 (9.6)

6 (11.1)

 Disabled for work

12 (11.3)

8 (13.3)

4 (8.7)

7 (13.5)

5 (9.3)

 Unemployed

74 (69.8)

39 (65.0)

35 (76.1)

35 (67.3)

39 (72.2)

 Other

2 (1.9)

1 (1.7)

1 (2.2)

1 (1.9)

1 (1.9)

Income (past 12 month)

     

 $0–$10,000

62 (62.0)

35 (62.5)

27 (61.4)

30 (61.2)

32 (62.7)

 $11,000–$25,000

22 (22.0)

13 (23.2)

9 (20.5)

13 (26.5)

9 (17.6)

 $26,000 or greater

16 (16.0)

8 (14.3)

8 (18.2)

6 (12.2)

10 (19.6)

Participants completed treatment

55 (51.9%)

34 (56.7%)

21 (45.7%)

14 (26.9%)

41 (75.9%)**

  1. **p < .01