Patterns, determinants and barriers of health and social service utilization among young urban crack users in Brazil

Table 1 Key socio-demographic and drug use characteristics of sample, by site

	Rio de Janeiro		Salvador
	(n = 81)		(n = 79)
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	54	67	70	89
Color/race
White	8	10	5	6
Black	31	38	32	41
Mixed race or other	42	52	42	53
Marital status
Single	57	70	56	71
Education
Incomplete	69	86	62	79
Elementary
Schooling or less
Housing status
Lives in own or family	19	24	58	73
House or apartment	19	24	58	73
Unstable housing	61	76	21	27
(including homelessness)	61	76	21	27
Arrested by police (in the past year)	23	28	44	56
Paid work (legal or illegal)	34	42	55	70
Other drugs used (in last 30 days)
Alcohol	61	75	72	96
Tobacco	76	94	62	76
Cocaine	55	68	67	85
Marijuana	64	79	71	90

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