Table 2.

Sociodemographic differences in the prevalence and pattern of opium use among males in different tribes of Arunachal Pradesh

Variables	Khamti		Singhpho		Tangsa		Tutsa		Total
	N	Opium user (%)	N	Opium user (%)	N	Opium user (%)	N	Opium user (%)	N	Opium user (%)
Age (years)
15–34	40	10	123	12.2	823	3.9	68	-	1054	4.8
35–54	24	45.8a	58	41.4a	366	10.9	23	17.4	471	16.8
≥55	10	60.0a	33	36.4a	213	17.8	14	35.7	270	22.6
χ2 (d.f. =2)		p < 0.001		p < 0.001		p < 0.001		-		p < 0.001
Education
Illiterate	14	50.0a	56	39.3a	595	11.4	45	15.6	710	14.6
Primary	13	30.8ab	57	38.6a	277	7.6	24	-	371	12.7
Middle	43	20.9b	85	8.2	425	4.0a	33	6.1	586	6.0a
Secondary or above	4	25.0ab	16	-	105	3.8a	3	-	128	3.9a
χ 2 (d.f. =3)		p < 0.05		p < 0.001		p < 0.001		-		p < 0.001
Occupation
Unemployed	21	-	58	1.7	364	0.6	33	-	476	0.6
Employed	8	-	15	-	134	7.5a	13	15.4	170	7.1
Self employed	45	46.7	141	35.5	904	10.8a	59	11.9	1149	15.3
χ 2 (d.f. =2)		-		-		p < 0.001		-		p < 0.001
Marital status
Unmarried	30	3.3	88	4.6	581	2.1	63	-	762	2.2
Married	43	46.5	115	36.5a	740	11.4	38	18.4	966	15.8
Widower	1	-	11	45.5a	51	27.5	4	50	67	31.3
χ 2 (d.f. =2)		-		p < 0.001		p < 0.001		-		p < 0.001
Religion
Buddhist	74	28.4	214	23.9	151	8.0a	-	-	438	19.2a
Christian	-	-	-	-	386	2.9	-	-	386	2.9
Hindu	-	-	-	-	692	7.4a	54	13	746	7.8
Indigenous	-	-	-	-	173	20.8	51	3.9	225	16.9a
χ 2 (d.f. =3)		-		-		p < 0.001		-		p < 0.001
Household size
2–3 (Small)	8	25.0a	27	48.2	266	9.0a	11	18.2a	312	13.1a
4–6 (Medium)	34	23.5a	108	25.9	627	10.1a	40	10.0ab	809	12.7a
≥ 7 (Large)	32	34.4a	79	12.7	509	4.5	54	5.6b	674	7.0
χ 2 (d.f. =2)		p > 0.05		p < 0.001		p < 0.05		p < 0.05		p < 0.001
Total	74	28.4	214	23.8	1402	7.8	105	8.6	1795	10.6

a,b: values marked by similar letter (a or b not in superscript) shows no significance difference; χ² – Chi-square; d.f.- degree of freedom.