Table 1.
Gender Differences in Substance Use, Spirituality, and Religiosity
| Males (n=129) |
Females (n=96) |
Total sample (n=225) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Percent reporting lifetime use | |||
| Crack | 74.4% | 74.0% | 74.2% |
| Cocaine** | 89.9% | 77.1% | 84.4% |
| Methamphetamine | 74.4% | 77.1% | 75.6% |
| Amphetamine | 48.1% | 54.2% | 50.7% |
| Percent reporting at least weekly use in the past six months | |||
| Crack | 18.6% | 27.1% | 22.2% |
| Cocaine | 14.0% | 12.5% | 13.3% |
| Methamphetamine | 36.4% | 32.3% | 34.7% |
| Amphetamine* | 2.3% | 11.5% | 6.2% |
| Average number of days used in the past 30 − M(SD) | |||
| Crack | 2.8 (6.0) | 3.5 (6.4) | 3.1 (6.2) |
| Cocaine | 1.5 (3.4) | 1.3 (3.5) | 1.4 (3.5) |
| Methamphetamine | 5.5 (8.2) | 4.8 (7.0) | 5.2 (7.7) |
| Amphetamine*** | 0.3 (1.6) | 1.7 (5.3) | 0.9 (3.7) |
| Multiple substances | 9.8 (9.1) | 8.9 (9.9) | 9.5 (9.4) |
| Any drug use | 18.1 (10.2) | 17.4 (10.5) | 17.8 (10.3) |
| Any stimulant use | |||
| Number of days of any stimulant use in the past 30 | 19.3 (9.8) | 17.5 (10.7) | 18.5 (10.2) |
| Used stimulants at least weekly in past six months* | 91.5% | 81.3% | 87.1% |
| Spirituality and religiosity | |||
| Consider self to be at least somewhat religious | 82.9% | 87.5% | 84.9% |
| Consider religion at least somewhat important | 82.2% | 91.7% | 86.2% |
| Attended church monthly | 29.5% | 33.3% | 31.1% |
| Reporting at least some connection to a higher power | 92.2% | 94.8% | 93.3% |
Note:
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001