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. 2011 May 6;6(5):e19660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019660

Table 1. Comparison of non-PIUs and PIUs over characteristic of the participants.

Variables N of non-addicted (%) N of addicted (%) Total (%) Inline graphic
(n = 10,931) (n = 1,515) (N = 12,446)
Gender 62.357***
Males 5,181(47.4) 882(58.2) 6,063(48.7)
Females 5,750(52.6) 633(41.8) 6,383(51.3)
District 46.164***
Qingyuan 2,448(22.4) 389(25.7) 2,837(22.8)
Zhanjiang 2,577(23.6) 261(17.2) 2,838(22.8)
Huizhou 2,896(26.5) 482(31.8) 3,378(27.1)
Shenzhen 3,010(27.5) 383(25.3) 3,393(27.3)
Type of school 11.783*
Key senior high school 1,761(16.1) 259(17.1) 2,020(16.2)
Regular senior high school 2,082(19.0) 303(20.0) 2,385(19.2)
Vocational high school 1,785(16.3) 229(15.1) 2,014(16.2)
Key junior high school 2,887(26.4) 351(23.2) 3,238(26.0)
Regular junior high school 2,416(22.1) 373(24.6) 2,789(22.4)
Smokinga 161.176***
No 10,312(94.3) 1,315(86.8) 11,627(93.4)
Yes 478(4.4) 182(12.0) 663(5.3)
Drinking/M 58.702***
<4 Times 10,737(98.2) 1,442(95.2) 12,179(97.9)
≥4 Times 194(1.8) 73(4.8) 267(2.1)
Social friendsb 152.523***
No 5,891(53.9) 561(37.0) 6,452(51.8)
Yes 5,017(45.9) 952(62.8) 5,969(48.0)

*p<0.05,

**p<0.01,

***p<0.001.

Missing date exist in some categories.

a

Smoking≥20 times in a half of a year.

b

Adolescent who have dropped out of school.