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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 177 street-involved youth, stratified by knowledge and possession of THN

From: Knowledge and possession of take-home naloxone kits among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: a cohort study

 

Knowledge of THN

Possession of THN

Characteristic

Yes (%)

n = 126

No (%)

n = 51

Yes (%)

n = 40

No (%)

n = 137

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Median age (Q1–Q3)a

22.2 (20.2–23.4)

21.9 (19.6–23.4)

22.1 (20.1–23.7)

22.1 (20.2–23.4)

 Male gender

73 (57.9)

36 (70.6)

15 (37.5)

94 (68.6)

 White ethnicity

78 (61.9)

19 (37.3)

29 (72.5)

68 (49.6)

 Downtown Eastside residenceb

33 (26.2)

14 (27.5)

8 (20.0)

39 (28.5)

 Ever absolutely homeless

116 (92.1)

41 (80.4)

36 (90.0)

121 (88.3)

 High school completion

58 (46.0)

26 (51.0)

20 (50.0)

64 (46.7)

 Employmentb

29 (23.0)

14 (27.5)

10 (25.0)

33 (24.1)

 Incarcerationb

22 (17.5)

4 (7.8)

6 (15.0)

20 (14.6)

Substance use-related factors

 Daily heroin useb

44 (34.9)

6 (11.8)

20 (50.0)

30 (21.9)

 Daily cocaine or crack useb

4 (3.2)

6 (11.8)

1 (2.5)

9 (6.6)

 Daily methamphetamine useb

37 (29.4)

12 (23.5)

17 (42.5)

32 (23.4)

 Daily use of prescription opioidsb

10 (7.9)

2 (3.9)

1 (2.5)

11 (8.0)

 Public injectingb

61 (48.4)

7 (13.7)

22 (55.0)

46 (33.6)

 Ever overdosed

61 (48.4)

20 (39.2)

20 (50.0)

61 (44.5)

 Drug or alcohol treatmentb

77 (61.1)

22 (43.1)

27 (67.5)

72 (52.6)

 Unable to access addiction treatmentb

28 (22.2)

4 (7.8)

7 (17.5)

25 (18.2)

  1. aQ1–Q3 = 25th–75th percentiles
  2. bIn the last 6 months