Table 2 Weighted proportion of substance use by socio-demographic characteristics of high school students in Ethiopia (March 2020)
Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex proportion of participants who ever used cigarettes (n = 155) | Male | 114 (73.5) | [65.9–80.3] |
Female | 41 (26.5) | [19.7–34.1] | |
Proportion by age intervals of participants who ever used cigarettes (n = 157) | 13–14 | 3 (1.9) | [0.5–5.1] |
15–17 | 107 (68.2) | [60.6–75.1] | |
18–19 | 41 (26.1) | [19.7–33.4] | |
20 and above | 6 (3.8) | [1.6–7.8] | |
Age at initiation of cigarette smoking (n = 123) | ≤ 11 years | 17 (13.8) | [8.5–20.8] |
12–14 years | 41 (33.4) | [25.4–42.0] | |
15–16 years | 48 (39.0) | [30.7–47.9] | |
17 and above | 17 (13.8) | [12.7–15.0] | |
Ever seen anyone smoking in the school (n = 3,261) | No | 2,254 (69.1) | [63.1–73.0] |
Yes | 354 (10.9) | [6.9–16.4] | |
I am not sure | 653 (20) | [18.7–21.4] | |
Regular alcohol drinkers consume (n = 559) (More than one response was possible) | Beer | 196 (36) | [31.1–39.2] |
Wine | 99 (18.1) | [14.7–21.0] | |
Local drink (Areke) | 106 (19.4) | [15.9–22.4] | |
Local honey wine (Tej) | 95 (17.4) | [14.1–20.3] | |
Homemade beer (Tella) | 408 (74.7) | [69.2–76.6] |