From: Peer substance use overestimation among French university students: a cross-sectional survey
Substance use (%) | Academic Discipline | Gender | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | F. Lang. (n = 87) | Medicine (n = 136) | Nursing School (n = 248) | Sociology (n = 260) | Men (n = 156) | Women (n = 570) |
Tobacco | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | p = 0.361 |
   No use last month (64.9%) | 78.2 | 77.9 | 59.9 | 58.5 | 61.5 | 65.7 |
   Occasional use (19.6%) | 13.8 | 17.6 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 19.7 |
   Daily use last month (15.5%) | 8.0 | 4.4 | 17.4 | 21.9 | 19.2 | 14.6 |
Cannabis | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | p < 0.001 |
   No use last year (70.7%) | 83.9 | 71.6 | 75.4 | 61.4 | 52.6 | 75.8 |
   ≤ 1/week last year (22.0%) | 12.6 | 34.6 | 21.3 | 24.3 | 31.8 | 19.1 |
   > 1/week last year (7.3%) | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 5.1 |
Alcohol | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | p < 0.001 |
   No use last month (30.9%) | 49.4 | 26.5 | 30.6 | 27.3 | 17.3 | 34.4 |
   1-9 days last month (60.1%) | 49.4 | 64.0 | 64.1 | 57.7 | 59.6 | 60.4 |
   10+ days last month (9.0%) | 1.1 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 15.0 | 23.1 | 5.3 |
Heavy episodic drinking | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 | Â | p < 0.001 |
   No use last month (71.5%) | 89.5 | 65.4 | 71.8 | 68.3 | 51.0 | 77.0 |
   1-3 times last month (21.7%) | 9.3 | 27.9 | 25.0 | 19.3 | 34.2 | 18.3 |
   4+ times last month (6.9%) | 1.2 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 12.4 | 14.8 | 4.7 |