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Table 3 Joint prevalence of risk behaviors by sex

From: Clustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly developing country

  

Smokers

Drinkers

Cannabis users

 

n

Yes (%)

No (%)

Ratio

Yes (%)

No (%)

Ratio

Yes (%)

No (%)

Ratio

Smoking in the past month

          

Boys

164

100

-

-

43

16

2.7

76

20

3.8

Girls

130

100

-

-

35

8

4.7

75

17

4.5

Total

294

100

-

-

39

11

3.4

75

18

4.1

Drinking in the past month

          

Boys

304

71

39

1.8

100

-

-

76

44

1.7

Girls

309

81

39

2.1

100

-

-

77

45

1.7

Total

613

76

38

2.0

100

-

-

77

44

1.7

Cannabis in the past year

          

Boys

105

42

6

7.6

26

8

3.2

100

-

-

Girls

49

26

2

11.4

12

3

3.7

100

-

-

Total

154

35

4

9.3

20

6

3.5

100

-

-

  1. Prevalence of risk behaviors by "Yes" vs. "No" status differed significantly (p < 0.05) in all instances. Smokers: smoking in the past month; Drinkers: drinking in the past month; Cannabis users: Cannabis use in the past year.
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