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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Reducing Khat use among Somalis living in Kenya: a controlled pilot study on the modified ASSIST-linked brief intervention delivered in the community

 

Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) group

Assessment control (AC) group

Total

p-value

Participants (%, n)

48.8% (161)

50.2% (169)

100% (330)

–

Socio-demographics

    

Age (mean, SD)

27.7 (6.2)

28.0 (7.0)

27.8 (6.6)

.698

Marital status (% married, n)

20.5% (33)

27.2% (46)

23.9% (79)

.153

Occupation (% not working, n)

38.5% (62)

41.4% (70)

40.0% (132)

.590

Immigration status (% refugees, n)1

51.2% (82)

47.6% (80)

49.4% (162)

.511

Persons per household (mean, SD)

4.1 (2.7)

4.1 (2.3)

4.1 (2.5)

.950

Education, years formal school (mean, SD)

8.8 (4.4)

9.3 (3.7)

9.0 (4.1)

.267

Home type (%, n)1

House

0

1.2% (2)

0.6% (2)

.289

Lodge

13.8% (22)

8.9% (15)

11.2% (37)

Apartment

69.4% (111)

72.2% (122)

70.8% (233)

Part of apartment

16.9% (27)

17.8% (30)

17.3% (57)

Household type (%, n)2

Family based

66.2% (106)

69.3% (115)

67.8% (221)

.658

Rent sharing

16.9% (27)

17.5% (29)

17.2% (56)

other

16.9% (27)

13.3% (22)

15.0% (49)

Khat use

    

Age at starting regular khat use (mean, SD)

20.6 (4.0)

21.4 (3.8)

21.0 (3.9)

.066

Other substance use last year, excluding khat and tobacco (% of participants using any other substance, n) 3

26.1% (42)

20.3% (32)

23.2% (74)

.217

  1. 1 missing values: SBI n = 1, AC n = 0.
  2. 2 missing values: SBI n = 1, AC n = 3.
  3. 3 missing values: SBI n = 0, AC n = 11.