Table 1.
Background, alcohol and drug use. Total score and comparison of genders
| Total (N = 96) | Men (n = 65) | Women (n = 31) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Education | |||||||
| Less than high school | 38 | (40) | 28 | (43) | 10 | (32) | .311 |
| Reading/writing difficulties | 32 | (33) | 24 | (37) | 8 | (26) | .280 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 68 | (71) | 53 | (82) | 15 | (48) | < .001 |
| Living arrangements | |||||||
| With parent(s) | 44 | (46) | 32 | (49) | 12 | (39) | .333 |
| Children | |||||||
| None | 62 | (86) | 41 | (87) | 21 | (84) | .730a |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| Immigrant background | 15 | (17) | 10 | (16) | 5 | (17) | 1.000a |
| Employment | |||||||
| Previous employment scheme | 59 | (64) | 41 | (67) | 18 | (58) | .387 |
| Previous employment | 56 | (59) | 35 | (55) | 21 | (68) | .225 |
| Reason for unemployment | |||||||
| Psychological problems | 51 | (53) | 32 | (49) | 19 | (61) | .268 |
| Other health problems | 33 | (34) | 23 | (35) | 10 | (32) | .763 |
| Other, non-health-related | 32 | (33) | 26 | (40) | 6 | (19) | .045 |
| Alcohol use | |||||||
| Over gender cutoff | 51 | (53) | 33 | (51) | 18 | (58) | .503 |
| Drug use | |||||||
| Any drug use | 14 | (15) | 9 | (14) | 5 | (16) | .765a |
| Over gender cutoffb | 10 | (10) | – | – | – | – | – |
a1 cell had an expected cell count less than 5. Exact p value (Fisher’s exact test significance) was used
b Values for groups with fewer than five respondents in either group are not reported
All values in boldface in the p-value column are statistically significant at the 0.05 or 0.001 level