Table 1 Survey participant characteristics
Participant characteristics | Reported interaction with police | Did not report interactions with police | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women (n = 40) n (%) | Men (n = 85) n (%) | Total (n = 125) n (%) | Women (n = 383) n (%) | Men (n = 622) n (%) | Total (n = 1005) n (%) | |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 6 (15) | 13 (15) | 19 (15) | 46 (12) | 88 (14) | 134 (13) |
Non-Australian born | 6 (15) | 11 (13) | 17 (14) | 29 (8) | 91 (15) | 120 (12) |
Living in Melbourne | 32 (80) | 68 (80) | 100 (80) | 283 (74) | 490 (79) | 773 (77) |
Living in rural/regional Victoria | 8 (20) | 17 (20) | 25 (20) | 100 (26) | 132 (21) | 232 (23) |
Completed > year 10 | 29 (72.5) | 52 (61) | 81 (65) | 259 (68) | 414 (66.5) | 673 (67) |
Ever incarcerated | 16 (40) | 56 (66) | 72 (58) | 162 (42) | 392 (63) | 554 (55) |
Unemployed | 31 (77.5) | 66 (80) | 99 (79) | 282 (74) | 503 (81) | 785 (78) |
Unstable housing | 8 (20) | 25 (29) | 33 (26) | 65 (17) | 171 (27.5) | 236 (23.5) |
Prescribed OAT | 17 (42.5) | 31 (36.5) | 48 (38) | 139 (36) | 210 (34) | 349 (35) |
Ever overdosed | 9 (22.5) | 25 (29) | 34 (37) | 65 (17) | 82 (13) | 147 (15) |
Ever injected drugs | 36 (90) | 66 (78) | 102 (82) | 310 (81) | 541 (87) | 851 (85) |