Table 2.
Weighted prevalence of hazardous substance use in the last 3 months by subgroup (N = 2,608)
| Subgroups | Tobacco |
Alcohol |
Other drugs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | 95% CI | Prevalence | 95% CI | Prevalence | 95% CI | |
| Age-group | ||||||
| 18–24 | 32.1 | [24.0,41.4] | 16.7 | [13.9,19.9] | 8.4 | [6.1,11.4] |
| Over 24 | 27.7 | [20.5,36.3] | 12.2 | [10.5,14.2] | 2.9 | [2.1,4.1] |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 43.1 | [37.9,48.3] | 26.5 | [23.4,29.9] | 7.4 | [5.3,10.2] |
| Female | 19.5 | [10.7,32.9] | 4.6 | [3.2,6.5] | 1.1 | [0.5,2.4] |
| Race3 | ||||||
| Black | 19.7 | [15.8,24.4] | 12.3 | [10.6,14.2] | 2.5 | [2.0,3.1] |
| Colored | 40.6 | [36.5,44.8] | 12.9 | [9.6,17.1] | 4.9 | [2.8,8.4] |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Unmarried | 27.2 | [19.6,36.3] | 13.4 | [10.9,16.3] | 4.3 | [3.0,6.1] |
| Married | 29.3 | [22.6,37.0] | 11.6 | [10.3,13.2] | 2.3 | [1.5,3.5] |
| Has children | ||||||
| No | 28.8 | [22.6,36.0] | 24.5 | [16.3,35.1] | 8.1 | [5.2,12.4] |
| Yes | 28.0 | [20.5,36.9] | 10.1 | [7.1,14.2] | 2.4 | [1.3, 4.4] |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Unemployed | 25.7 | [16.7,37.3] | 9.8 | [8.0,12.0] | 2.6 | [1.8,3.6] |
| Employed | 33.9 | [28.0,40.4] | 19.2 | [14.5,25.0] | 5.4 | [4.0,7.3] |
| Education status | ||||||
| None/elementary only | 26.7 | [18.3,37.3] | 9.13 | [6.4,12.9] | 2.3 | [0.8,6.8] |
| Some high school | 31.3 | [25.1,38.4] | 15.3 | [13.1,17.9] | 4.4 | [3.0,6.3] |
| Graduated high school or more | 16.0 | [9.6,25.4] | 11.2 | [7.2,17.0] | 2.4 | [1.4,4.1] |
| SES | ||||||
| 0 | 40.0 | [9.8,80.4] | 38.1 | [17.3,64.4] | 7.7 | [1.7,29.0] |
| 1 | 14.8 | [8.3,25.2] | 5.4 | [2.5,11.3] | 0.8 | [0.2, 2.3] |
| 2 | 25.8 | [17.5,36.1] | 20.8 | [10.2,37.8] | 6.3 | [3.1,12.6] |
| 3 | 29.5 | [22.7,37.4] | 11.3 | [8.8,14.4] | 3.1 | [2.2,4.5] |
| Head of household employed | ||||||
| No | 25.0 | [14.4,39.7] | 8.7 | [5.8,12.9] | 1.7 | [0.6, 5.0] |
| Yes | 31.6 | [27.0,36.6] | 17.6 | [13.2,23.1] | 5.5 | [3.6,8.4] |
| Religious involvement | ||||||
| No | 30.3 | [21.4,41.1] | 17.9 | [14.6,21.7] | 4.8 | [3.5,6.4] |
| Yes | 25.8 | [20.0,32.5] | 7.1 | [5.3,9.5] | 2.0 | [1.1,3.5] |
| Stressors | ||||||
| 0–5 | 26.1 | [20.5,32.6] | 11.2 | [9.6,13.1] | 2.7 | [1.9,4.0] |
| 6–10 | 32.5 | [22.1,45.0] | 13.6 | [9.8,18.6] | 4.4 | [3.0,6.4] |
| >10 | 28.9 | [20.2,39.4] | 17.7 | [8.8,32.3] | 5.0 | [2.2,11.0] |
| Depression or Anxiety | ||||||
| No | 24.4 | [21.6,27.5] | 11.2 | [7.6,16.1] | 1.4 | [0.5,3.9] |
| Yes | 30.9 | [21.5,42.1] | 13.7 | [10.8,17.3] | 4.6 | [3.5,6.0] |
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Results for White and Indian participants were omitted from the race analysis, because the numbers of participants were too small to estimate prevalence accurately. All participants are included in the gender and age analyses.