Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of NIDUs, FIDUs and current IDUs
|
Characteristic |
Total |
NIDU |
FIDU |
IDU |
Test statistic
P
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
n
(%) |
n
(%) |
n
(%) |
n
(%) |
|
| 202 (100) | 64 (32) | 76 (38) | 62 (31) | ||
| Sociodemographic |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
164 (81) |
49 (77) |
62 (82) |
53 (86) |
0.438 |
| Age, years |
|
|
|
|
0.343 |
| ≤39 |
41 (20) |
13 (20) |
15 (20) |
13 (21) |
|
| 40–49 |
89 (44) |
27 (42) |
29 (38) |
33 (53) |
|
| ≥50 |
72 (36) |
24 (38) |
32 (42) |
16 (26) |
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
0.000*** |
| Native Dutch |
115 (57) |
26 (41) |
50 (66) |
39 (63) |
|
| Western immigrant |
46 (23) |
9 (14) |
21 (28) |
16 (26) |
|
| Non-Western immigrant |
41 (20) |
29 (45) |
5 (7) |
7 (11) |
|
| Possession of passport or identification card |
173 (86) |
55 (86) |
69 (91) |
49 (79) |
0.146 |
| High school completion |
126 (62) |
39 (61) |
48 (63) |
39 (63) |
0.959 |
| Stable housing |
153 (76) |
56 (88) |
55 (72) |
42 (68) |
0.024* |
| Social welfare payment |
192 (95) |
61 (95) |
71 (93) |
60 (97) |
0.660 |
| Paid or volunteer work |
84 (42) |
28 (44) |
29 (38) |
27 (44) |
0.745 |
| Illegal income |
53 (26) |
10 (16) |
17 (22) |
26 (42) |
0.003** |
| Debts (in euro) |
145 (71) |
50 (78) |
51 (67) |
44 (71) |
0.348 |
| 0–10,000 |
22 (15) |
8 (16) |
11 (22) |
3 (7) |
|
| 10,001–100,000 |
62 (43) |
19 (38) |
25 (49) |
18 (41) |
|
| 100,001–500,000 |
49 (34) |
17 (34) |
11 (21) |
21 (48) |
|
| >500,000 |
9 (6) |
4 (8) |
3 (6) |
2 (5) |
|
| Unknown |
3 (2) |
2 (4) |
1 (2) |
- |
|
| Debt help |
96 (66) |
36 (72) |
38 (75) |
22 (50) |
0.024* |
| Health |
|
|
|
|
|
| Good perceived health |
86 (43) |
27 (42) |
33 (43) |
26 (42) |
0.982 |
| Visit physician for physical complaints (past 12 months) |
136 (67) |
44 (69) |
50 (66) |
42 (68) |
0.930 |
| 1–4 |
88 (65) |
24 (56) |
33 (66) |
31 (74) |
0.271 |
| 5–10 |
29 (22) |
11 (26) |
9 (18) |
9 (21) |
|
| >10 |
18 (13) |
8 (19) |
8 (16) |
2 (5) |
|
| Visit psychiatrist/other mental health care professional (past 12 months) | 70 (35) | 19 (30) | 26 (34) | 25 (40) | 0.453 |
*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.