Social differences associated with the use of psychotropic drugs among men and women aged 65 to 74 years living in the community: the international mobility in aging study (IMIAS)

Table 1 Description (in %) of the study sample by research site (user and non-user refer to any psychotropic drug use)

	Kingston		Saint-Hyacinthe		Tirana		Manizales		Natal
	Users	Non-users	Users	Non-users	Users	Non-users	Users	Non-users	Users	Non-users
	(n = 108)	(n = 290)	(n = 123)	(n = 278)	(n = 118)	(n = 276)	(n = 97)	(n = 303)	(n = 38)	(n = 364)
Sex
Male	40.7	49.0	35.0	53.2	47.5	47.8	39.2	52.8	18.4	50.8
Female	59.3	51.0	65.0	46.8	52.5	52.2	60.8	47.2	81.6	49.2
P-value	0.175		0.001		1.000		0.020		0.000
Age
65–69	45.4	56.5	61.8	64.4	40.7	53.3	43.3	56.8	47.4	54.1
70–74	54.6	43.5	38.2	35.6	59.3	46.7	56.7	43.2	52.6	45.9
P-value	0.735		0.653		0.028		0.026		0.495
Education
< secondary	01.85	00.00	08.94	06.12	09.32	12.32	78.35	72.28	76.32	78.02
≥ secondary	98.15	100.00	91.06	93.88	90.68	87.68	21.65	27.72	23.68	21.98
P-value	0.073		0.297		0.490		0.289		0.838
Income
Low/medium	52.7	41.7	78.9	65.8	69.5	68.1	82.5	81.5	68.4	63.5
high	47.2	57.6	17.1	30.9	30.5	31.9	17.5	18.5	31.6	36.5
P-value	0.069		0.004		0.814		0.881		0.598
Occupation
Non-manual	75.0	76.9	45.5	50.0	39.8	34.8	11.3	16.8	15.8	09.9
Manual	25.0	23.1	54.5	50.0	60.2	65.2	88.7	83.2	84.2	90.1
P-value	0.692		0.449		0.361		0.259		0.264
Depression
No	85.2	94.1	87.8	91.4	59.3	64.1	67.0	79.9	50.0	83.5
Yes	14.8	05.9	12.2	08.6	40.7	35.9	33.0	20.1	50.0	16.5
P-value	0.007		0.276		0.366		0.013		0.000
Chronic conditions
Zero or one	36.1	45.9	37.4	51.8	26.3	30.1	40.2	60.4	10.5	42.3
Two or three	51.9	43.8	52.0	38.1	55.1	53.3	49.5	34.7	55.3	46.4
Four and more	12.0	10.3	10.6	10.1	18.6	16.6	10.3	04.9	34.2	11.3
P-value	0.217		0.022		0.722		0.002		0.000
AEP (yes)	40.7		54.5		80.5		74.2		60.5
ASH (yes)	22.2		34.1		22.0		02.1		26.3
ADP (yes)	56.5		34.1		03.4		27.8		28.9

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