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. 2012 Dec 12;7(12):e51569. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051569

Table 1. Baseline individual and familial characteristics of respondents and crude odd ratios for ongoing drug use in univariate GEE models.

Characteristics Crude OR of Drug Use
(+) Urine Heroin Test Reported Drug Use
I. Individual
1.1. Demographic Mean (95% CI)
Age 29.5 (28.9; 30.1) 0.98 0.98*
Income per month 5.78b (5.16b; 6.40b) 1.06a 1.01a
N (%)
Male sex 354 (95.7) 0.74 1.13
Ethnicity: - Kinh people 348 (94.0) 0.73 0.58
Religion: - Buddhism 351 (94.9) 0.74 0.39*
Under High school education 231 (62.6) 1.34* 0.97
Married 120 (32.4) 0.87 0.65**
1.2. Morbidity
Taking ART 180 (48.7) 1.55** 1.27*
HBV 82 (22.4) 1.04 1.12
HCV 225 (61.5) 0.76 0.89
1.3. History of drug use Mean (95% CI)
Age at first drug use 20.6 (20.1; 21.2) 0.99 0.99
IDU length 6.7 (6.3; 7.1) 1.02 0.98
Frequency of drug use (times/day) 3.2 (3.1; 3.4) 1.76*** n/a
N (%)
History of drug detoxification 364 (98.4) 0.49* 0.59
Reason for drug relapsing:
 Peers’ pressure and enticement 212 (58.2) 1.71** 1.22*
 Desire, craving for drug 247 (67.9) 1.14 1.55**
 Sad and disappointed 164 (45.1) 1.12 0.92
History of overdose 75 (20.3) 1.13 1.06
II. Family
Have economic dependents 10 (2.7) 1.30 0.40**
Cohabitants:
 Parents 316 (85.4) 0.70* 1.08
 Husband or wife 100 (27.0) 0.81 0.63**
 Children 99 (26.8) 0.94 0.59**
 Sibling 213 (57.6) 0.88 1.19
 Relatives 44 (11.9) 0.64* 1.07
 Partners 13 (3.5) 1.86* 1.26
 Alone 4 (1.1) 0.96 n/a

Note: * p<0.3; ** p<0.05; ***p<0.01.

a

Odd ratio of higher income,

b

Million Vietnamese dong in 2009 (1 USD = 17,800 dong).

n/a: not applicable.