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Table 1 Substance abuse (marihuana, hashish, LSD) among male and female adolescents (F – frequency, % - percentage) and Kruskal Wallis ANOVA between sexes (H – H value; p – level of significance)

From: Substance abuse prevalence and its relation to scholastic achievement and sport factors: an analysis among adolescents of the Herzegovina–Neretva Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

BOYS

GIRLS

Kruskal Wallis

F

%

F

%

H

p

Marihuana

      

Never (1)

361

82.99

559

93.63

  

Ever tried (2)

31

7.13

14

2.35

  

Once or twice (3)

12

2.76

2

0.34

  

3-5 times (4)

2

0.46

-

-

  

6-9 times (5)

4

0.92

4

0.67

  

20-39 times (6)

-

-

2

0.34

  

40 and more (7)

12

2.76

1

0.17

  

Missing

13

2.99

15

2.51

35.47

0.001

Hashish

      

Never (1)

399

91.72

580

97.15

  

Ever tried (2)

7

1.61

1

0.17

  

Once or twice (3)

3

0.69

1

0.17

  

3-5 times (4)

1

0.23

-

-

  

6-9 times (5)

3

0.69

2

0.34

  

20-39 times (6)

-

-

-

-

  

40 and more (7)

6

1.38

-

-

  

Missing

16

3.68

13

2.18

17.46

0.001

LSD

      

Never (1)

410

94.25

580

97.15

  

Ever tried (2)

3

0.69

-

-

  

Once or twice (3)

-

-

-

-

  

3-5 times (4)

-

-

-

-

  

6-9 times (5)

3

0.69

1

0.17

  

20-39 times (6)

1

0.23

-

-

  

40 and more (7)

5

1.15

-

-

  

Missing

13

2.99

16

2.68

13.65

0.001

  1. LEGEND: number in parentheses presents ordinal value for each variable.
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