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Table 1 Unadjusted correlates of property crime—socio-demographics and health indicators

From: Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use

Variable

Total sample

Not reported property crime

Reported property crime

Unadjusted

 

N = 141 (%)

n = 101 (%)

n = 40 (%)

OR

95 % CI

Male

114 (81)

83 (82)

31 (78)

1.34

0.54–3.29

Aged ≥30 years

76 (54)

55 (54)

21 (52)

0.92

0.44–1.92

Indigenous

7 (5)

5 (5)

2 (5)

1.01

0.19–5.43

Completed year ≤9 education

50 (35)

32 (32)

18 (45)

1.76

0.83–3.73

Unstable accommodationa

51 (36)

32 (31)

19 (47)

1.95

0.92–4.13

Health indicators

     

 Drug overdose since release

13 (9)

7 (7)

6 (15)

2.37

0.74–7.55

 Very high psychological distressb

41 (29)

23 (23)

18 (45)

2.47

1.22–5.81

 Current contact with mental health service

26 (18)

12 (12)

14 (35)

3.99

1.64–9.69

 Currently prescribed ≥ mental health medication

52 (37)

35 (35)

17 (43)

1.39

0.66–2.95

 Visited general practitioner since release

90 (64)

57 (56)

33 (83)

3.64

1.47–9.00

 Current opioid substitution therapy

128 (91)

91 (90)

37 (93)

1.35

0.35–5.20

  1. aFor example, boarding house, motel and staying with friends
  2. bMeasured from K10 [14]