Prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with polysubstance use: analysis of a population-based survey in Jamaica

Table 3 Mann–Whitney U test of selected sociodemographic factors and past month concurrent polysubstance use

Sociodemographic factors	N	Mean Rank	Sum Rank	U	p value
Gender
Male	685	485.32	332,446	54,579	0.000*
Female	222	357.35	79,332
Geographical Location
Urban	407	429.78	174,920	91,892	0.003*
Rural	500	473.72	236,859
Religious beliefs
Christian	534	435.13	232,359	89,514	0.014*
Non-Christian	365	471.76	172,191
Marital Status
Married/Common law	632	471.35	297,892	74,672	0.000*
Unmarried	273	410.52	112,073
Employment status
Employed	604	470.83	284,380	81,342	0.001*
Unemployed	303	420.46	127,398

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