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

Table 3 Correlates of Methamphetamine use in the past one year among Karen villagers

			MA^a user		Bivariate analyses			Multivariable analyses
Variables		N	n	%	P-value	OR	95CI	P-value	AOR	95CI
Village	A (developed)	356	39	11.0	0.239	1.45	(0.78 – 2.71)	0.109	2.20	(0.84 – 5.78)
	B (traditional)	192	15	7.8		1.00
Age group (years)	15 – 34	384	34	8.9	0.229	0.70	(0.39 – 1.26)	0.440	1.46	(0.56 – 3.82)
	35 – 54	164	20	12.2		1.00
Sex	Male	274	49	17.9	0.000	11.72	(4.59 – 29.91)	0.012	3.90	(1.35 – 11.28)
	Female	274	5	1.8		1.00
Marital status	Never married	182	18	9.9	0.984	1.01	(0.55 – 1.83)	0.275	2.90	(0.43 – 19.68)
	Ever married	366	36	9.8		1.00
Religion	Christian	245	28	11.4	0.285	1.36	(0.77 – 2.41)	0.893	1.06	(0.44 – 2.56)
	Buddhism or Animism	289	25	8.7		1.00
Education	Primary or lower	363	40	11.0	0.166	1.58	(0.82 – 3.04)	0.038	3.10	(1.06 – 9.03)
	Junior high school or higher	179	13	7.3		1.00
Main occupation	Other than Farmer^c	144	18	12.5	0.209	1.47	(0.80 – 2.69)	0.400	1.52	(0.58 – 4.01)
	Farmer	395	35	8.9		1.00
Graduated from a school in town	Not graduated Graduated	402 127	44 9	10.9 7.1	0.207	1.61 1.00	(0.76 – 3.40)			-
Ever worked in town	Ever worked	123	26	21.1	0.000	3.69	(2.07 – 6.57)	0.003	3.55	(1.53 – 8.28)
	Never worked	413	28	6.8		1.00
Opium, Marijuana or Heroin use	Yes	48	29	60.4	0.000^b	28.45	(14.06 – 57.56)	0.000	19.63	(8.04 – 47.94)
	No	491	25	5.1		1.00
Ever diagnosed with STIs	Yes	12	6	50.0	0.000	11.21	(3.19 – 39.41)	0.008	20.76	(2.18 – 197.43)
	No (Ever had sex)	357	33	9.2	0.690	1.14	(0.59 – 2.20)	0.238	2.95	(0.49 – 17.88)
	No (Never had sex)	171	14	8.2		1.00

^aMethamphetamine
^bFisher's exact test
^cDaily wage worker (n = 50), student (n = 61), jobless (n = 26), housework (n = 6), other job (n = 1)

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