Table 3 Substance abuse (heroin, sedatives, inhalants) among male and female adolescents (F – frequency, % - percentage) and Kruskal Wallis ANOVA between sexes (H – H value; p – level of significance)
BOYS | GIRLS | Kruskal Wallis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | % | F | % | H | p | |
Heroin | ||||||
Never (1) | 411 | 94.48 | 583 | 97.65 | ||
Ever tried (2) | 1 | 0.23 | - | - | ||
Once or twice (3) | 2 | 0.46 | 1 | 0.17 | ||
3-5 times (4) | - | - | - | - | ||
6-9 times (5) | - | - | - | - | ||
20-39 times (6) | 3 | 0.69 | - | - | ||
40 and more (7) | 4 | 0.92 | - | - | ||
Missing | 14 | 3.22 | 13 | 2.18 | 10.99 | 0.001 |
Sedatives | ||||||
Never (1) | 400 | 91.95 | 545 | 91.29 | ||
Ever tried (2) | 9 | 2.07 | 25 | 4.19 | ||
Once or twice (3) | - | - | 6 | 1.01 | ||
3-5 times (4) | 1 | 0.23 | - | - | ||
6-9 times (5) | 4 | 0.92 | 1 | 0.17 | ||
20-39 times (6) | 3 | 0.69 | 3 | 0.50 | ||
40 and more (7) | 3 | 0.69 | 3 | 0.50 | ||
Missing | 15 | 3.45 | 14 | 2.35 | 1.25 | 0.240 |
Inhalants | ||||||
Never (1) | 390 | 89.66 | 555 | 92.96 | ||
Ever tried (2) | 6 | 1.38 | 18 | 3.02 | ||
Once or twice (3) | 10 | 2.30 | 5 | 0.84 | ||
3-5 times (4) | 1 | 0.23 | 2 | 0.34 | ||
6-9 times (5) | 6 | 1.38 | - | - | ||
20-39 times (6) | - | - | 1 | 0.17 | ||
40 and more (7) | 9 | 2.07 | 1 | 0.17 | ||
Missing | 13 | 2.99 | 15 | 2.51 | 4.35 | 0.037 |