Table 2 Self-Report Variable Classifications according to ILCSD Model and Definitions
Variable names | Variable definitions |
|---|---|
Proximal Determinants | |
Socioeconomic Status (SES) | |
Relationship Status | Current relationship status. |
Highest Education | Highest level of education completed. |
Income | Monthly income from all sources (gov’t, work, and illegal sources). |
Survival Sex, ever | Has the participant ever done survival sex work? |
IF YES, | |
Age of 1st Survival Sex | Age of participant the first time she did survival sex work. |
Survival Sex, last 6 Months | Has the participant done survival sex work in the previous 6 months? |
Physical Environments | |
Housing Stability | Considered unstable if lived anywhere other than house or apartment in previous 6 months (i.e. hotel, hostel, shelter, crack shack etc.). |
Homelessness | Has the participant ever been on the street with no place to sleep for more than three nights? |
Age First Left Home | Age the participant first left home to live on her own. |
Health Behaviours | |
Number of Pregnancies | Number of times the participant has ever been pregnant (including abortions/miscarriages). |
Age of First Pregnancy | Age of participant the first time she was pregnant. |
Trauma | |
Sexual Abuse, ever | Has the participant ever been sexually abused? (Any type of forced sexual activity including childhood sexual abuse, molestation, rape, and sexual assault) |
IF YES, | |
Age of 1st Sexual Abuse | Age of participant the first time she was sexually abused. |
Sexual Abuse, reported | Has the participant ever reported the sexual abuse to anyone? |
Sexual Abuse, repeated | Has the participant been sexually abused again, since the first time? |
Sexual Abuse, last 6 Months | Has the participant been sexually abused in the previous 6 months? |
Mothering Experiences | |
Child Apprehended, ever | Has the participant ever had any of her children apprehended by child and family services? |
Intermediate Determinants | |
Cultural Continuity | |
Taken from Parents, ever | Has the participant ever been taken from her biological parents by child and family services? |
IF YES, | |
Age 1st Taken from Parents | Age of participant the first time she was taken from her biological parents. |
Language | Does the participant speak her native or traditional language? |
Reserve, ever | Has the participant ever been to a reserve? |
Cultural Substance Treatment | Is the participant interested in more culturally specific substance use treatment? |
Services Used within the previous 6 months | |
Emergency Room Visit | Has the participant received health care from the emergency room (ER) in the previous 6 months? |
Admitted to Hospital | Has the participant been admitted overnight to a hospital in the previous 6 months? |
Ambulance | Has the participant received health care from an ambulance in the previous 6 months? |
Has the participant ever received any substance abuse treatment (including methadone)? | |
Counselling Services | Has the participant accessed a counsellor in the previous 6 months? |
Food Services | Has the participant accessed food services in the previous 6 months? |
Visit with a Health Care Provider Visit | Has the participant accessed a health care provider in the previous 6 months? |
Housing Services | Has the participant accessed housing services in the previous 6 months? |
Needle Exchange Services | Has the participant accessed a needle exchange in the previous 6 months? |
Support Group Services | Has the participant accessed a support group in the previous 6 months? |
Social Worker | Has the participant accessed a social or welfare worker in the previous 6 months? |
Service Barriers | |
Housing Denied, due to drug Use | Has the participant ever had housing denied due to her drug use? |
Service Denied, due to drug use | Has the participant ever had a service denied due to her drug use? |
Barriers to Services | Does the participant feel there are barriers to accessing services she needs? |
Service Needs | |
Service Needed, last 6 months | Has the participant been in need of any service, in the previous 6 months? |
Distal Determinants | |
Colonialism | |
Residential School, parents | Has either of the participant’s parents attended residential school? |
Residential School, family History | Has anyone in the participant’s family (excluding parents) attended residential school? |
Number of Family Members | Number of known family members (excluding parents) who attended residential school |
Caregiver Addiction | Did any of the participant’s caregivers have drug or alcohol addiction problems? |
Survival Sex History | Did anyone in the participant’s family do survival sex work? |