Table 2 The life time, last 12 month & current prevalence of psychoactive substance use among Hawassa University Undergraduate Students (n = 586) June/July 2011
Type of substances used | Total (n = 586) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No n = 586 | % | Male | Female | |||
No | % | No | % | |||
1. Used PAS ever | 315 | 53.6% | 278 | 88.1 | 37 | 11.7 |
2. Used PAS in the past 12 months | 269 | 45.7% | 239 | 88.7 | 30 | 11.1 |
3. Used PAS in the past 30 days | 209 | 35.5 | 183 | 87.5 | 26 | 12.4 |
4. Ever polydrug use | 142 | 24.2% | 130 | 91.6 | 12 | 8.4 |
5. Poly drug use in the past 12 months | 106 | 18.1% | 94 | 88.7 | 12 | 11.3 |
6. Current poly drug use | 83 | 14.2% | 72 | 86.8 | 11 | 13.3 |