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Table 3 Distribution of demographic variables by latent class

From: Clusters of alcohol and drug use and other health-risk behaviors among Thai secondary school students: a latent class analysis

 

Class 1

(n = 22,417)

Class 2

(n = 2994)

Class 3

(n = 155)

Gender

 Male

9713 (43.3)

1924 (64.3)

139 (89.7)

 Female

12,704 (56.7)

1070 (35.7)

16 (10.3)

Age (years)

 12

2484 (11.1)

136 (4.5)

4 (2.6)

 13

9341 (41.7)

695 (23.2)

30 (19.4)

 14

3470 (15.5)

573 (19.1)

25 (16.1)

 15

7122 (31.8)

1590 (53.1)

96 (61.9)

Religion

 Buddhist

20,644 (92.1)

2849 (95.2)

125 (80.6)

 Muslim/Christian

1773 (7.9)

145 (4.8)

30 (19.4)

High school grade

 Grade 1

12,930 (56.8)

787 (29.8)

37 (24.5)

 Grade 3

9844 (43.2)

1854 (70.2)

114 (75.5)

GPA

 0–2.0

1892 (8.4)

570 (19)

56 (36.1)

 2.1–3.0

11,323 (50.5)

1700 (56.8)

70 (45.2)

 3.1–4.0

9202 (41.0)

724 (24.2)

29 (18.7)

Living status

 Alone or with friends/relatives

4260 (19)

634 (21.2)

33 (21.3)

 With parents

18,157 (81)

2360 (78.8)

122 (78.7)

School type

 Public

15,423 (68.8)

1902 (63.5)

99 (63.9)

 Private

6994 (31.2)

1092 (36.5)

56 (36.1)

Disdain from friends if use drugs

 Low level

11,109 (49.6)

2234 (74.6)

138 (89.0)

 High level

11,308 (50.4)

760 (25.4)

17 (11.0)

Perceived roughnessa of school

 Low level

15,729 (70.2)

1910 (63.8)

80 (51.6)

 High level

6688 (29.8)

1084 (36.2)

75 (48.4)

Alcohol use problem of family members

 No

14,991 (66.9)

1662 (55.5)

102 (65.8)

 Yes

7426 (33.1)

1332 (44.5)

53 (34.2)

Tobacco use problem of family members

 No

16,607 (74.1)

1938 (64.7)

98 (63.2)

 Yes

5810 (25.9)

1056 (35.3)

57 (36.8)

Drug use problem of family members

 No

22,095 (98.6)

2853 (95.3)

129 (83.2)

 Yes

322 (1.4)

141 (4.7)

26 (16.8)

Alcohol use problem of peers

 No

15,354 (68.5)

1199 (40.0)

47 (30.3)

 Yes

7063 (31.5)

1795 (60.0)

108 (69.7)

Tobacco use problem of peers

 No

9324 (41.6)

469 (15.7)

14 (9)

 Yes

13,093 (58.4)

2525 (84.3)

141 (91)

Drug use problem of peers

 No

16,638 (74.2)

1546 (51.6)

39 (25.2)

 Yes

5779 (25.8)

1448 (48.4)

116 (74.8)

  1. GPA grade point average
  2. aIncludes seven items: physical assault, drug use, suicide, rape or sexual assault, heavy drinking, group fighting and interpersonal quarrelling