Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of study participants, Taiwan, 2011 (n = 9120)
From: Prison sentencing increases the risk of unemployment among illegal heroin users in Taiwan
Characteristics | Insurance premium at two years after index datea | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No job salary, n = 1848 | With job salary, n = 7272 | ||
Gender | |||
 Male | 1524 (20.20) | 6019 (79.80) | 0.759 |
 Female | 324 (20.55) | 1253 (79.45) |  |
Age (years) at index date | |||
 18–24 | 375 (23.32) | 1233 (76.68) | < 0.001 |
 25–44 | 1160 (18.44) | 5131 (81.56) |  |
  ≥ 45 | 313 (25.63) | 908 (74.37) |  |
Type of residence | |||
 Rural | 539 (21.43) | 1976 (78.57) | 0.087 |
 Urban | 1309 (19.82) | 5296 (80.18) |  |
Insurance premium at two years after index date | |||
 With job salary | 1265 (16.01) | 6635 (83.99) | < 0.001 |
 Without job salary | 583 (47.79) | 637 (52.21) |  |
Type of sentencing | |||
 Deferred prosecution | 393 (16.33) | 2013 (83.67) | < 0.001 |
 Observation and rehabilitation | 853 (17.99) | 3888 (82.01) |  |
 Compulsory rehabilitation | 6 (40.00) | 9 (60.00) |  |
 Sentenced to prison | 596 (30.44) | 1362 (69.56) |  |
Education level | |||
 Elementary | 323 (21.72) | 1164 (78.28) | < 0.001 |
 Junior high school | 1107 (21.47) | 4050 (78.53) |  |
 Senior high school | 383 (16.89) | 1885 (83.11) |  |
 College | 35 (16.83) | 173 (83.17) |  |
Marital status | |||
 Single | 1335 (19.30) | 5581 (80.70) | < 0.001 |
 Married | 348 (21.97) | 1236 (78.03) |  |
 Divorce or widowed | 165 (26.61) | 455 (73.39) |  |
Drug use criminal record | |||
 0 | 236 (18.02) | 1074 (81.98) | < 0.001 |
 1 | 559 (15.23) | 3111 (84.77) |  |
 2 | 342 (19.94) | 1373 (80.06) |  |
  ≥ 3 | 711 (29.32) | 1714 (70.68) |  |
Schizophrenia | |||
 Yes | 1822 (20.31) | 7147 (79.69) | 0.321 |
 No | 26 (17.22) | 125 (82.78) |  |
Depression | |||
 Yes | 1675 (20.20) | 6616 (79.80) | 0.687 |
 No | 173 (20.87) | 656 (79.13) |  |
Bipolar | |||
 Yes | 1819 (20.22) | 7179 (79.78) | 0.381 |
 No | 29 (23.77) | 93 (76.23) |  |
Charlson comorbidity score | |||
 0 | 915 (21.43) | 3354 (78.57) | < 0.001 |
 1 | 446 (18.82) | 1924 (81.18) |  |
 2 | 206 (16.78) | 1022 (83.22) |  |
  ≥ 3 | 281 (22.43) | 972 (77.57) |  |