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Table 4 Substance use amongst AES and MES pupils

From: Poly-substance use and sexual risk behaviours: a cross-sectional comparison of adolescents in mainstream and alternative education settings

 

Female

Male

AES

MES

AES vs. MES

AES

MES

AES vs. MES

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

OR (95% CI)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

OR (95% CI)

Tobacco use

 Has never smoked tobacco

42.6 (29/68)

69.1 (1338/1939)

1.00

34.4 (52/151)

73.9 (1541/2085)

1.00

 Smokes tobacco less than once a week

2.9 (2/68)

14.1 (274/1939)

0.34 (0.08, 1.42)

4.0 (6/151)

11.6 (242/2085)

0.74 (0.31, 1.73)

 Smokes tobacco at least once a week

51.5 (35/68)

16.2 (314/1939)

5.14 (3.10, 8.54)

60.9 (92/151)

14 (282/2085)

9.67 (6.73, 13.90)

 Not known/missing

2.9 (2/68)

0.7 (13/1939)

7.10 (1.53, 32.90)

0.7 (1/151)

1.0 (20/2085)

1.48 (0.20, 11.25)

Alcohol use

 Has never drank alcohol to the point of drunkenness

29.4 (20/68)

29.9 (580/1939)

1.00

27.8 (42/151)

33.7 (702/2085)

1.00

 Drinks alcohol to the point of drunkenness less than once a week

27.9 (19/68)

49.1 (953/1939)

0.58 (0.31, 1.09)

29.1 (44/151)

47.2 (985/2085)

0.75 (0.48, 1.15)

 Drinks alcohol to the point of drunkenness at least once a week

39.7 (27/68)

20.0 (388/1939)

2.02 (1.12, 3.65)

41.7 (63/151)

18.1 (377/2085)

2.79 (1.85, 4.21)

 Not known/missing

2.9 (2/68)

0.9 (18/1939)

3.22 (0.70, 14.82)

1.3 (2/151)

1.0 (21/2085)

1.59 (0.36, 7.02)

Cannabis use

 Has never smoked cannabis

57.4 (39/68)

85.6 (1659/1939)

1.00

50.3 (76/151)

79.4 (1655/2085)

1.00

 Smokes cannabis less than once a week

23.5 (16/68)

11.7 (227/1939)

3.00 (1.65, 5.45)

16.6 (25/151)

13.2 (275/2085)

1.98 (1.24, 3.17)

 Smokes cannabis at least once a week

13.2 (9/68)

2.1 (41/1939)

9.34 (4.25, 20.54)

29.1 (44/151)

6.4 (134/2085)

7.15 (4.74, 10.78)

 Not known/missing

5.9 (4/68)

0.6 (12/1939)

14.18 (4.38, 45.93)

4.0 (6/151)

1.0 (21/2085)

6.22 (2.44, 15.86)

Poly-substance use

 Does not use all three substances at least once a week

64.7 (44/68)

87.6 (1698/1939)

1.00

58.3 (88/151)

85.3 (1779/2085)

1.00

 Uses all three substances at least once a week

32.4 (22/68)

12.0 (232/1939)

3.70 (2.17, 6.25)

41.1 (62/151)

14.0 (292/2085)

4.35 (3.03, 5.88)

 Not known/missing

2.90 (2/68)

0.40 (8/1939)

0.38 (0.07, 1.88)

0.70 (1/151)

0.70 (14/2085)

2.94 (0.38, 25.00)

  1. Results significant at p<0.05 are in bold