A Retrospective Chart Review of Treatment Seeking Middle Aged Individuals at a Tertiary Care Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centre in North Part of India over Five Successive Years: Findings from Drug Abuse Monitoring System

Table 1

Sociodemographic variables of the treatment seeking middle aged individuals over the 5-year period.

Variable	2007 (558)		2008 (580)		2009 (549)		2010 (680)		2011 (674)		Total
	𝑛	%	𝑁	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Marital status
Never married	51	9.1	42	7.2	44	8	63	9.3	51	7.6	251	8.2
Married	473	84.8	495	85.3	491	89.4	519	76.3	550	81.6	2528	82.3
Divorce/separated	5	0.9	7	1.2	1	0.2	17	2.5	15	2.2	45	1.5
Widow/widower	17	3	26	4.5	8	1.5	21	3.1	25	3.7	97	3.2
Separated due to drug abuse	10	1.8	10	1.7	5	0.9	5	0.7	21	3.1	51	1.7
Not known	2	0.4	0	0	0	0	55	8.1	12	1.8	69	2.2
Educational qualification
Illiterate	132	23.7	125	21.6	101	18.4	129	19	170	25.2	657	21.4
Literate	41	7.3	42	7.2	58	10.6	41	6	37	5.5	219	7.1
Primary	95	17	64	11	77	14	59	8.7	78	11.6	373	12.1
Middle	88	15.8	106	18.3	155	28.2	284	41.8	285	42.3	918	29.9
Up to 10th/12th	138	24.7	154	26.6	86	15.7	61	9	91	13.5	530	17.3
Graduation	45	8.1	57	9.8	19	3.5	0	0	0	0	121	3.9
PG/tech/prof.	17	3	32	5.5	26	4.7	23	3.4	13	1.9	111	3.6
Not known	2	0.4	0	0	27	4.9	83	12.2	0	0	112	3.6
Employment status
Never employed	16	2.9	6	1	16	2.9	12	1.8	9	1.3	59	1.9
Presently unemployed	171	30.6	128	22.1	120	21.9	153	22.5	167	24.8	739	24.1
Full-time employed	160	28.7	141	24.3	139	25.3	163	24	145	21.5	748	24.4
Part-time employed	39	7	110	19	189	34.4	282	41.5	288	42.7	908	29.6
Self-employed	159	28.5	186	32.1	73	13.3	2	0.3	49	7.3	469	15.3
Student	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
House wife/girl	6	1.1	4	0.7	3	0.5	6	0.9	6	0.9	25	0.8
Any other	4	0.7	4	0.7	7	1.3	5	0.7	10	1.5	30	1.0
Not known	3	0.5	0	0	2	0.4	57	8.4	0	0	62	2.0
Living arrangement
Joint family	94	16.8	201	34.7	212	38.6	164	24.1	207	30.7	878	28.6
Nuclear family	433	77.6	350	60.3	286	52.1	386	56.8	364	54	1819	59.2
Alone	17	3	24	4.1	25	4.6	40	5.9	47	7	153	5.0
With friends	3	0.5	3	0.5	4	0.7	4	0.6	4	0.6	18	0.6
Any other	6	1.1	2	0.3	7	1.3	2	0.3	3	0.4	20	0.7
Not known	5	0.9	0	0	15	2.7	84	12.4	49	7.3	153	5.0