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Table 2 Demographic characteristics for participants in the Rural Opioid Initiative by study site, 2018–2020

From: The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis

 

Total

Sites

IL

KY

NC

NE

OH

OR

WI

WV

N

3048

173

338

350

589

258

174

991

175

Age, median (IQR)

34 (28–43)

39 (31–47)

35 (29–41)

32 (27–42)

34 (28–42)

38 (32–47)

36 (29–45)

33 (27–40)

38 (32–44)

Race/ethnicity

White

2576 (85%)

148 (86%)

331 (98%)

242 (69%)

533 (90%)

231 (90%)

145 (83%)

792 (80%)

154 (88%)

Black or African American

96 (3%)

18 (10%)

2 (< 1%)

5 (1%)

7 (1%)

13 (5%)

3 (2%)

35 (4%)

13 (7%)

Native American

225 (7%)

3 (2%)

1 (< 1%)

85 (24%)

9 (2%)

5 (2%)

9 (5%)

111 (11%)

2 (1%)

Other

148 (5%)

4 (2%)

4 (1%)

17 (5%)

40 (7%)

9 (3%)

17 (10%)

51 (5%)

6 (3%)

Unknown

3 (< 1%)

0

0

1 (< 1%)

0

0

0

2 (< 1%)

0

Hispanica

116 (4%)

2 (1%)

1 (< 1%)

19 (5%)

28 (5%)

5 (2%)

16 (9%)

43 (4%)

2 (1%)

Gender

Male

1737 (57%)

100 (58%)

193 (57%)

182 (52%)

343 (58%)

127 (49%)

99 (57%)

584 (59%)

109 (62%)

Female

1293 (42%)

73 (42%)

144 (43%)

168 (48%)

243 (41%)

130 (50%)

75 (43%)

394 (40%)

66 (38%)

Transgender/other

16 (1%)

0

1 (< 1%)

0

3 (1%)

1 (< 1%)

0

11 (1%)

0

Unknown/refused

2 (< 1%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 (< 1%)

0

Sexual orientation

n = 2057

        

Heterosexual/straight

1771 (86%)

142 (82%)

315 (93%)

299 (85%)

485 (82%)

225 (87%)

151 (87%)

–b

154 (88%)

Gay/lesbian

40 (2%)

8 (5%)

7 (2%)

8 (2%)

8 (1%)

1 (< 1%)

4 (2%)

–b

4 (2%)

Bi-sexual/other

229 (11%)

21 (12%)

16 (5%)

39 (11%)

91 (15%)

30 (12%)

16 (9%)

–b

16 (9%)

Unknown/refused/missing

17 (1%)

2 (1%)

0

4 (1%)

5 (1%)

2 (1%)

3 (2%)

–b

1 (1%)

Marital status

Single/not married

1570 (52%)

78 (45%)

143 (42%)

175 (50%)

326 (55%)

108 (42%)

80 (46%)

593 (60%)

67 (38%)

Separated/divorced/widowed

955 (31%)

77 (45%)

114 (34%)

114 (33%)

166 (28%)

100 (39%)

64 (37%)

247 (25%)

73 (42%)

Married

354 (12%)

15 (9%)

80 (24%)

45 (13%)

59 (10%)

43 (17%)

24 (14%)

58 (6%)

30 (17%)

Unknown/refused/missing

169 (6%)

3 (2%)

1 (< 1%)

16 (5%)

38 (6%)

7 (3%)

6 (3%)

93 (9%)

5 (3%)

Education

Did not finish high school

688 (23%)

36 (21%)

104 (31%)

71 (20%)

153 (26%)

78 (30%)

38 (22%)

173 (17%)

35 (20%)

High school diploma or GED

1430 (47%)

64 (37%)

151 (45%)

160 (46%)

318 (54%)

114 (44%)

75 (43%)

457 (46%)

91 (52%)

Some college/Trade School

856 (28%)

68 (39%)

78 (23%)

112 (32%)

107 (18%)

65 (25%)

54 (31%)

325 (33%)

47 (27%)

College graduate or above

71 (2%)

5 (3%)

4 (1%)

7 (2%)

11 (2%)

1 (< 1%)

7 (4%)

34 (3%)

2 (1%)

Unknown/refused/missing

3 (< 1%)

0

1 (< 1%)

0

0

0

0

2 (< 1%)

0

Current Health insurance coverage

2242 (74%)

131 (76%)

277 (82%)

131 (37%)

491 (83%)

208 (81%)

146 (84%)

698 (70%)

160 (91%)

Experienced homelessnessc

1612 (53%)

85 (49%)

123 (36%)

151 (43%)

332 (56%)

131 (51%)

119 (68%)

596 (60%)

75 (43%)

  1. IL Illinois, KY Kentucky, NC North Carolina, NE New England (MA, NH, VT), OH Ohio, OR Oregon, WI Wisconsin, WV West Virginia
  2. aRace/ethnicity are mutually exclusive categories. Hispanic includes everyone who is Hispanic. White and Black race include those who are White or Black and not Hispanic
  3. bNot collected
  4. cReference period: past 6 months
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