Table 2.
Weapon carrying by number of illegal drugs used. Values are numbers (percentages) of students
| Group | No of illegal drugs used
|
Total* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1 | 2 | 3 or 4 | ⩾5 | ||
| Males | n=987 | n=239 | n=85 | n=85 | n=51 | n=1447 |
| 1 weapon | 174 (17.6) | 87 (36.4) | 39 (45.9) | 41 (48.2) | 19 (37.3) | 360 (24.9) |
| >1 weapon | 28 (2.8) | 37 (15.5) | 19 (22.3) | 22 (25.9) | 28 (54.9) | 134 (9.2) |
| Any weapon | 202 (20.5) | 124 (51.9) | 58 (68.2) | 63 (74.1) | 47 (92.2) | 494 (34.1) |
| Females | n=1239 | n=235 | n=77 | n=75 | n=38 | n=1664 |
| Any weapon | 46 (3.7) | 36 (15.3) | 16 (20.8) | 25 (33.3) | 20 (52.6) | 143 (8.6) |
| All students | n=2226 | n=474 | n=162 | n=160 | n=89 | n=3111 |
| Any weapon | 248 (11.1) | 160 (33.8) | 74 (45.7) | 88 (55.0) | 67 (75.3) | 637 (20.5) |
*
Data missing for five males and five females.