Table 1 Participant Demographics and Characteristics of Meth Use (N=113)
Demographic factors | Mean ± SD/Number (percentage) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 25.2 ± 6.9 |
Education Illiterate | 3 (2.7%) |
 Primary school | 34 (30.1%) |
 Middle school | 60 (53.1%) |
 High school /tech school | 14 (12.4%) |
 College | 2 (1.8%) |
Occupation Unemployed | 58 (55.2%) |
 Employed | 28 (26.7%) |
 Self-employed | 19 (18.1%) |
Marital status Not married | 90 (80.4%) |
 Married | 11 (9.8%) |
 Divorced | 11 (9.8%) |
Children None | 91 (81.3%) |
 One | 20 (17.9%) |
 More than one | 1 (0.9%) |
Characteristics of METH use | Â |
Age beginning meth usage | 22.7 ± 6.7 |
Years of meth use | 2.0 ± 1.4 |
Dose (g/day) | 0.6 ± 0.6 |
Frequency (times/week) | 4.8 ± 4.1 |
Duration of detoxification (months) | 8.7 ± 4.8 |