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Table 2 Prevalence of drug use based on baseline characteristics

From: The long-term impact of the earthquake on substance use

Variables

Tobacco

Sedatives

Other drugs

Gender

Male

90 (27.4%)

70 (21.3%)

78 (23.8%)

Female

81 (16.7%)

117 (24.2%)

71 (14.7%)

P-value

 < 0.001

0.347

0.001

Education

Less than college

143 (22.2%)

164 (25.5%)

128 (19.9%)

College

28 (16.7%)

22 (13.1%)

20 (11.9%)

P-value

0.115

0.001

0.017

Marital status

Single

43 (34.4%)

50 (40.0%)

31 (24.8%)

Married

130 (18.8%)

140 (20.2%)

119 (17.2%)

P-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.043

Job

Employed

92 (24.8%)

67 (18.1%)

65 (17.5%)

Retired

21 (19.3%)

29 (26.6%)

29 (26.6%)

Unemployed

60 (17.8%)

94 (27.8%)

56 (16.6%)

P-value

0.063

0.006

0.054

Exposed to earthquakes

Yes

124 (21.6%)

143 (24.9%)

112 (19.5%)

No

49 (20.1%)

47 (19.3%)

38 (15.6%)

 

P-value

0.626

0.080

0.183

Death of close relatives

Yes

118 (21.1%)

140 (25.1%)

108 (19.4%)

No

50 (19.8%)

46 (18.3%)

38 (15.1%)

P-value

0.671

0.032

0.143

PTG

None to low PTG

158 (21.0%)

174 (23.1%)

140 (18.6%)

Medium to very high PTG

15 (23.4%)

16 (25.0%)

10 (15.6%)

P-value

0.641

0.727

0.559

  1. All the P-values are reported based on chi-square test