Financial hardship and drug use among men who have sex with men

Table 2 Adjusted risk ratios (aRRs)^a for the association between financial hardship and drug use

	Overall use^b	Any Drug^c	Tobacco use^d	Alcohol use	Marijuana use	Inhalant Nitrites use	Club drug use^e
	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)	aRR (95% CI)
Financial hardship
Model 1
Low	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
High	1.15 (1.05, 1.27)**	1.25 (1.07, 1.46)**	1.45 (1.19, 1.78)**	1.10 (0.93, 1.32)	1.48 (1.03, 2.13)*	1.24 (1.03, 1.50)*	1.47 (0.91, 2.37)
Model 2
Low	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Medium	1.14 (1.03, 1.26)*	1.21 (1.02, 1.43)*	1.37 (1.10, 1.71)**	1.14 (0.95, 1.37)	1.37 (0.92, 2.03)	1.18 (0.96, 1.45)	1.46 (0.87, 2.44)
High	1.19 (1.06, 1.34)**	1.37 (1.12, 1.67)**	1.67 (1.30, 2.16)**	1.01 (0.77, 1.32)	1.80 (1.13, 2.85)*	1.40 (1.11, 1.78)**	1.48 (0.75, 2.92)
Test for trend	p = 0.002	p = 0.003	p < 0.0001	p = 0.397	p = 0.013	p = 0.01	p = 0.124

aRR adjusted risk ratio, CI Confidence Intervals
^aAdjusted for age, sexual orientation, origin (born in France), employment and relationship status
^bIncludes cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or nicotine vapes, alcohol, marijuana, synthetic marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, GHB/GBL, methamphetamine, heroin, prescription stimulants, prescription benzodiazepines, inhalant nitrites, other inhalants, prescription opioids, psychedelics, synthetic cathinones, and anabolic steroids
^cIncludes marijuana, synthetic marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine, GHB/GBL, methamphetamine, heroin, prescription stimulants, prescription benzodiazepines, inhalant nitrites, other inhalants, prescription opioids, psychedelics, synthetic cathinones, and anabolic steroids
^dIncludes cigarettes and electronic cigarettes (nicotine vapes)
^eIncludes MDMA, ketamine and GHB/GBL
Model 1: high financial hardship (Somewhat difficult; Very difficult; and Extremely difficult) and low financial hardship (Not at all difficult and Not very difficult)
Model 2: high financial hardship (very difficult and extremely difficult), somewhat difficult, and low (not at all and not very difficult)
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01

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