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Table 1 Associations between the Restrictiveness of Local Housing Authority ACO Policies (ACOP) Towards People with Criminal Justice Histories and County Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates per 100,000 County Population

From: Association between local public housing authority policies related to criminal justice system involvement and sexually transmitted infection rates

 

HIV Prevalence Rate

Per 100,000

Gonorrhea Newly Diagnosed Rate

Per 100,000

Syphilis Newly Diagnosed Rate

Per 100,000

Chlamydia Newly Diagnosed Rate

Per 100,000

 

n

B

SE

n

B

SE

n

B

SE

n

B

SE

ACOP Score

94

1.14***

0.40

104

11.20*

5.27

104

0.44

0.49

104

11.34

8.52

Median ACOP Score

 Below Median ACOP Score

44

−6.05**

2.45

47

84.61**

− 39.20

47

−3.62

3.47

 

−61.05

57.41

 Above Median ACOP Score (Ref)

50

57

57

57

Quartile ACOP Score

 1st (Range = 0, 1)

28

−8.55***

3.01

30

−47.22

32.34

30

−2.34

2.71

30

−58.03

63.21

 2nd (Range = 2, 5)

28

1.08

4.09

30

6.82

35.26

30

3.73

2.83

30

17.43

77.47

 3rd (Range = 6)

15

1.16

3.67

17

86.35**

40.27

17

4.09

3.97

17

98.69

66.78

 Ref: 4th (Range = 7, 8)

23

27

27

27

Specific ACOP Policy Provisions

Admission Decisions

  Arrests and/or charges explicitly given less weight than conviction

52

−5.32**

2.35

55

8.91

25.6

55

1.91

2.25

55

25.91

55.74

  Ref: Arrests and/or charges not explicitly given less weight than conviction

42

49

49

49

  Mitigating circumstances explicitly considered

81

−2.02

2.86

88

−7.64

26.44

88

6.46***

2.19

88

−5.11

48.17

  Ref: Mitigating circumstances not explicitly considered

13

16

16

16

  Circumstances related to nature of the violation explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

47

−3.90*

2.23

51

−57.65*

32.49

51

−1.42

2.69

51

− 29.02

55.18

  Ref: Circumstances related to nature of the violation not explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

47

53

53

53

  Impact on family explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

39

−8.30***

1.98

42

−98.66***

30.20

42

−4.54

2.89

42

− 119.97**

48.56

  Ref: Impact on family not explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

55

62

62

62

Eviction Decisions

  Family is explicitly permitted to remove member for any criminal/ drug use activity

46

−8.49*

2.30

52

−93.95**

39.94

52

−7.17**

3.23

52

−109.78*

56.00

  Ref: Family is not explicitly permitted to remove member for any criminal/ drug use activity

48

52

52

52

  Mitigating circumstances explicitly considered

56

−2.68

3.32

60

−46.45

33.78

60

−3.39

3.36

60

−61.61

55.37

  Ref: Mitigating circumstances not explicitly considered

38

44

44

44

  Proof of good tenancy explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

29

−7.21***

2.52

31

−40.722

33.18

31

−4.30

2.84

31

−17.99

53.01

  Ref: Proof of good tenancy not explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

65

73

73

73

  Impact on family explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

34

−0.20

3.93

36

−38.98

27.33

36

−2.62

2.45

36

−56.75

49.98

  Ref: Impact on family not explicitly considered as mitigating circumstance

60

68

68

68

  1. * p < .1, ** p < .05, *** p < .01. HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, ACOP Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy. Ref Reference group. Standard errors are Huber/White corrected for arbitrary forms of heteroscedasticity