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Table 3 Socio-demographic and behavioral correlates of alcohol use within the last 12 months among undergraduate medical students, June 2009

From: Substance use and its predictors among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia

 

Alcohol use within

the last 12 months

 

Factors

No, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

Adjusted* OR

(95% CI)

Sex

   

   Female

168 (85.7)

28 (14.3)

1.00 (Reference)

   Male

319 (74.9)

107 (25.1)

2.14 (1.22, 3.76)

Age in years

   

   15-19

178 (79.1)

47 (20.9)

1.00 (Reference)

   20 or more

309 (77.8)

88 (22.2)

1.07 (0.58, 1.98)

Religion

   

   Other Christian

121 (91.7)

11 (8.3)

1.00 (Reference)

   Orthodox Christian

278 (71.5)

111 (28.5)

4.67 (2.05, 10.64)

   Muslim

80 (93.0)

6 (7.0)

0.20 (0.04, 0.92)

   Other

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

13.64 (2.58, 72.10)

Main source of family's income

   

   Government employee

142 (74.7)

48 (25.3)

1.00 (Reference)

   Business

116 (71.6)

46 (28.4)

1.78 (0.96, 3.31)

   Agriculture-based

121 (90.3)

13 (9.7)

0.34 (0.10, 1.12)

   Other

108 (79.4)

28 (20.6)

1.12 (0.59, 2.16)

Original background

   

   Rural

106 (85.5)

18 (14.5)

1.00 (Reference)

   Urban

381 (76.5)

117 (23.5)

0.94 (0.32, 2.76)

Medical education status

   

   Pre-clinical

363 (81.2)

84 (18.8)

1.00 (Reference)

   Clinical

124 (70.9)

51 (29.1)

0.98 (0.51, 1.90)

Father currently drinks alcohol

   

   No

381 (83.7)

74 (16.3)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

106 (63.5)

61 (36.5)

2.60 (1.51, 4.51)

Mother currently drinks alcohol

   

   No

442 (79.6)

113 (20.4)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

45 (67.2)

22 (32.8)

0.82 (0.40, 1.72)

Friend currently drinks alcohol

   

   No

340 (88.1)

46 (11.9)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

147 (62.3)

89 (37.7)

2.47 (1.50, 4.08)

Used khat within the last 12 months

   

   No

477 (82.4)

102 (17.6)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

10 (23.3)

33 (76.7)

15.11 (4.24, 53.91)

Ever smoked cigarette

   

   No

474 (83.5)

94 (16.6)

1.00 (Reference)

   Yes

13 (24.1)

41 (75.9)

8.65 (3.48, 21.50)

Total, N (%)

487 (78.3)

135 (21.1)

 
  1. *Adjusted for sex, age, religion (4 levels), income (4 levels), background, education, alcohol intake of friends and parents, khat and cigarette intake.