Table 3.
Socio-demographic and behavioral correlates of alcohol use within the last 12 months among undergraduate medical students, June 2009
| Alcohol use within the last 12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Factors | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | Adjusted* OR (95% CI) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 168 (85.7) | 28 (14.3) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Male | 319 (74.9) | 107 (25.1) | 2.14 (1.22, 3.76) |
| Age in years | |||
| 15-19 | 178 (79.1) | 47 (20.9) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| 20 or more | 309 (77.8) | 88 (22.2) | 1.07 (0.58, 1.98) |
| Religion | |||
| Other Christian | 121 (91.7) | 11 (8.3) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Orthodox Christian | 278 (71.5) | 111 (28.5) | 4.67 (2.05, 10.64) |
| Muslim | 80 (93.0) | 6 (7.0) | 0.20 (0.04, 0.92) |
| Other | 8 (53.3) | 7 (46.7) | 13.64 (2.58, 72.10) |
| Main source of family's income | |||
| Government employee | 142 (74.7) | 48 (25.3) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Business | 116 (71.6) | 46 (28.4) | 1.78 (0.96, 3.31) |
| Agriculture-based | 121 (90.3) | 13 (9.7) | 0.34 (0.10, 1.12) |
| Other | 108 (79.4) | 28 (20.6) | 1.12 (0.59, 2.16) |
| Original background | |||
| Rural | 106 (85.5) | 18 (14.5) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Urban | 381 (76.5) | 117 (23.5) | 0.94 (0.32, 2.76) |
| Medical education status | |||
| Pre-clinical | 363 (81.2) | 84 (18.8) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Clinical | 124 (70.9) | 51 (29.1) | 0.98 (0.51, 1.90) |
| Father currently drinks alcohol | |||
| No | 381 (83.7) | 74 (16.3) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Yes | 106 (63.5) | 61 (36.5) | 2.60 (1.51, 4.51) |
| Mother currently drinks alcohol | |||
| No | 442 (79.6) | 113 (20.4) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Yes | 45 (67.2) | 22 (32.8) | 0.82 (0.40, 1.72) |
| Friend currently drinks alcohol | |||
| No | 340 (88.1) | 46 (11.9) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Yes | 147 (62.3) | 89 (37.7) | 2.47 (1.50, 4.08) |
| Used khat within the last 12 months | |||
| No | 477 (82.4) | 102 (17.6) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Yes | 10 (23.3) | 33 (76.7) | 15.11 (4.24, 53.91) |
| Ever smoked cigarette | |||
| No | 474 (83.5) | 94 (16.6) | 1.00 (Reference) |
| Yes | 13 (24.1) | 41 (75.9) | 8.65 (3.48, 21.50) |
| Total, N (%) | 487 (78.3) | 135 (21.1) | |
*Adjusted for sex, age, religion (4 levels), income (4 levels), background, education, alcohol intake of friends and parents, khat and cigarette intake.