Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study

Kobori, Eiko; Visrutaratna, Surasing; Maeda, Yuko; Wongchai, Siriporn; Kada, Akiko; Ono-Kihara, Masako; Hayami, Yoko; Kihara, Masahiro

doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-11

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Table 2 Characteristics of villagers by status of drug use in the past one year^a

From: Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study

		Methamphetamine user						Methamphetamine/drug non-user^b
Variables		Village A (n = 39)		Village B (n = 15)		Total (n = 54)		Village A (n = 317)		Village B (n = 177)		Total (n = 494)
		n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Age group (years)	15 – 24	18	46.2	2	13.3	20	37.0	141	44.5	66	37.3	207	41.9
	25 – 34	11	28.2	3	20.0	14	25.9	85	26.8	58	32.8	143	28.9
	35 – 44	5	12.8	7	46.7	12	22.2	73	23.0	37	20.9	110	22.3
	45 – 54	5	12.8	3	20.0	8	14.8	18	5.7	16	9.0	34	6.9
Sex	Male	34	87.2	15	100.0	49	90.7	140	44.2	85	48.0	225	45.5
	Female	5	12.8	0	0.0	5	9.3	177	55.8	92	52.0	269	54.5
Marital status	Never married	17	43.6	1	6.7	18	33.3	107	33.8	57	32.2	164	33.2
Religion	Christianity	15	38.5	13	86.7	28	51.9	73	23.0	144	81.4	217	43.9
	Animism	3	7.7	2	13.3	5	9.3	22	6.9	9	5.1	31	6.3
	Buddhism	20	51.3	0	0.0	20	37.0	211	66.6	22	12.4	233	47.2
	Missing data	1	2.6	0	0.0	1	1.9	11	3.5	2	1.1	13	2.6
Education	Primary or lower	25	64.1	15	100.0	40	74.1	188	59.3	135	76.3	323	65.4
	Junior high school	7	17.9	0	0.0	7	13.0	73	23.0	21	11.9	94	19.0
	High school or higher	6	15.4	0	0.0	6	11.1	52	16.4	20	11.3	72	14.6
	Missing data	1	2.6	0	0.0	1	1.9	4	1.3	1	0.6	5	1.0
Main occupation	Farmer	20	51.3	15	100.0	35	64.8	215	67.8	145	81.9	360	72.9
	Daily wage laborer	14	35.9	0	0.0	14	25.9	26	8.2	10	5.6	36	7.3
	Student	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	41	12.9	20	11.3	61	12.3
	Other	4	10.3	0	0.0	4	7.4	28	8.8	1	0.6	29	5.9
	Missing data	1	2.6	0	0.0	1	1.9	7	2.2	1	0.6	8	1.6
Graduated from a school in town	Graduated	9	23.1	0	0.0	9	16.7	82	25.9	36	20.3	118	23.9
	Missing data	1	2.6	0	0.0	1	1.9	15	4.7	3	1.7	18	3.6
Ever worked in town	Ever worked	16	41.0	10	66.7	26	48.1	50	15.8	47	26.6	97	19.6
	Missing data	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	3.5	1	0.6	12	2.4
Opium use	Yes	11	28.2	6	40.0	17	31.5	7	2.2	8	4.5	15	3.0
	Missing data	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.3	1	0.6	2	0.4
Marijuana use	Yes	15	38.5	0	0.0	15	27.8	3	0.9	3	1.7	6	1.2
	Missing data	0	0.0	1	6.7	1	1.9	4	1.3	3	1.7	7	1.4
Heroin use	Yes	9	23.1	0	0.0	9	16.7	2	0.6	2	1.1	4	0.8
	Missing data	0	0.0	1	6.7	1	1.9	1	0.3	5	2.8	6	1.2
Opium, Marijuana, or Herion use	Yes	23	59.0	6	40.0	29	53.7	9	2.8	10	5.6	19	3.8
	Missing data	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	1.3	5	2.8	9	1.8
Ever diagnosed with STIs	Yes	5	12.8	1	6.7	6	11.1	3	0.9	3	1.7	6	1.2
	No (Ever had sex)	21	53.8	12	80.0	33	61.1	210	66.2	114	64.4	324	65.6
	No (Never had sex)	13	33.3	1	6.7	14	25.9	103	32.5	54	30.5	157	31.8
	Missing data	0	0.0	1	6.7	1	1.9	1	0.3	6	3.4	7	1.4

^aN = 548, Those who missed the answer on methamphetamine use were excluded
^bIncluding methamphetamine non-user and drug non-user

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