Table 2 Distribution of smoking, alcohol and eating behaviours
From: Physical and mental health perspectives of first year undergraduate rural university students
Behaviour | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Smoking | Â | Â | Â |
No | 90 (81.1) | 197 (80.7) | 287 (80.8) |
Yes | 21 (18.9) | 47 (19.2) | 68 (19.1) |
Alcohol (past month) | Â | Â | Â |
Don’t drink | 14 (12.6) | 37 (15.1) | 51 (14.3) |
1–2 times / month | 30 (27.0) | 109 (44.6) | 139 (39.1) |
1–2 times per week | 43 (38.7) | 84 (34.4) | 127 (35.7) |
>2 times per week | 24 (21.6) | 14 (5.7) | 38 (10.7) |
Binge drinking (past month) | Â | Â | Â |
Never (includes don’t drink & never binge) | 35 (31.5) | 87 (35.6) | 122 (34.3) |
1–2 times | 29 (26.1) | 86 (35.2) | 115 (32.3) |
3–4 times | 16 (14.4) | 39 (15.9) | 55 (15.4) |
5 or more times | 31 (27.9) | 30 (12.3) | 61 (17.1) |
Skipped meals (past month) for weight loss | Â | Â | Â |
Never | 95 (85.5) | 129 (52.8) | 224 (63.1) |
Sometimes | 16 (14.4) | 91 (37.3) | 107 (30.1) |
Often | 0 (0.0) | 17 (6.9) | 17 (4.7) |
Always | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.8) | 7 (1.9) |