Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder

Table 3 Characteristics of crack cocaine smokers who use drugs in public stratified by willingness to use a supervised inhalation room (n = 382)

	Willing to use SIR^a
*Characteristic*	Yes n = 271, n (%)	No n = 111, n (%)
Age pre year older
(Median, IQR)^c	43 (37-49)	44 (37-48)
*Female Gender*
Yes	117 (43)	28 (25)
No	154 (57)	83 (75)
*Aboriginal Ancestry*
Yes	108 (40)	29 (26)
No	163 (60)	82 (74)
Limited Access to Private Space ^e
Yes	230 (85)	86 (77)
No	41 (15)	25 (23)
Drug Scene Exposure ^{e, f}
Yes	157 (58)	49 (44)
No	114 (42)	62 (56)
Most Drug Use in Public Areas ^e
Yes	140 (52)	43 (39)
No	131 (48)	68 (61)
Daily Crack Cocaine Smoking ^e
Yes	164 (61)	56 (50)
No	107 (39)	55 (50)
Risky Pipe Sharing ^e
Yes	38 (14)	3 (3)
No	233 (86)	108 (97)
Encounters with Police ^d
Yes	92 (34)	22 (20)
No	179 (66)	89 (80)
Victim of Violence ^e
Yes	53 (20)	24 (22)
No	218 (80)	87 (78)

Note: ^c IQR = Inter Quartile Range; ^d Denotes activities or situations referring to previous 6 months; ^e Denotes activities or situations referring to previous month; ^f Drug scene exposure was defined as spending an average of 7 or more hours on the street each day in Vancouver's drug use epicenter in the previous six months