Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics among Powder Cocaine Users, Crack Cocaine Users and Dual Users groups.
From: Concurrent crack and powder cocaine users from Sao Paulo: Do they represent a different group?
Powder Cocaine Users | Crack Cocaine Users | Dual Users | Total | pvalue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 28.1 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 26.7 | p = 0.01 | |||
SD = 7.7 | SD = 7.3 | SD = 6.8 | 7.2 | |||||
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Caucasian | 125 | 80% | 34 | 63% | 339 | 70% | 498 | p = 0.01 |
African | 31 | 20% | 20 | 37% | 143 | 30% | 194 | |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 149 | 94% | 54 | 98% | 465 | 96% | 668 | p > 0.05 |
Female | 9 | 6% | 1 | 2% | 21 | 4% | 31 | |
Education | ||||||||
primary school or less | 92 | 62% | 47 | 87% | 347 | 73% | 486 | P = 0.001 |
secondary school or more | 57 | 38% | 7 | 13% | 127 | 27% | 191 | |
Marriage Status | ||||||||
single | 96 | 61% | 34 | 62% | 289 | 60% | 419 | p > 0.05 |
married/cohabiting | 37 | 23% | 15 | 27% | 128 | 27% | 180 | |
divorced/widowed | 25 | 16% | 6 | 11% | 63 | 13% | 94 | |