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Table 3 Description of estimated probabilities and sociodemographic and consumption characteristics in the two classes (n = 314)

From: First results of the French OCTOPUS survey among festival attendees: a latent class analysis

 

Class 1

N = 163 (53%)

Class 2

N = 151 (47%)

p value

Indicator, %

 Ecstasy/MDMA

42%

79%

 

 Cocaine

22%

83%

 

 Speed

0

22%

 

 Poppers

3%

8%

 

 LSD

10%

35%

 

 Ketamine

0

25%

 

 Magic mushrooms

12%

15%

 

 NPSs

0

13%

 

 Sedatives

2%

10%

 

 Characteristics of the classes, n (%) or mean (SD)

  Number of different psychoactive drugs reported

1.7 (0.8)

3.9 (1.5)

 < 0.001

  Cannabis use

138 (84.7)

105 (69.5)

0.001

  Cannabis use only

63 (38.7)

0

 < 0.001

 Musical genre of the festival

0.034

  Electronic

72 (44.2)

81 (53.6)

 

  Eclectic

61 (37.4)

36 (23.8)

 

  Dub

30 (18.4)

34 (22.5)

 

 Age

0.70

  < 25 years

64 (39.3)

61 (40.4)

 

  25–29 years

48 (29.5)

49 (32.5)

 

  ≥ 30 years

51 (31.3)

41 (27.2)

 

 Gender

0.580*

  Male

115 (71.0)

103 (68.2)

 

  Female

46 (28.4)

48 (31.8)

 

  Transgender

1 (0.6)

0

 

 Household type

0.207

  Living alone

73 (45.6)

62 (43.4)

 

  Living as a couple

44 (27.5)

30 (21.0)

 

  Living with their parents

21 (13.1)

19 (13.3)

 

  Living with other people

22 (13.8)

32 (22.4)

 

 Employment status

0.036

  Employed

111 (69.8)

90 (60.8)

 

  Unemployed

9 (5.7)

21 (14.2)

 

  Student

39 (24.5)

37 (25.0)

 

 Education level

0.365

  Higher education

99 (60.7)

92 (61.3)

 

  High school/baccalaureate diploma

41 (25.2)

44 (29.3)

 

  First stage of primary or secondary education (collège)

23 (14.1)

14 (9.3)

 

 Tobacco consumption

0.040

  None

26 (16.1)

11 (7.3)

 

  Party use

16 (9.9)

14 (9.3)

 

  Unknown or < 5 cigarettes/day

32 (19.8)

20 (13.3)

 

  5–10 cigarettes/day

47 (29.0)

55 (36.7)

 

  > 10 cigarettes/day

41 (25.3)

50 (33.3)

 

 Alcohol consumptiona

0.028

  None

6 (3.7)

0

 

  Party

65 (39.9)

56 (37.1)

 

  Occasional

53 (32.5)

40 (26.5)

 

  Moderate

26 (16.0)

35 (23.2)

 

  High

13 (8.0)

20 (13.3)

 

 Binge drinkingb, number of times per month

 < 0.001

  Any

17 (10.6)

4 (2.7)

 

  ≤ 1 time

53 (32.9)

33 (22.2)

 

  2–4 times

60 (37.3)

51 (34.2)

 

  > 4 times

31 (19.3)

61 (40.9)

 

Harm reduction, n (%)

 Do you get information about substances before using them?

0.04

  Yes

118 (75.2)

126 (84.6)

 

  No

39 (24.8)

23 (15.4)

 

 Do you find the risk reduction materials easily accessible?

0.96

  Yes

82 (56.2)

81 (55.9)

 

  No

64 (43.8)

64 (44.1)

 

 Do you find risk reduction information easily accessible?

0.80

  Yes

99 (66.9)

95 (65.5)

 

  No

49 (33.1)

50 (34.5)

 

 Do you know any health professionals you can contact?

0.87

  Yes

115 (74.2)

111 (75.0)

 

  No

40 (25.8)

37 (25.0)

 

 Do you know any social actors you can contact?

0.009

  Yes

70 (44.6)

88 (59.5)

 

  No

87 (55.4)

60 (40.5)

 

 Do you know any harm reduction and/or prevention structures you can contact?

0.003

  Yes

79 (51.0)

100 (68.0)

 

  No

76 (49.0)

47 (32.0)

 
  1. Missing values: < 1%: gender, region of residence, education level, tobacco consumption; 1–7%: Employment status, household type, long-term disease, long-term drug treatment, binge drinking, harm reduction variables
  2. SD Standard deviation, MDMA Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, NPSs New psychoactive substances
  3. aOccasional: up to 1 unit of alcohol per day, moderate: up to 2 units of alcohol per day for females and 3 units of alcohol per day for males, high: more than 2 units of alcohol per day for females and 3 units of alcohol per day for males
  4. b6 or more drinks on one occasion
  5. *Fisher’s exact test