From: Socioeconomic factors associated with drug consumption in prison population in Mexico
Habitual | During imprisonment | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drug consumption | p | Drug consumption | p | |||
Variables | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
General characteristics | 28.5% | 71.5% | 7.4% | 92.6% | ||
Number of elements | 348 | 875 | 90 | 1,133 | ||
Gender - Male | 89.1% | 79.9% | * | 86.7% | 82.2% | |
Age, mean (SD) | 31 (7.6) | 34 (9.8) | * | 32.1 (7.7) | 33.2 (9.5) | |
Schooling | ||||||
Incomplete elementary school | 15.0% | 17.0% | * | 14.9% | 16.6% | * |
Elementary school | 51.9% | 35.6% | 55.2% | 39.1% | ||
High school | 27.7% | 33.9% | 26.4% | 32.6% | ||
Bachelor school or higher | 5.3% | 13.5% | 3.4% | 11.7% | ||
Childhood ambience | ||||||
Index of marginalization at childhood home(SD) | -1.7 (0.6) | -1.4 (0.9) | * | -1.7 (0.5) | -1.47 (0.9) | * |
Childhood home shared with adult with drug consumption | 8.1% | 2.7% | * | 8.9% | 3.9% | * |
Abandoned childhood home | 15.8% | 5.9% | * | 18.9% | 7.9% | * |
Adulthood ambience | ||||||
Employment prior incarceration | 83.9% | 89.5% | * | 82.2% | 88.4% | * |
Having permanent partner | 82.8% | 86.9% | 83.3% | 85.9% | ||
Having children | 58.3% | 75.9% | * | 65.6% | 71.3% | |
Prison record | ||||||
Prior sentence | 42.5% | 17.6% | * | 50.0% | 22.7% | * |
Prior months in prison (SD)a | 37.7 (66.9) | 33.1 (37.5) | 54.4 (106.3) | 32 (37.5) | * | |
Type of current crime | ||||||
Against persons | 49.6% | 61.5% | * | 45.6% | 59.1% | * |
Against property | 39.2% | 28.1% | 40.0% | 30.6% | ||
Against health (Drug-related) | 11.2% | 10.4% | 14.4% | 10.3% | ||
Months in prison waiting for a sentence (SD) | 8.5 (12.1) | 10.4 (12.2) | * | 7 (7.9) | 10.1 (12.5) | * |
Total months in prison (SD) | 40.2 (36.0) | 43.3 (35.4) | 40.1 (40.5) | 42.6 (35.2) | ||
Current sentence spent in prison | 57.7% | 39.7% | * | 45.8% | 43.2% | |
Penal institution characteristics | ||||||
Location (Mexico city) | 34.5% | 65.5% | * | 10.6% | 89.4% | * |
Location (State of Mexico) | 22.0% | 78.0% | 3.9% | 96.1% | ||
Positive conditions | ||||||
Study | 12.9% | 12.2% | 11.1% | 12.5% | ||
Remunerated employment | 24.1% | 26.3% | 18.9% | 26.2% | ||
Negative conditions | 56.0% | 45.0% | * | 78.9% | 45.7% | * |
Drug consumption | During imprisonment | Pre-imprisonment | ||||
Yes | 21.8% | 1.6% | * | 84.4% | 24.0% | * |
No | 78.2% | 98.4% | 15.6% | 76.0% |