Table 2.
Socio-demographic substance use and depression symptom distribution of participants with different childhood abuse or neglect.
| Childhood abuse or neglect N (%) /M(SD) |
Total(N = 1,173) | χ2/t | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No/low (N = 650) | Moderate/severe (N = 523) | |||
| Age (years) | 32.17 (6.9) | 30.24 (6.5) | 31.3 (6.8) | 4.91 | <.001 |
| Gender, % | 1.16 | .28 | |||
| Female | 219 (33.7) | 192 (36.7) | 411 (35.0) | ||
| Educational status, % | 30.10 | <.001 | |||
| Primary school or illiterate | 122 (18.8) | 162 (31.0) | 284 (24.2) | ||
| Junior middle school | 365 (56.2) | 278 (53.2) | 643 (54.8) | ||
| High school or polytechnic school | 117 (18.0) | 61 (11.7) | 178 (15.2) | ||
| > High school | 46 (7.1) | 22 (4.2) | 68 (5.8) | ||
| Marital status, % | 14.06 | .001 | |||
| Married | 226 (34.8) | 135 (25.8) | 361 (30.8) | ||
| Never married | 260 (40.0) | 261 (49.9) | 521 (44.4) | ||
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 164 (25.2) | 127 (24.3) | 291 (24.8) | ||
| Employment status, % | 2.32 | .13 | |||
| Unemployed | 304 (46.8) | 268 (51.2) | 572 (48.8) | ||
| Psychiatric or mental disordersa, % | 8.15 | .004 | |||
| Yes | 4 (0.6) | 14 (2.7) | 18 (1.5) | ||
| Cigarette use, % | 0.59 | .81 | |||
| Yes | 610 (93.8) | 489 (93.5) | 1099 (93.7) | ||
| Alcohol use, % | 4.67 | .03 | |||
| Yes | 403 (62.0) | 356 (68.1) | 759 (64.7) | ||
| Other drug use, % | 0.74 | .39 | |||
| Yes | 190 (29.2) | 165 (31.5) | 355 (30.3) | ||
| Age at first drug use (years) | 24.76 (6.6) | 22.88 (6.3) | 23.92 (6.5) | 4.97 | <.001 |
| Drug use frequency (days of use MA in a typical month) | 19.84 (12.8) | 21.31 (12.3) | 20.50 (12.6) | −2.00b | .046 |
| Duration of drug use (years) | 6.80 (4.7) | 6.66 (4.4) | 6.74 (4.5) | 0.51 | .61 |
| Depression symptom (BDI- II), % | 16.43 | <.001 | |||
| No depression | 314 (48.3) | 191 (36.5) | 505 (43.1) | ||
| Depression | 336 (51.7) | 332 (63.5) | 668 (56.9) | ||
Note. Count data using Chi-square test and measurement data using t-test.
a
Past diagnosis of psychiatric disorders or mental disorders. Of the 1,173 participants, 9 reported depression, 6 reported schizophrenia, 1 reported anxiety, 1 reported panic attack and 1 reported mania in this study.
b
t’ value.