Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted associations between predisposing, enabling and health need variables and perceived need for drug treatment among young, substance-using women in Cape Town, South Africa

Covariates	Simple logistic regression			Multiple logistic regression
	OR^a	95% CI^b	p	AOR^c	95% CI	p
*Predisposing variables*
Age	0.97	0.74-1.88	0.108	0.98	0.94-1.01	0.188
Ethnicity (Black African)	1.21	0.90-1.62	0.212	1.54	1.05-1.65	0.027
Education (Not completed high school)	1.18	0.74-1.88	0.501	0.93	0.56-1.53	0.760
*Enabling variables*
Relationship status (Reference married)
Boyfriend	1.24	0.86-1.78	0.249	1.08	0.73-1.60	0.706
Single	1.22	0.57-2.62	0.607	1.10	0.50-2.42	0.819
Income in the last 30 days	0.96	0.93-0.99	0.015	0.96	0.93-0.99	0.041
Family with drug problems (No)	1.40	1.04-1.88	0.027	1.45	1.05-2.04	0.025
Prior treatment (No)	0.81	0.46-1.42	0.480	0.78	0.42-1.43	0.415
Awareness of treatment services (Yes)	1.27	0.95-1.71	0.109	1.19	0.86-1.65	0.301
*Health need variables*
CES-D	1.07	1.01-1.13	0.034	1.01	0.99-1.03	0.159
TCU anxiety	1.20	1.06-1.36	0.003	1.22	1.05-1.45	0.017
Physical health status (Good)	0.66	0.42-1.03	0.069	0.75	0.46-1.22	0.245

^aOR = odds ratio.
^b95% CI = 95% confidence intervals.
^cAOR = adjusted odds ratio. All predisposing, enabling and health need variables were entered into the multiple logistic regression model.

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