Table 1. Demographic data of the study population*1.
| Demographic feature | Total | Dispensing frequency | p = (statistical test)*5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 956*2 | Daily n = 591 (61.8%) |
Non-daily (take home) n = 365 (38.2%) |
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Age at the time of survey (years) 18–20 21–30 31–40 41–50 51–60 61–70 |
10 (1.0) 221 (23.2) 267 (28.0) 341 (3.7) 102 (10.7) 13 (1.4) |
9 (1.5) 166 (28.2) 176 (29.9) 179 (30.4) 51 (8.7) 8 (1.4) |
1 (0.3) 55 (15.1) 91 (24.9) 162 (44.4) 51 (14.0) 5 (1.4) |
<0.001*3.*7 (chi 2) |
|
Sex Male Female |
695 (73.2) 255 (26.8) |
437 (74.3) 151 (25.7) |
258 (71.3) 104 (28.7) |
0.324 (chi2) |
| Education (years) Mean ± SD*4 |
10.2 ± 1.6 | 10.3 ± 1.5 | 10.4 ± 1.7 | 0.477 (t test; t = −0.71) |
| In work | 168 (18.5) | 79 (14.0) | 89 (25.8) |
<0.001*8 (chi2) |
| Has children*6 | 364 (39.1) | 227 (39.4) | 137 (38.6) | 0.836 (chi2) |
| Has custody (if has children) | 137 (37.3) | 79 (34.7) | 58 (42.3) | 0.125 (chi 2) |
| Has served a custodial sentence | 557 (61.7) | 358 (65.1) | 199 (56.4) | 0.009 (chi2) |
Recruited to study in
|
859 (89.9) 97 (10.1) |
508 (86.0) 83 (14.0) |
351 (96.2) 14 (3.8) |
<0.001 (chi2) |
*1Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated. Percentages in parentheses always give the relative percentages in the columns.
*2Of the 986 patients surveyed, 956 gave information about dispensing frequency. Of these, the following numbers gave no details about: age (2), sex (4), work (48), children (24), custody (41), prison (49). These are not included in the relative percentages.
*3Subgroups for chi-square test: patients <30 years versus patients ≥ 30 years.
*4SD = standard deviation
*5Significant p-values are shown in bold. P-values are significant <0.00135.
*6Patients with grown children are not listed;
*7<0.000001
*80.00005