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Table 3 Prior Month Income from Legal, Non-Legal, and Total Sources by gender

From: Men’s and women’s response to treatment and perceptions of outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of injectable opioid assisted treatment for severe opioid use disorder

Source of income

Women

N = 62

Men

N = 140

 

N(%)

Median (IQR)

N(%)

Median (IQR)

Baseline

 Non-legal

45 (72.58)

2000.00

(800.00, 4600.00)

86 (61.43)

1750.00

(500.00, 4000.00)

 Legal

61 (98.39)

1111.00

(850.00, 1400.00)

140 (100.00)

1150.00

(900.00, 1587.50)

 Total

62 (100.00)

2282.50

(1400.00, 4200.00)

140 (100.00)

2115.50

(1487.50, 4022.00)

Six-months

 Non-legal

23 (37.10)

1000.00

(500.00, 1500.00)

38 (27.94)

1500.00

(250.00, 3000.00)

 Legal

60 (96.77)

1080.00

(836.00, 1300.00)

135 (96.43)

1100.00

(906.00, 1330.00)

 Total

62 (100.00)

1300.00

(960.00, 2120.00)

136 (100.00)

1200.00

(957.50, 1955.00)

  1. Medians are in Canadian Dollars. IQR = Interquartile Range. Medians and IQR data is presented for women and men reporting at least one dollar of income in each source
  2. Legal Sources: Employment, Income Assistance, Pension, Disability, Money from partner, family or friends
  3. Non-legal Sources: Drug dealing, property theft, and sex work
  4. There were no significant differences found between men and women in regards to baseline or six-month non-legal, legal, or total income