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Table 3 Relative Risks for Alcohol Use, Hazardous Alcohol Use, and Drug Use Among Secondary School Students In Botswana

From: Prevalence and predictors of alcohol and drug use among secondary school students in Botswana: a cross-sectional study

 

Relative Risk for Drinking Alcohol

(AUDIT score 0 vs. 1+)

(95% CI)

Relative Risk for Hazardous Drinking

(AUDIT score 0–4 vs. 5+)

(95% CI)

Relative Risk for Drug Use

(95% CI)

Demographic factors

 Male vs. female

1.3 (1.1–1.6)**

1.7 (1.3–2.1)***

2.2 (1.6–3.0)***

 Urban vs. peri-urban

1.2 (1.0–1.4)*

1.3 (1.0–1.7)*

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

Models Risks

 Sibling drinks alcohol

1.3 (1.2–1.5)***

1.7 (1.4–2.1)***

1.5 (1.2–1.8)***

 Problem drinker at home

1.3 (1.2–1.5)***

1.6 (1.4–1.8)***

1.7 (1.4–2.1)***

 High peer models risk

1.4 (1.1–1.6)**

1.7 (1.2–2.2) **

1.6 (1.2–2.0)**

Vulnerability risks

 High individual vulnerability risk

1.7 (1.5–1.9)***

2.4 (2.0–2.9)***

3.1 (2.6–3.9)***

 High social vulnerability risk

1.4 (1.3–1.6)***

1.9 (1.5–2.5)***

2.4 (1.9–2.9)***

 Suicidal ideation (SI) in past year vs. no SI

1.6 (1.4–1.8)***

2.3 (2.0–2.6)***

2.5 (2.2–2.9)***

Opportunity risk

 High opportunity risk

2.1 (1.9–2.2)***

3.5 (2.9–4.4)***

3.5 (2.9–4.1)***

Support protection

 Low support protection

1.2 (1.1–1.4)***

1.5 (1.3–1.8)***

1.7 (1.4–2.1)***

Controls protection

 Low individual controls protection

1.5 (1.4–1.7)***

2.1 (1.6–2.6)***

2.7 (2.1–3.5)***

 Low social control protection

2.0 (1.8–2.2)***

3.1 (2.6–3.8)***

4.0 (3.3–4.8)***

Models protection

 Low models protection

1.5 (1.4–1.7)***

1.9 (1.5–2.3)***

1.8 (1.4–2.3)***

Alcohol use

 Alcohol Use vs. No use

–

–

6.9 (5.7–8.5)***

 Hazardous Alcohol Use vs. No use

–

–

10.3 (8.3–12.7)***

  1. Composite models risk variable dichotomized, 1 = 1 standard deviation (sd) above the mean z- score or greater, 0 = less than 1 sd above the mean
  2. Composite protective variable dichotomized, 1 = 1 sd below the mean or less, 0 > 1 sd below the mean
  3. *** p-value ≤0.001, ** p-value ≤0.01, *p-value ≤0.05