Table 3 Psychoactive substance use and background characteristics
Users | Non-users | p-value | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background characteristics | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
School levels | |||||||||||||
Intermediate | 98 | 10.5 | 3 | 0,4 | 101 | 6.1 | 836 | 89.5 | 720 | 99.6 | 1556 | 93.9 | <0.001 |
Secondary | 152 | 23.2 | 27 | 3,9 | 179 | 13.4 | 502 | 76.7 | 655 | 96.0 | 1157 | 86.6 | |
Age groups (years) | |||||||||||||
11–14 | 13 | 3.2 | 1 | 0,3 | 14 | 1.8 | 387 | 96.8 | 394 | 99.7 | 781 | 98.2 | <0.001 |
15–18 | 164 | 17.1 | 23 | 2.6 | 187 | 10.1 | 796 | 82.9 | 865 | 97.4 | 1661 | 89.9 | |
19–23 | 70 | 31.5 | 6 | 5.1 | 76 | 22.4 | 152 | 68.5 | 111 | 94.9 | 263 | 77.6 | |
Location | |||||||||||||
Urban | 190 | 16.9 | 28 | 2.5 | 218 | 9.7 | 935 | 83.1 | 1094 | 97.5 | 2029 | 90.3 | NS |
Rural | 60 | 12.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 62 | 8.3 | 403 | 87.1 | 281 | 99,3 | 684 | 91.7 | |
Parents’ marital status | |||||||||||||
Married | 219 | 15.4 | 22 | 1.8 | 241 | 9.1 | 1201 | 84.6 | 1218 | 98.2 | 2419 | 90.9 | NS |
Divorced | 9 | 16.9 | 4 | 7.1 | 13 | 11.9 | 44 | 83.1 | 52 | 92.9 | 96 | 88.1 | |
Widowed | 15 | 20.5 | 2 | 2.9 | 17 | 11.9 | 58 | 79.5 | 68 | 97.1 | 126 | 88.1 | |
Separated | 4 | 14.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 5 | 7.7 | 24 | 85.7 | 36 | 97.3 | 60 | 92.3 | |
Father’s education | |||||||||||||
Illiterate | 77 | 13.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 79 | 7.5 | 514 | 86.9 | 465 | 99.5 | 979 | 92.5 | NS |
Primary | 72 | 16.9 | 11 | 3.0 | 83 | 10.5 | 353 | 83.1 | 357 | 97.0 | 710 | 89.5 | |
Secondary | 71 | 19.1 | 10 | 2.5 | 81 | 10.6 | 301 | 80.9 | 381 | 97.5 | 682 | 89.4 | |
University and above | 23 | 13.2 | 6 | 4.0 | 29 | 9.0 | 151 | 86.8 | 144 | 96.0 | 295 | 91.0 | |
Mother’s education | |||||||||||||
Illiterate | 165 | 16.8 | 8 | 1.0 | 173 | 9.6 | 813 | 83.2 | 807 | 99.0 | 1620 | 90.4 | NS |
Primeray | 29 | 11.2 | 7 | 2.8 | 36 | 7.1 | 231 | 88.8 | 242 | 97.2 | 473 | 92.9 | |
Secondary | 37 | 14.3 | 10 | 3.9 | 47 | 9.1 | 221 | 85.7 | 248 | 96.1 | 469 | 90.9 | |
University and above | 13 | 17.1 | 4 | 5.5 | 17 | 11.4 | 63 | 82.9 | 69 | 94.5 | 132 | 88.6 | |
Father employment | |||||||||||||
Employed | 204 | 15.2 | 26 | 2.3 | 230 | 9.3 | 1136 | 84.8 | 1101 | 97.7 | 2273 | 90.7 | NS |
unemployed | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 9.9 | 36 | 81.8 | 37 | 100.0 | 73 | 90.1 | |
Retired | 19 | 17.2 | 1 | 0.8 | 20 | 8.2 | 91 | 82.8 | 133 | 99.2 | 224 | 90.8 | |
Mother employment | |||||||||||||
Employed | 18 | 12.8 | 9 | 6.4 | 27 | 9.6 | 123 | 87.2 | 131 | 93.6 | 254 | 90.4 | NS |
unemployed | 218 | 15.4 | 19 | 1.5 | 237 | 8.9 | 1195 | 84.6 | 1231 | 98.5 | 2426 | 91.1 | |
Family income | |||||||||||||
≤ 300 £ | 58 | 20.5 | 4 | 1.9 | 62 | 12.6 | 225 | 79.5 | 205 | 98.1 | 430 | 87.4 | <0.007 |
301 – 1000 £ | 165 | 14.3 | 24 | 2.2 | 189 | 8.4 | 990 | 85.7 | 1081 | 97.8 | 2071 | 91.6 | |
≥ 1000 £ | 21 | 18.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 22 | 11.8 | 94 | 81.7 | 71 | 98.6 | 165 | 88.2 | |