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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

From: Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US–Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016–2018

Demographics

Total N = 363

El Paso N = 187

Ciudad Juarez N = 176

Z (95% CI of the difference)

P -value

Percent unless indicated

Female

20

24.6

15.4

− 2.17 (− .17,− .009)

0.03

Partnered

30.5

22.6

39.2

3.42 (.07,.258)

0.001

Socioeconomic factors

Completed secondary school only

52.3

23.5

83.0

11.32 (.50,.67)

0.001

Unemployed

39.6

60.1

19.4

− 7.84 (− .4,9,− .31)

0.001

Job in informal sector

60.6

52.4

81.4

5.58 (.19, .38)

0.001

Receives money from family/friends

7.7

1.1

15.0

4.92 (.08, .19)

0.001

Medical Insurance

26.4

38.4

15.2

− 4.86 (− .31,− .14)

0.001