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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jun 19;126(1-2):232–239. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.024

Table 2.

Comparison of meth users and non meth users (n=3,328)

WOMEN MEN
Total n=1,455 Meth n=95 No meth n=1,360 Test of differences Total n=1,873 Meth n=117 No meth n=1,756 Test of differences
Demographics
Age, M (SD) 30.1 (9.2) 26.4 (7.5) 30.3 (9.3) 4.04*** 29.7 (8.1) 27.1 (7.0) 30.0 (8.1) 3.75***
Black (vs. Coloured) 46.4% 14.7% 48.6% 40.95*** 69.0% 47.0% 70.5% 28.32***
Finished secondary school 33.8% 24.2% 34.5% 4.21* 57.9% 33.3% 59.5% 30.05***
Currently employed 72.8% 77.9% 72.5% 1.32 38.7% 43.6% 38.3% 1.27
Married 23.4% 21.1% 23.6% 0.31 21.4% 14.9% 21.9% 3.07
Current substance abuse
Hazardous drinking 86.7% 89.5% 86.5% 0.66 93.4% 95.7% 93.2% 1.09
Marijuana 11.6% 53.7% 8.7% 170.33*** 21.7% 70.5% 18.5% 174.54***
Inhalants 2.0% 20.2% 0.7% 170.64*** 4.9% 43.9% 2.3% 397.51***
Injection drugs 1.6% 15.8% 0.6% 131.89*** 3.2% 36.5% 1.0% 446.22***
Interpersonal violence
Childhood physical abuse 19.2% 30.9% 18.4% 8.86** 21.9% 34.5% 21.0% 11.53**
Childhood sexual abuse 9.4% 23.3% 8.5% 22.40*** 9.2% 22.6% 8.4% 26.08***
Experienced physical assault 18.7% 34.7% 17.6% 17.21*** 12.0% 29.1% 10.9% 34.20***
Experienced forced sex 11.2% 19.1% 10.6% 6.46* 12.5% 28.9% 11.4% 30.16***
Perpetrated physical assault 11.5% 21.1% 10.8% 9.17** 13.3% 22.4% 12.6% 9.03**
Perpetrated forced sex 5.7% 15.8% 5.0% 19.30*** 10.7% 21.4% 10.0% 14.69***
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p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001