Table 1

Demographic information by state
Variable
 Total (n = 200)
 Manipur (n = 100)
 Nagaland (n = 100)
 p value

%
 n
 %
 n
 %
 n
Ethnicity
     - Meitei
 39.5
 79
 79.0
 79
 0
 0
 < 0.01
     - Naga
 45.5
 91
 4.0
 4
 87.0
 87
     - Kuki
 6.0
 12
 12.0
 12
 0
 0
     - Other
 9.0
 18
 5.0
 5
 13.0
 13
Religion
     - Hindu
 40.0
 80
 74.0
 74
 6.0
 6
 < 0.01
     - Muslim
 1.0
 2
 0
 0
 2.0
 2
     - Christian
 57.0
 114
 22.0
 22
 92.0
 92
     - Other
 2.0
 4
 4.0
 4
 0
 0
Education
     - None
 4.5
 9
 4.0
 4
 5.0
 5
 = 0.06
     - Schooling not completed
 47.5
 95
 38.0
 38
 57.0
 57
     - Schooling completed
 37.0
 74
 46.0
 46
 28.0
 28
     - Graduate
 9.5
 19
 11.0
 11
 8.0
 8
     - Post-graduate
 1.5
 3
 1.0
 1
 2.0
 2
Employment
     - Employed
 17.9
 35
 11.5
 11
 24.0
 24
 = 0.02
     - Unemployed
 82.1
 161
 88.5
 85
 76.0
 76
Other sources of income*
     - Family
 83.8
 165
 93.0
 93
 74.2
 72
 < 0.01
     - Partner
 9.1
 18
 12.0
 12
 6.2
 6
 = 0.16
     - Friends
 44.7
 88
 71.0
 71
 17.5
 17
 < 0.01
     - Selling drugs
 32.0
 63
 48.0
 48
 15.5
 15
 < 0.01
     - Stealing
 38.1
 75
 56.0
 56
 19.6
 19
 < 0.01
     - Pawning goods
 54.8
 108
 78.0
 78
 30.9
 30
 < 0.01
     - Sex work
 6.1
 12
 4.0
 4
 8.2
 8
 = 0.21
     - Other†
 16.8
 33
 17.0
 17
 16.5
 16
 = 0.92
Housing
     - Homeless
 2.0
 4
 0
 0
 4.0
 4
 < 0.01
     - Living with family
 70.5
 141
 86.0
 86
 55.0
 55
     - Living with friend
 0.5
 1
 0
 0
 1.0
 1
     - Renting
 18.5
 37
 12.0
 12
 25.0
 25
     - Other
 8.5
 17
 2.0
 2
 15.0
 15

*More than one response possible

†E.g. driving/pedalling a rickshaw, casual labouring, small business (eg. vegetable selling) and gambling

Kermode et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4:19   doi:10.1186/1477-7517-4-19
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