Table 1.

Participant Demographics and Characteristics of Meth Use (N=113)

Demographic factors	Mean ± SD/Number (percentage)
Age (years)	25.2 ± 6.9
Education Illiterate	3 (2.7%)
Primary school	34 (30.1%)
Middle school	60 (53.1%)
High school /tech school	14 (12.4%)
College	2 (1.8%)
Occupation Unemployed	58 (55.2%)
Employed	28 (26.7%)
Self-employed	19 (18.1%)
Marital status Not married	90 (80.4%)
Married	11 (9.8%)
Divorced	11 (9.8%)
Children None	91 (81.3%)
One	20 (17.9%)
More than one	1 (0.9%)
Characteristics of METH use
Age beginning meth usage	22.7 ± 6.7
Years of meth use	2.0 ± 1.4
Dose (g/day)	0.6 ± 0.6
Frequency (times/week)	4.8 ± 4.1
Duration of detoxification (months)	8.7 ± 4.8