Table 4.
Adolescent coping strategies by status of drop-out of school
| Drop out of school (no) | p-value | Drop out of school (yes) | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No/mild n (%) |
Moderate n (%) |
Severe n (%) |
No/mild n (%) |
Moderate n (%) |
Severe n (%) |
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| Food seeking | < 0.001 | 0.100 | ||||||
| 1st tertile (0–4) | 31 (46.3) | 54 (41.0) | 8 (13.1) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (30.0) | 5 (13.9) | ||
| 2nd tertile (5–6) | 22 (32.8) | 56 (42.4) | 31 (50.8) | 2 (20.0) | 11 (55.0) | 16 (44.4) | ||
| 3rd tertile (6–14) | 14 (20.9) | 22 (16.6) | 22 (36.1) | 4 (40.0) | 3 (15.0) | 15 (41.7) | ||
| Smoking cigarettes last month | ||||||||
| Never | 64 (95.5) | 128 (97.0) | 56 (91.8) | 0.282 | 8 (80.0) | 18 (90.0) | 32 (89.0) | 0.704 |
| Yes | 3 (4.5) | 4 (3.0) | 5 (8.2) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (10.0) | 4 (11.0) | ||
| Marijuana use | ||||||||
| last month | ||||||||
| Never | 57 (85.0) | 122 (92.4) | 58 (95.0) | 0.105 | 10 (100.0) | 17 (85.0) | 30 (83.3) | 0.388 |
| Yes | 10 (15.0) | 10 (7.6) | 3 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (15.0) | 6 (16.7) | ||
| No of substance | ||||||||
| used last month | ||||||||
| None | 54 (80.6) | 118 (89.3) | 53 (86.9) | 0.295 | 8 (80.0) | 16 (80.0) | 30 (83.3) | 0.315 |
| At least one | 13 (19.4) | 14 (10.7) | 8 (13.1) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (10.0) | 1 (2.8) | ||
| Two or more | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (10.0) | 5 (13.9) | ||