Table 2 Socioeconomic characteristics of MMT patients by level of health services administration
| Â | Provincial | District | All | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age | 36.8 | 7.7 | 36.8 | 7.7 | 36.8 | 7.6 | 0.52 |
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | Â |
Sex (Male) | 266 | 98.5 | 737 | 98.8 | 1003 | 98.7 | 0.73 |
Educational attainment | |||||||
 Illiterate | 4 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.7 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.03 |
 Elementary | 21 | 7.8 | 98 | 13.1 | 119 | 11.7 |  |
 Secondary | 103 | 38.2 | 323 | 43.3 | 426 | 41.9 |  |
 High | 121 | 44.8 | 266 | 35.7 | 387 | 38.1 |  |
 Vocational | 12 | 4.4 | 20 | 2.7 | 32 | 3.2 |  |
 University | 9 | 3.3 | 26 | 3.5 | 35 | 3.4 |  |
Marital status | |||||||
 Single | 101 | 37.4 | 150 | 20.1 | 251 | 24.7 | <0.01 |
 Live with spouse | 148 | 54.8 | 537 | 72.0 | 685 | 67.4 |  |
 Live with partner | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 |  |
 Divorced | 19 | 7.0 | 53 | 7.1 | 72 | 7.1 |  |
 Widow | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.5 |  |
Religion | |||||||
 Cult of ancestors | 247 | 91.5 | 649 | 87.0 | 896 | 88.2 | 0.17 |
 Buddhism | 13 | 4.8 | 46 | 6.2 | 59 | 5.8 |  |
 Catholic | 10 | 3.7 | 46 | 6.2 | 56 | 5.5 |  |
 Protestant | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.5 |  |
Employment | |||||||
 Unemployed | 76 | 28.2 | 183 | 24.5 | 259 | 25.5 | <0.01 |
 Self-employed | 159 | 58.9 | 383 | 51.3 | 542 | 53.4 |  |
 White collars | 5 | 1.9 | 17 | 2.3 | 22 | 2.2 |  |
 Workers, Farmers | 10 | 3.7 | 90 | 12.1 | 100 | 9.8 |  |
 Students | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 |  |
 Other jobs | 20 | 7.4 | 71 | 9.5 | 91 | 9.0 |  |