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Table 1 Sample Characteristics (Percent (n) unless otherwise specified)

From: Access to housing subsidies, housing status, drug use and HIV risk among low-income U.S. urban residents

 

Hartford % (n)

East Hartford % (n)

Gender

  

   Male

66 (222)

60 (33)

   Female

34 (114)

40 (22)

   Tansgendered

.003 (1)

0 (0)

Ethnicity

34 (116)

38 (21)

   Black/African American

48 (162)

33 (18)

   Latino

18 (59)

29 (16)

   White/Other

  

Total

45.0 (mean) (8.7 sd)

 

   Age

45.0 (176)

 

Less than high school education

$560.00 (mean)

 

Monthly income

($424.60) (median)

 

Mental illness diagnosis

49.7 (196)

 

Self-reported HIV status

25.8 (101)

 

Criminal conviction

64.5 (253)

 

Ever received rental subsidy

26.5 (104)

 

Ever received supportive housing

19.1 (73)

 

Homeless

35.5 (139)

 

Ever used crack

81.4 (319)

 

Ever sniffed cocaine

84.2 (330)

 

Ever sniffed heroine

70.7 (277)

 

Ever injected cocaine

46.9 (184)

 

Ever injected heroine

48.7 (191)

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