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Table 1 Demographic and substance abuse characteristics of participants

From: Preferences for methadone clinics among drug users in Vietnam: a comparison between public and private models

Characteristics

Private facility

Public facility

Total

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total

195

49.4

200

50.6

395

100.0

 

Education

 Under secondary school

33

16.9

33

16.5

66

16.7

0.94*

 Secondary school

118

60.5

119

59.5

237

60.0

 

 Above secondary school

44

22.6

48

24.0

92

23.3

 

Marital status

 Single

38

19.5

29

14.5

67

17.0

0.07*

 Live with partners/spouse

150

76.9

154

77.0

304

77.0

 

 Divorced/widow

7

3.6

17

8.5

24

6.1

 

Occupation

 Unemployment

13

6.7

20

10.0

33

8.4

0.06*

 Self-employed

63

32.3

76

38.0

139

35.2

 

 Blue collar worker/farmer

45

23.1

47

23.5

92

23.3

 

 Business

11

5.6

17

8.5

28

7.1

 

 Others

63

32.3

40

20.0

103

26.1

 

Family financial condition

 Wealthy

8

4.1

3

1.5

11

2.8

0.10*

 Normal

152

78.0

148

74.0

300

76.0

 

 Poor

35

18.0

49

24.5

84

21.3

 

Quintile monthly family income

 Poorest

39

20.0

41.0

20.5

80

20.3

0.89*

 Poor

37

19.0

45.0

22.5

82

20.8

 

 Middle

42

21.5

39.0

19.5

81

20.5

 

 Rich

43

22.1

39.0

19.5

82

20.8

 

 Richest

34

17.4

36.0

18.0

70

17.7

 

Ever injected drugs

121

62.1

131

65.5

252

63.8

0.48*

Alcohol drink

114

58.5

97

48.5

211

53.4

0.05*

Smoke

163

83.6

157

78.5

320

81.0

0.20*

Concurrent drug use

15

7.7

8

4.0

23

5.8

0.12*

 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

p value

Age

38

33–44

41

34–48

39

33–46

0.01#

Monthly family income (USD)

344

215–430

301

215–430

344

215–430

0.50#

Age at onset of drug use

25

20–30

25

21–31

25

20–31

0.05#

MMT duration (years)

2

1–5

3

2–6

3

1–5

0.02#

  1. *Chi-square test, #Mann-Whitney rank sum test