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Table 2 Perceptions of MA use among MA users

From: Gender difference in the characteristics of and high-risk behaviours among non-injecting heterosexual methamphetamine users in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Questions

Total (%, N=398)

Male (%, N=288)

Female (%, N=110)

X2

P value

Do you think MA use is as common as smoking? (Yes)

367 (92.2)

277 (96.2)

90 (81.8)

22.861

<0.05

Can MA enhance sexuality? (Yes)

389 (97.7)

280 (97.2)

109 (99.1)

 

>0.05

Does MA have the function of anti-inebriation? (Yes)

225 (56.5)

184 (63.9)

41 (37.3)

34.120

<0.05

Can MA relieve pain? (Yes)

164 (41.2)

127 (44.1)

37 (33.6)

13.287

<0.05

Is MA addictive? (Yes)

185 (46.5)

136 (47.2)

49 (44.5)

0.229

>0.05

Are you addicted to MA? (Yes)

181 (45.5)

133 (46.2)

48 (43.6)

0.208

>0.05

Did it occur to you to abstain from MA? (Yes)

56/181(30.9)

40/133 (30.1)

16/48 (33.3)

0.157

>0.05

Do you want to have a try to abstain from MA? (Yes)

44/181(24.3)

40/133 (30.1)

4/48 (8.3)

9.061

<0.05