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Table 2 Background characteristics of sample (n = 26)

From: Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study

	Total	(%)
Age
30–39	4	15
40–49	8	31
50–59	12	46
60–69	2	8
Gender
Man	13	50
Woman	11	42
Two-spirit	2	8
Race/ethnicity^a
Indigenous	12	46
White	14	54
HIV status
Positive	12	46
Negative	14	54
Housing status
Apartment	5	19
House	1	4
SRO hotel (privately owned)	2	8
SRO hotel (publicly owned)	7	27
Supportive housing	8	31
Shelter	2	8
Friend’s place	1	4
Drug use in past 30 days^a
Cannabis	13	50
Cocaine	11	42
Crack cocaine	13	50
Crystal methamphetamine	11	42
Heroin	23	88
Fentanyl^b	14	54
Opioids (extra medical)	9	35
Other	4	2

^aParticipants could report multiple categories
^bMost street-based drugs sold as heroin in Vancouver contain fentanyl

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