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Table 1 Summary of participants’ characteristics

From: “Overconfidence” versus “helplessness”: A qualitative study on abstinence self-efficacy of drug users in a male compulsory drug detention center in China

 

All participants

Overconfidence

Helplessness

(N = 36)

(N = 16)

(N = 17)

Age, M (SD)

31.61 (5.34)

30.50 (6.06)

33.12 (4.64)

Initial age of drug use, M (SD)

22.11 (4.86)

23.44 (4.79)

20.94 (4.88)

Year of drug use history, M (SD)

9.39 (4.71)

6.94 (4.89)

12.06 (3.27)

Times of compulsory detention, M(SD)

1.83 (1.00)

1.25 (0.45)

2.47 (1.07)

 1st time, N (%)

18 (50.0)

12 (75.0)

4 (23.5)

 2nd time, N (%)

9 (25.0)

4 (25.0)

4 (23.5)

 3rd time, N (%)

6 (16.7)

 

6 (35.3)

 4th time, N (%)

3 (8.3)

 

3 (17.6)

Drug type

 Heroin, N (%)

6 (16.7)

1 (6.3)

3 (17.65)

 Ice, N (%)

14 (38.9)

9 (56.3)

4 (23.5)

 Both, N (%)

16 (44.4)

6 (37.5)

10 (58.8)

Main method of drug-use

 Nasal, N (%)

7 (19.4)

5 (31.3)

1 (5.9)

 Injection, N (%)

29 (80.6)

11 (68.8)

16 (94.1)

Marital status

 Single, N (%)

11 (30.6)

6 (37.5)

5 (26.4)

 Girlfriend, N (%)

7 (19.4)

5 (31.3)

2 (11.8)

 Married, N (%)

9 (25.0)

4 (25.0)

3 (17.6)

 Divorced, N (%)

9 (25.0)

1 (6.3)

7 (41.2)

Number of children

 1 Child, N (%)

10 (27.8)

3 (18.8)

5 (29.4)

 2 Children, N (%)

5 (13.9)

1 (6.3)

4 (23.5)