Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study samples
| Characteristics | Alcohol users group (N=81) | % | Opioid users group (N=31) | % | Chi square/T-test | Df | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 35.16 ± 10.2 | 26.09 ± 5.65 | 4.670 | 110 | <0.001** | ||
| Residence | |||||||
| Rural | 20 | 24.7 | 3 | 9.7 | 1.442 | 110 | 0.152 |
| Urban | 61 | 75.3 | 28 | 90.3 | |||
| Education | 11.69 ± 3.98 | 10.51 ± 3.49 | 3.230 | 1 | 0.072 | ||
| Occupation | |||||||
| Professional and semi-professional | 22 | 27.2 | 3 | 9.7 | 8.293 | 4 | 0.081 |
| Skilled and semi-skilled | 40 | 49.4 | 20 | 64.5 | |||
| Unemployed | 7 | 8.6 | 2 | 6.5 | |||
| Retired | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Students | 7 | 8.6 | 6 | 19.4 | |||
| Marital Status | |||||||
| Single | 22 | 27.2 | 19 | 61.3 | 11.547 | 3 | 0.009* |
| Married | 57 | 70.4 | 12 | 38.7 | |||
| Widowed | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Separated | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
T-test has been used for continuous variables and Chi-square for categorical variables.
*
Significance at P<0.05
**
Significance at P<0.001