Table 1 Socio-demographic and -economic characteristics of samples
Street sample (n = 81) | Treatment sample (n = 30) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 54 | 67 | 57–77 | 23 | 79 | 64–94 |
Female | 26 | 33 | 23–43 | 6 | 21 | 6–36 |
Colour/Race [*] | ||||||
White | 8 | 10 | 4–17 | 8 | 27 | 11–43 |
Non-white | 73 | 90 | 84–97 | 22 | 73 | 57–89 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single or separated | 70 | 86 | 79–94 | 24 | 80 | 66–94 |
Married or co-habitating | 11 | 14 | 6–22 | 6 | 20 | 6–34 |
Education [*] | ||||||
No formal education or some elementary school | 69 | 86 | 79–94 | 14 | 47 | 29–65 |
Completed elementary school or higher | 11 | 14 | 6–22 | 16 | 53 | 35–71 |
Housing status [30] [*] | ||||||
Stable | 20 | 25 | 16–35 | 27 | 90 | 80–101 |
Unstable (including homelessness) | 60 | 75 | 66–85 | 3 | 10 | 0–21 |
Employment status [30] | ||||||
Employed or working | 33 | 41 | 30–52 | 15 | 50 | 32–68 |
Not employed | 48 | 59 | 48–70 | 15 | 50 | 32–68 |
Arrested (in past year) | ||||||
Yes | 23 | 28 | 18–38 | 12 | 40 | 23–58 |
No | 58 | 72 | 62–82 | 18 | 60 | 43–76 |
Drug dealing for income [30] [*] | ||||||
Yes | 7 | 9 | 3–15 | 8 | 27 | 11–43 |
No | 74 | 91 | 75–91 | 22 | 73 | 57–89 |
Sex work for income [30] | ||||||
Yes | 14 | 17 | 9–25 | 3 | 10 | 0–21 |
No | 67 | 83 | 75–91 | 27 | 90 | 79–101 |
Begging for income [30] [*] | ||||||
Yes | 20 | 25 | 16–34 | 1 | 3 | 0–9 |
No | 61 | 75 | 66–84 | 29 | 97 | 91–103 |