Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with children in a methadone maintenance program: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Subgroup of parents with children under 18 compared to the population without children

	aOR	95% CI		P value
		Lower bounds	Upper bounds
Sex (male)	2.231	1.627	3.060	< 0.0001
Age (years)	1.012	0.990	1.033	0.283
Highest level of education
Grade 8 and below	1.787	1.129	2.829	0.013
Grades 9–12	1.139	0.803	1.617	0.465
College/university, trade school, or masters/PhD	0.855	0.612	1.199	0.365
Employment status	0.817	0.578	1.110	0.183
Marital status
Married/common law/living with partner	1.826	1.317	2.533	< 0.0001
Source of first opioid exposure
Physician prescribed	1.540	1.132	2.094	0.006
Smoking status
Current smoker	1.050	0.675	1.634	0.827
Self-reported substance use in the past 30 days
Alcohol	0.950	0.698	1.292	0.742
Benzodiazepine	0.680	0.398	1.160	0.157
Heroin	0.917	0.550	1.527	0.738
Cocaine	0.846	0.559	1.281	0.430
Amphetamine	1.107	0.540	2.269	0.781
Crack cocaine	1.256	0.697	2.263	0.449
Cannabis	0.826	0.608	1.123	0.222
Illicit methadone	4.464	0.915	21.769	0.064
Other drug*	0.970	0.715	1.316	0.847
Methadone dose (mg/day)	1.000	0.995	1.002	0.506
Length of current treatment (months)	1.000	0.996	1.004	0.924
Age of first opioid use	1.028	1.003	1.053	0.029
Illicit opioid use by urine screens At least 1 positive urine screen during 3 month study period	1.108	0.803	1.529	0.534

Included in analysis: 838
aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, parental status: having one or more children, reference group is being a parent, substance use is not an indication of substance use disorder
*Other drugs used by participants include ketamine, Percocet, diluadid, oxycontin, fentanyl, oxycodeine, hydromorphone, morphine, acetaminophen, crystal meth, gabapentin, MDMA, OxyNeo, Ritalin, poppy seed opium, Hashish, illicit Suboxone, and codeine

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