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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression showing socio-demographic and behavioral correlates of alcohol drinking within the last 12 months among Axum university students, April 2012

From: Psychoactive substances use and associated factors among Axum university students, Axum Town, North Ethiopia

Variables

Drunk alcohol within the last 12 months

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

Yes

No

  

Sex

    

Male

197

247

3.09(2.22,4.31)

2.12(1.35, 3.32)

Female

64

248

 

1

Religion

    

Orthodox

186

236

 

1

Muslim

38

157

0.31(0.21,0.46)

0.14(0.74, 0.25)

Protestant

30

95

0.40(0.26,0.63)

0.41(0.21, 0.79)

Others

7

7

1.27(0.44,3.68)

0.32(0.03, 1.63)

Ethnicity

    

Tigrie

136

197

  

Amhara

77

155

0.72(0.51,1.02)

0.48(0.28, 0.82)

Oromo

33

88

0.54(0.34,86)

0.35(0.18, 0.68)

S/N/N

15

55

0.39(0.21,0.73)

0.28(0.12, 0.71)

Residence

   

*

Urban

170

280

1

 

Rural

91

215

0.70(0.51,0.95)

 

Marital status

   

**

Single

232

440

  

Married

20

38

0.99(0.57,1.76)

 

Divorced

5

9

1.05(0.35,3.18)

 

others

4

8

0.95(0.28,3.18)

 

Year of study

   

*

1st

74

208

  

2nd

91

156

1.61(1.11,2.33)

 

3rd

80

117

1.89(1.28,2.78)

 

4th

16

18

2.45(1.19,5.06)

 

Ever chewed khat

    

Yes

135

82

5.40(3.84,7.58)

2.16(1.28, 3.66)

No

126

413

  

Ever smoked cigarette

    

Yes

64

8

19.78(9.31,42.01)

8.16(3.35, 19.85)

No

197

487

  

Family drunk alcohol

    

Yes

111

56

5.80(4.00,8.41)

2.61(1.56, 4.34)

No

150

439

  

Peers drunk alcohol

    

Yes

236

153

21.10(13.40,33.23)

14.00(8.09, 24.24)

No

25

342

  

Perceived health risk

   

**

yes

206

402

0.87(0.60,1.26)

 

no

55

93

  
  1. ** Variables which were not significant in the bivariate analysis.
  2. * Variables which were not significant in the multivariate analysis.