Negative attributions towards people with substance use disorders in South Africa: Variation across substances and by gender

Table 5 Adjusted Associations between Demographic, and Substance Use Related Variables on Attribution Questionnaire Items

Variables	Attribution stereotype
	Pity		Dangerous		Blame		Anger		Help		Segregation		Avoidance
	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
Gender	0.04	0.33	0.03	0.49	0.04	0.35	0.08	0.03*	−0.01	0.72	−0.02	0.56	0.06	0.09
Age	0.12	0.01*	−0.04	0.54	0.8	0.11	0.05	0.28	−0.10	0.04*	0.02	0.67	0.02	0.62
Education (not completed high school)	−0.67	0.93	0.02	0.45	−0.01	0.93	−0.09	0.02*	0.07	0.46	−0.20	0.62	−0.03	0.40
Employment (no)	−0.10	0.01*	−0.03	0.39	−0.06	0.15	−0.02	0.64	−0.03	0.45	−0.01	0.85	0.03	0.38
Race (black)
Coloured	0.01	0.75	0.02	0.64	0.06	0.15	−0.02	0.65	−0.10	0.01*	−0.11	0.01	0.03	0.41
White	−0.50	0.22	−0.06	0.17	−0.02	0.66	−0.06	0.13	−0.10	0.01*	−0.20	0.01	0.06	0.14
Marital Status (no)	−0.03	0.51	0.03	0.48	0.04	0.33	0.01	0.93	0.11	0.02*	0.03	0.53	0.03	0.49
Substance Use ASSIST Score	0.20	0.66	−0.04	0.37	0.01	0.78	0.02	0.64	−0.09	0.03*	−0.02	0.54	0.09	0.02*
Received Treatment for substance use (no)	0.00	0.99	−0.01	0.84	0.08	0.03*	0.06	0.11	−0.07	0.08	0.02	0.59	−0.01	0.88
Know someone with substance use problem (no)	0.05	0.20	0.02	0.65	−0.05	0.24	−0.05	0.20	−0.04	0.27	0.04	0.34	0.05	0.21
Vignette (ref alcohol)
Marijuana Vignette (yes)	0.03	0.51	−0.09	0.04*	−0.06	0.17	0.00	0.99	0.01	0.99	0.01	0.96	−0.01	0.90
Methamphetamine Vignette (yes)	0.02	0.67	0.01	0.93	−0.08	0.10	−0.08	0.07	−0.01	0.89	0.02	0.75	0.02	0.71
Heroin Vignette (yes)	0.03	0.50	−0.04	0.45	−0.05	0.28	−0.06	0.16	−0.04	0.27	0.04	0.36	0.70	0.13

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