Table 1.

Perceived need for treatment and predisposing, enabling and health need variables for women with and without recent methamphetamine use

Variable	Total	Methamphetamine positive (N =445)	Methamphetamine negative (N = 274)	χ 2 / t (df)	p
Predisposing variables
Age (M, SD)	23.1 (4.2)	23.5 (4.2)	22.6 (4.2)	2.9 (717)	0.004
Ethnicity (Coloured; %, n)	55.1% (445)	82.6% (327)	17.4% (69)	159.9 (1)	<0.0001
Education (not completed high school; %, n)	88.9% (639)	89.4% (398)	88.0% (241)	0.4 (1)	0.539
Enabling variables
Income in the last 30 days (ZAR M, SD)	268.4 (464.0)	304.2 (493.5)	211.4 (406.7)	2.6 (717)	0.009
Relationship status (%, n)
Married or living as married	21.7% (156)	27.6% (123)	12.0% (33)
Boyfriend	73.9% (531)	66.5% (296)	85.8% (335)	32.61 (2)	<0.0001
Single	4.5% (32)	5.8% (26)	7.2% (6)
Family members with drug problems (Yes; %, n)	57.4% (413)	61.1% (274)	51.5% (141)	6.8 (1)	0.011
Prior treatment (Yes; %, n)	7.4% (53)	10.1% (45)	2.9% (8)	12.8 (1)	<0.0001
Awareness of treatment programs (Yes, %, n)	50.1% (360)	52.9% (145)	48.3% (215)	1.44(1)	0.230
Health need variables
CES-D (M, SD)	26.0 (12.3)	28.5 (11.9)	21.9 (11.8)	7.3 (717)	<0.0001
Physical health (Poor; %, n)	12.4% (89)	15.7% (70)	6.9% (19)	12.10 (1)	0.001
TCU anxiety (M, SD)	18.2 (6.1)	19.4 (5.8)	16.3 (6.0)	6.8 (717)	<0.0001
Need and readiness for drug treatment
Perceived need for drug treatment (Yes; %, n)	46.0% (330)	46.3% (206)	45.4% (124)	0.5 (1)	0.820
Want to go to treatment (N = 329)	92.4% (304)	89.4% (110)	94.2% (194)	2.47 (1)	0.116
How soon do you want to go to treatment (N =304)
Within next 30 days	63.8% (194)	63.4% (123)	64.5% (71)	0.18 (2)
> 30 days < 6 months	24.0% (73)	24.7% (48)	22.7% (25)		0.915
> 6 months from now	12.2% (37)	11.9% (23)	12.7% (14)