Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied addict patients and the relation to violence within the period of addiction
From: Patterns of drug abuse in Upper Egypt: cause or result of violence?
Characteristics | Committed violence in period of addiction | Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | df | P | |
Age | ||||||
10 to ≤ 20 | 32 | 10.7 | 10 | 3.33 | ||
21 to ≤ 30* | 175* | 58.3* | 105* | 35* | 1 | 0.05* |
31 to ≤ 40 | 75 | 25 | 55 | 18.3 | ||
41 to ≤ 50 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2.33 | ||
Sex | ||||||
Males | 295 | 98.3 | 175 | 58.33 | 1 | 0.001** |
Females | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.66 | ||
Education | ||||||
University | 52 | 17.3 | 32 | 10.6 | ||
Secondary school | 100 | 33.4 | 60 | 20 | 2 | n.s |
Primary school | 45 | 15 | 28 | 9.33 | ||
Illiterate | 103 | 34.3 | 57 | 19 | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 102 | 34 | 53 | 17.66 | ||
Not married | 134 | 44.7 | 72 | 24 | 2 | n.s. |
Separate/divorced | 64 | 21.3 | 52 | 17.33 | ||
Residence | ||||||
Rural | 147 | 49 | 86 | 28.66 | 2 | n.s |
Urban | 153 | 51 | 91 | 30.33 | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Unemployed | 75 | 25 | 45 | 15 | ||
Student | 102 | 34 | 54 | 18 | 2 | n.s |
Regular work | 66 | 22 | 37 | 12.33 | ||
Irregular work | 57 | 19 | 41 | 13.66 | ||
Be a previous victim | ||||||
Yes | 78 | 26 | 73 | 24.33 | 1 | 0.001** |
No | 222 | 74 | 104 | 34.66 | ||
Duration of addiction | ||||||
Less than 1 year | 17 | 5.7 | 6 | 2 | ||
1–5 years | 62 | 20.7 | 37 | 12.33 | 1 | 0.001** |
5–10 years | 115 | 38.3 | 78 | 26 | ||
More than 10 years | 106 | 35.3 | 56 | 18.66 | ||
Age at onset of abuse | 17 ± 5.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
Cigarette smoking | ||||||
No | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 1.66 | ||
Yes less than 10/day | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 6.33 | 1 | 0.05* |
Yes 10–20/day | 122 | 40.7 | 88 | 29.33 | ||
Yes more than 20/day | 130 | 43.3 | 65 | 21.66 | ||
Shisha smoking | ||||||
Yes | 148 | 49.3 | 94 | 31.33 | 2 | n.s. |
No | 152 | 50.7 | 83 | 27.66 | ||