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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, employment status, income generation and arrest history of sample, by sex

From: Exploring sex differences in drug use, health and service use characteristics among young urban crack users in Brazil

 

Men (n = 124) mean (SD)

Women (n = 35) mean (SD)

Test statistic t

P-value

Age

20.7(2.1)

21.6(2.2)

2.174*

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

χ 2

 

Race

  

0.3905

0.532

White

11 (9.0)

2 (5.7)

  

Non-White/Other

111 (91.0)

33 (94.3)

  

Marital Status

  

0.6712

0.413

Single/separ/div/widow

100 (80.6)

26 (74.3)

  

Married or cohabitating

24 (19.4)

9 (25.7)

  

Education a

  

0.1736

0.677

Some elementary school or less

102 (82.3)

29 (85.3)

  

Completed elementary school or higher

22 (17.7)

5 (14.7)

  

Housing statusa[[30]]

  

13.2492*

0.000

Stable housing

71 (57.7)

8 (22.9)

  

Unstable housing or homeless

52 (42.3)

27 (77.1)

  

Income sources [[30]]

    

Formal or informal transfers (e.g., social assistance, money from family/friends)

35 (28.2)

10 (28.6)

0.0016

0.968

Paid employment/work

82 (66.1)

6 (17.1)

26.503***

0.000

Illegal activities (including drug-related work)

25 (20.2)

4 (11.4)

1.396

0.237

Sex work

3 (2.4)

16 (45.7)

48.627***

0.000

Begging/panhandling

19 (15.3)

14 (40.0)

10.107***

0.001

Arrest history

    

Detained by police (past year)

56 (45.2)

11 (31.4)

2.111

0.146

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
  2. aSubjects with missing data not included. [30]: in the last 30 days.