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.
Odd ratio of higher income,
Million Vietnamese dong in 2009 (1 USD = 17,800 dong).
n/a: not applicable.