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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of sampled people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic across three Canadian cities, May 2020–March 2021 (N = 1,025)

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristic

Vancouver

(N = 640)

Toronto

(N = 158)

Montreal

(N = 227)

Gender1,2, n (%)

   

 Cisgender men

355 (59)

106 (67)

174 (77)

 Cisgender women

234 (39)

41 (26)

49 (22)

 Transgender or other gender identity

13 (2)

9 (6)

4 (2)

Age (median, IQR)3

45 (32–55)

42 (34–49)

47 (40–57)

Ethnicity4, n (%)

 Indigenous

 Non-Indigenous Person of Colour

 white

248 (39)

32 (5)

356 (56)

38 (24)

34 (22)

84 (53)

12 (5)

31 (14)

182 (81)

Unstable housing status5,6, n (%)

357 (56)

78 (49)

83 (37)

Recent incarceration7, n (%)

31 (5)

19 (12)

11 (5)

  1. Notes: All percentages are calculated with missing responses included in the denominator.
  2. IQR = interquartile range.
  3. 1Ascertained by asking participants to self-identify their gender.
  4. 2Excludes one refusal and one missing value in Toronto, and 38 missing values in Vancouver.
  5. 3Excludes one missing value in Montreal.
  6. 4Excludes two missing values in Montreal, two “don’t know” in Toronto, and four missing values in Vancouver.
  7. 5Reflects current unstable housing status in Vancouver, and past six-month unstable housing status in Toronto and Montreal.
  8. 6Excludes three missing values in Vancouver.
  9. 7Excludes seven missing values in Vancouver.
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