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Table 1 OST client socio-demographic characteristics at intake (n = 2569)*

From: Opioid substitution therapy in manipur and nagaland, north-east india: operational research in action

Demographic characteristic

Manipur n (%)

Nagaland n (%)

Demographic characteristic

Manipur n (%)

Nagaland n (%)

Sex

  

Education

  

Male

1775 (96.3)

598 (85.1)

No education

103 (5.6)

49 (6.9)

Female

69 (3.7)

105 (14.9)

Primary school

450 (24.3)

147 (20.6)

   

High school

444 (24.0)

243 (34.1)

Marital Status

  

Undergraduate

548 (29.6)

146 (20.5)

Married

873 (47.1)

361 (50.5)

Graduate and above

306 (16.5)

128 (18.0)

Single

876 (47.3)

320 (44.8)

   

Separated/divorced

67 (3.6)

23 (3.2)

Occupation

  

Widowed

36 (1.9)

11 (1.5)

Unemployed

874 (48.6)

323 (45.3)

   

Small business

335 (18.6)

72 (10.1)

Source of referral

  

Government

118 (6.6)

131 (18.4)

Friend/peer

950 (51.6)

370 (51.7)

Labourer

213 (11.8)

3 (0.4)

Outreach worker

280 (15.2)

148 (20.7)

Sex worker

1 (0.1)

94 (13.2)

Peer educator

287 (15.6)

95 (13.3)

Selling drugs

2 (0.1)

3 (0.4)

Family

207 (11.2)

71 (9.9)

Other

256 (14.2)

87 (12.2)

Nurse

6 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

   

Other

111 (6.0)

30 (4.2)

   
  1. * Percentages were calculated excluding missing cases