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Table 1 Basic demographic data of adult victims and control groups seeking medical treatment

From: The association between abused adults and substance abuse in Taiwan, 2000–2015

Variables

 

Experimental Group

(n = 8726)

 

Control

Group

(n = 34,904)

p-value

  

n

%

 

n

%

 

Gender

Male

5853

67.1

 

23,412

67.1

> 0.999

 

Female

2873

32.9

 

11,492

32.9

 

Age

Mean (SD)

36.9

(12.4)

 

36.9

(12.2)

0.927

Level of Urbanization

High

1758

20.1

 

10,157

29.1

< 0.001**

 

Moderate

2513

28.8

 

11,255

32.2

 
 

Low

4455

51.1

 

13,492

38.7

 

Area of Insurance

North

3260

37.4

 

17,849

51.2

< 0.001**

 

Central

2408

27.6

 

6238

17.9

 
 

South

2771

31.7

 

9738

27.9

 
 

Eastern

287

3.3

 

1079

3.1

 

Amount of Insurance

< 16,500 (NTD)

2870

32.9

 

5894

16.9

< 0.001**

 

16,500–30,299 (NTD)

4470

51.2

 

17,672

50.6

 
 

 30,300 (NTD)

1386

15.9

 

11,338

32.5

 

Health Insurance category

Public Insurance

233

2.7

 

1997

5.7

< 0.001**

 

Labor Insurance

4542

52.1

 

23,870

68.4

 
 

Other Insurance

3951

45.2

 

9037

26.0

 
  1. Note: by GEE, correlation matrix: unstructured, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01