Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample.
| Variable | Frequency (Percentage) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 19.9 ± 4.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 2,133 (95.4) |
| Female | 104 (4.6) | |
| Marital status | Single | 1958 (87.5) |
| Engaged | 183 (8.2) | |
| Married | 87 (3.9) | |
| Divorced | 9 (0.4) | |
| Education Status | University education or after university | 1,281 (57.3) |
| Secondary certificate or technical education | 606 (27.1) | |
| Middle school | 330 (14.8) | |
| Other | 16 (0.7) | |
| Uneducated | 2 (0.1) | |
| Secondary certificate and technical education | 1 (0.0) | |
| Elementary school | 1 (0.0) | |
| Drug History | Not at all | 2010 (89.9) |
| I was taking in the past and I no longer use it now | 88 (3.9) | |
| other | 86 (3.8) | |
| I am taking now, but not abundant | 39 (1.7) | |
| I am currently using drugs | 12 (0.5) | |
| I am trying to take off now or under a rehabilitation program | 2 (0.1) | |
| Smoking Status | No | 1834 (82.0) |
| Yes | 264 (11.8) | |
| Past smoker | 139 (6.2) | |
| Country | Egypt | 1716 (76.7) |
| Syria | 150 (6.7) | |
| Palestine | 71 (3.2) | |
| Jordan | 60 (2.7) | |
| Tunisia | 43 (1.9) | |
| Iraq | 43 (1.9) | |
| Morocco | 33 (1.5) | |
| Algeria | 27 (1.2) | |
| Sudan | 26 (1.2) | |
| Libya | 21 (0.9) | |
| Lebanon | 21 (0.9) | |
| Other | 21 (0.9) | |
| Gamer | yes | 2,102 (94.0) |
| no | 135 (6.0) | |