Correlates and Consequences of Opioid Misuse among High-Risk Young Adults

Table 1

Demographics of a sample of high-risk prescription opioid misusers ().

Variable	Categories	Mean (SD) or (%)
Age (mean +/− SD)	Range: 16–25	20.89 (2.05)
Race	Non-Hispanic white	320 (55.9%)
	Nonwhite
	Hispanic	85 (14.8%)
	Multiracial	88 (15.4%)
	Black/African American	61 (10.7%)
	Asian/Pacific Islander	9 (1.6%)
	Native American	7 (1.2%)
	Other	2 (2.3%)
Gender	Male	377 (65.7%)
	Female	182 (31.7%)
	Gender variant	15 (2.6%)
Sexual identity	Heterosexual	388 (67.8%)
	LGBT or questioning	184 (32.2%)
	Gay/lesbian/homosexual	51 (8.9%)
	Bisexual	99 (17.2%)
	Questioning or other	37 (6.4%)
Family poverty growing up	Poor/low Income	258 (45.2%)
	Middle/upper class	313 (54.8%)
Student status	Current student	185 (32.2%)