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Table 1 Perceived need for treatment and predisposing, enabling and health need variables for women with and without recent methamphetamine use

From: Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

Variable

Total

Methamphetamine positive (N =445)

Methamphetamine negative (N = 274)

χ2/t(df)

p

Predisposing variables

     

Age (M, SD)

23.1 (4.2)

23.5 (4.2)

22.6 (4.2)

2.9 (717)

0.004

Ethnicity (Coloured; %, n)

55.1% (445)

82.6% (327)

17.4% (69)

159.9 (1)

<0.0001

Education (not completed high school; %, n)

88.9% (639)

89.4% (398)

88.0% (241)

0.4 (1)

0.539

Enabling variables

     

Income in the last 30 days (ZAR M, SD)

268.4 (464.0)

304.2 (493.5)

211.4 (406.7)

2.6 (717)

0.009

Relationship status (%, n)

     

Married or living as married

21.7% (156)

27.6% (123)

12.0% (33)

  

Boyfriend

73.9% (531)

66.5% (296)

85.8% (335)

32.61 (2)

<0.0001

Single

4.5% (32)

5.8% (26)

7.2% (6)

  

Family members with drug problems (Yes; %, n)

57.4% (413)

61.1% (274)

51.5% (141)

6.8 (1)

0.011

Prior treatment (Yes; %, n)

7.4% (53)

10.1% (45)

2.9% (8)

12.8 (1)

<0.0001

Awareness of treatment programs (Yes, %, n)

50.1% (360)

52.9% (145)

48.3% (215)

1.44(1)

0.230

Health need variables

     

CES-D (M, SD)

26.0 (12.3)

28.5 (11.9)

21.9 (11.8)

7.3 (717)

<0.0001

Physical health (Poor; %, n)

12.4% (89)

15.7% (70)

6.9% (19)

12.10 (1)

0.001

TCU anxiety (M, SD)

18.2 (6.1)

19.4 (5.8)

16.3 (6.0)

6.8 (717)

<0.0001

Need and readiness for drug treatment

   

Perceived need for drug treatment (Yes; %, n)

46.0% (330)

46.3% (206)

45.4% (124)

0.5 (1)

0.820

Want to go to treatment (N = 329)

92.4% (304)

89.4% (110)

94.2% (194)

2.47 (1)

0.116

How soon do you want to go to treatment (N =304)

     

Within next 30 days

63.8% (194)

63.4% (123)

64.5% (71)

0.18 (2)

 

> 30 days < 6 months

24.0% (73)

24.7% (48)

22.7% (25)

0.915

> 6 months from now

12.2% (37)

11.9% (23)

12.7% (14)

  
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