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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Sample. Composition of the Clusters

From: French People’s positions on supervised injection facilities for drug users

  

Cluster

 

Variable

Level

Not Very

Acceptable

Depends

Always

Acceptable

Total

Gender

Male

33 (25)a

60 (46)

37 (29)

130 (41)

 

Female

30 (16)a

96 (51)

62 (33)

188 (59)

Age

18–25 Years

16 (19)

44 (53)a

23 (28)

83 (26)

 

26–35 Years

18 (22)

43 (52)b

22 (26)

83 (26)

 

36–49 Years

8 (11)a

38 (54)c

25 (35)

71 (22)

 

50+ Years

21 (26)a

31 (38)abc

29 (36)

81 (26)

Location

Toulouse Area

54 (20)

127 (47)

87 (33)

268 (84)

 

Andorra

9 (18)

29 (58)

12 (24)

50 (16)

Expertise

General Public

59 (21)a

144 (51)

81 (28)a

284 (89)

 

Physician

3 (33)

3 (33)

3 (33)

9 (3)

 

Other Health Prof.

1 (4)a

9 (36)

15 (60)a

25 (8)

Religious

Atheist

29 (16)

91 (48)

68 (36)

188 (59)

Involvement

Believer in God

22 (24)

46 (51)

22 (25)

90 (28)

 

Regular Attendee

10 (26)

19 (50)

9 (24)

38 (12)

 

Not Reported

2 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1)

Political Orientation

Left Wing

1 (6)

7 (41)

9 (53)

17 (5)

Center

2 (11)

15 (79)

2 (10)

19 (6)

 

Right Wing

6 (43)

7 (50)

1 (7)

14 (5)

 

Not Reported

54 (20)

127 (47)

87 (33)

268 (84)

Addictions

None

5 (17)

15 (52)

9 (31)

29 (9)

 

Some

5 (18)

11 (41)

11 (41)

27 (9)

 

Not Reported

53 (20)

130 (50)

79 (30)

262 (82)

Total

 

63 (20)

156 (49)

99 (31)

318

Mean Acceptability

1.42

4.44

7.36

4.75

  1. Note: Figures in parentheses are percentages calculated for each row. Figures with the same subscript are significantly different, p < .05 (Test of difference between two proportions)