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Table 1 Individual characteristics for those who have used drugs by migrant status using 2011 data

From: Barriers to accessing substance abuse treatment in Mexico: national comparative analysis by migration status

Variable

Nonmigrant Mexicans

Traveling Mexicans

Transnational Mexicans

 

(n = 620)

(n = 159)

(n = 253)

Individual Factors

   

Female*

21.6

24.5

8.7

Age (M, SD)*

32.9 (10.9)

36.6 (11.1)

38.0 (10.8)

Married*

35.6

36.5

39.9

Less than High school*

85.0

58.0

92.9

Num of dependents (M, SD)*

3.8 (1.7)

3.5 (1.7)

3.7 (1.9)

Public insurance

29

15.1

31.6

Private insurance*

1.6

11.9

2.4

Drug dependence*

13.2

11.9

16.2

Depression scale*

1.8 (0.8)

1.6 (0.7)

1.7 (0.8)

Barriers to access treatment

   

Cost or insurance

5.9

5.6

5.3

Solve it by their own

19.7

16.1

17.1

No access to the treatment

5.5

4.3

4.5

Stigma

7.4

6.5

6.3

Denied problem

53.2

52.9

55.3

Mean number of barriers

1.9

1.7

1.8

Region

   

Northcentral

14.8

32.1

24.9

Northwest*

14.2

23.9

15.0

Northeast*

10.2

14.5

8.7

East

17.1

11.9

21.7

Central

9.4

4.4

9.5

Mexico City*

13.9

7.5

4.0

Southcentral*

10.2

2.5

13.4

South*

10.3

3.1

2.8

  1. Note. Figures represent percentage unless otherwise noted.
  2. *Means or frequencies are different across groups at p < .05.