Table 2.
Correlates of illicit drug use among SGM and non-SGM Thai youths (N=2070)
| Illicit Drug Use by Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-SGM (N=1581) | SGM (N=489) | |||||||
| n* | % | OR | (95% CI) | n* | % | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 47/704 | 6.7 | 2.02 | (1.46, 2.79) | 18/153 | 11.8 | 1.31 | (0.61, 2.93) |
| Female | 30/887 | 3.4 | 1 | 31/336 | 9.2 | 1 | ||
| Grade level | ||||||||
| 7th- 9th | 32/799 | 4.0 | 1 | 22/229 | 9.6 | 1 | ||
| 10th- 12th | 45/781 | 5.8 | 1.47 | (0.92, 2.35) | 27/260 | 10.4 | 1.09 | (0.58, 2.04) |
| Missing | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Daily expenses | ||||||||
| 60 baht or less | 25/755 | 3.3 | 1 | 19/207 | 9.2 | 1 | ||
| 61 baht or more | 52/826 | 6.3 | 1.85 | (0.86, 4.04) | 30/282 | 10.6 | 0.97 | (0.42, 2.25) |
| Part-time employment, current | ||||||||
| Yes | 13/237 | 5.5 | 1.19 | (0.66, 2.15) | 15/101 | 14.9 | 1.66 | (0.70, 3.95) |
| No | 64/1344 | 4.8 | 1 | 34/388 | 8.8 | 1 | ||
| Last term’s GPA | ||||||||
| 3.0 or above | 15/631 | 2.4 | 1 | 16/187 | 8.6 | 1 | ||
| Below 3.0 | 62/950 | 6.5 | 2.82 | (1.83, 4.33) | 33/302 | 10.9 | 1.58 | (0.79, 3.16) |
| Any casual or steady partners, ever | ||||||||
| None | 16/747 | 2.1 | 1 | 12/173 | 6.9 | 1 | ||
| Opposite gender only | 61/817 | 7.5 | 3.34 | (2.22, 5.13) | 13/105 | 12.4 | 1.34 | (0.39, 4.57) |
| Same and opposite gender | -- | 24/211 | 11.4 | 1.77 | (0.75, 4.18) | |||
| Any sexual experience, ever | ||||||||
| Yes | 31/164 | 18.9 | 6.59 | (4.90, 8.86) | 13/77 | 16.9 | 1.84 | (0.87, 3.90) |
| No | 46/1417 | 3.2 | 1 | 36/412 | 8.7 | 1 | ||
| Any unauthorized absence at school, past month | ||||||||
| Yes | 48/425 | 11.3 | 4.93 | (3.13, 7.75) | 24/156 | 15.4 | 2.69 | (1.40, 5.15) |
| No | 29/1156 | 2.5 | 1 | 25/333 | 7.5 | 1 | ||
| Any suicidal ideation, past week | ||||||||
| Yes | 11/117 | 9.4 | 2.13 | (1.39, 3.26) | 20/76 | 26.3 | 5.03 | (2.76, 9.16) |
| No | 66/1464 | 4.5 | 1 | 29/413 | 7.0 | 1 | ||
| Depressive symptoms (CESD ≥22), past week | ||||||||
| Yes | 22/192 | 11.5 | 2.85 | (1.51, 5.36) | 24/99 | 24.2 | 5.03 | (2.32, 10.90) |
| No | 55/1389 | 4.0 | 1 | 25/390 | 6.4 | 1 | ||
| Non-sexual minority based social victimization, past month | ||||||||
| Yes | 20/723 | 2.8 | 2.59 | (1.53, 4.38) | 42/323 | 13.0 | 4.06 | (1.77, 9.31) |
| No | 57/858 | 6.6 | 1 | 7/166 | 4.2 | 1 | ||
| Sexual minority based social victimization, past month | ||||||||
| Yes | 11/187 | 5.9 | 1.15 | (0.58, 2.27) | 24/140 | 17.1 | 3.17 | (2.03, 4.95) |
| No | 66/1394 | 4.7 | 1 | 25/349 | 7.2 | 1 | ||
*
The numerator is the number of students who have ever used any of the illicit drugs listed in Table 1. The denominator is the total number of students who have ever used illicit drugs and those who have not used illicit drugs for that condition (e.g., 47/704 represents 47 non-SGM male students who have used illicit drugs and 704 is the total number of non-SGM male students in the sample). Due to missing values, the denominator for each variable is displayed.