Table 3 Participants’ social characteristics and behaviors
From: Impact of a methadone maintenance therapy pilot in Vietnam and its role in a scaled-up response
Variables of interest | Follow-up periods | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–3 months | 4–6 months | 7–9 months | 10–12 months | 13–18 months | 19–24 months | ||
(n = 930) | (n = 900) | (n = 871) | (n = 852) | (n = 802) | (n = 751) | ||
Percent of participants who were employed full-time and had stable monthly income (n) | |||||||
Hai Phong | 35.0 | 47.4 | 49.0 | 54.4 | 51.6 | 52.8 | 0.000a |
HCMC | 52.2 | 57.9 | 61.5 | 56.1 | 53.2 | 55.1 | 0.705a |
Total | 43.8 | 52.7 | 55.2 | 55.3 | 52.4 | 53.9 | 0.002a |
Percent of participants who reported having conflict within their family | |||||||
Hai Phong | 2.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.005a |
HCMC | 17.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 0.000a |
Total | 9.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.000a |
Percent of participants who reported having troubled relationships with family and community members | |||||||
Hai Phong | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.394a |
HCMC | 9.7 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.001a |
Total | 6.1 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.001a |