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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents

From: Prevalence and perceived health effect of alcohol use among male undergraduate students in Owerri, South-East Nigeria: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Age Group

Frequency

(N = 482)

Percentage

16 - 20

80

16.6

21 - 25

197

40.9

26 & above

205

42.5

Marital Status

  

Married

101

21.0

Single

381

79.0

Institution

  

IMSU

118

24.5

FUTO

115

23.9

FED POLYTECH

128

26.6

AICE

121

25.1

Faculty

  

Engineering

143

29.7

Medical

51

10.6

Business College

122

25.3

Science

94

19.5

Law School

3

0.6

Humanities

66

13.7

Others

3

0.6

Religion

  

Christian

460

95.4

Islam

22

4.6

Year of Study

  

1st Year

53

11.0

2nd Year

90

18.7

3rd Year

151

31.3

4th Year

188

39.0

Ethnicity

  

Igbo

444

92.1

Hausa

22

4.6

Igbo

16

3.3