Correlates of public support toward federal funding for harm reduction strategies

Table 3 Regression Models Predicting Support toward Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) and Safe Injection Facilities (SIFs), n = 899

	Standardized B	SE B	t	Cohen’s d
	Support Toward NSPs
Gender	−0.09**	0.07	−2.62	0.21
Age	0.12**	0.01	3.47	0.28
Race	−0.06	0.07	−1.76	0.14
Education	0.07	0.03	1.97	0.16
Political Ideology	0.24***	0.02	6.15	0.49
Religiosity	−0.07	0.03	−1.76	0.14
SDS	−0.03	0.07	−0.78	0.06
PDS	−0.15***	0.04	−3.75	0.31
Needs Punishment/Help	−0.25***	0.02	−6.61	0.53
	Support Toward SIFs
Gender	−0.08*	0.08	−2.28	0.18
Age	0.14***	0.01	3.96	0.32
Race	0.03	0.09	0.73	0.06
Education	0.01	0.01	0.34	0.11
Political Ideology	0.25***	0.03	5.99	0.48
Religiosity	−0.07	0.04	−0.84	0.07
SDS	−0.11*	0.09	−2.57	0.21
PDS	−0.03	0.05	−1.84	0.15
Needs Punishment/Help	−0.18***	0.03	−4.53	0.37

Gender was dummy-coded (0 = men, 1 = women). Race was dummy-coded (0 = White, 1 = everyone else). Cohen’s d = 2 t/ √df. SDS = Social Distance Scale. PDS = Perceived Dangerousness Scale. Needs Help/Punishment = semantic differential question assessing participants’ view whether IDUs need help vs. punishment. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001

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