Table 1.
Substance abuse (marihuana, hashish, LSD) among male and female adolescents (F – frequency, % - percentage) and Kruskal Wallis ANOVA between sexes (H – H value; p – level of significance)
|
BOYS |
GIRLS |
Kruskal Wallis |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | % | F | % | H | p | |
|
Marihuana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
361 |
82.99 |
559 |
93.63 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
31 |
7.13 |
14 |
2.35 |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
12 |
2.76 |
2 |
0.34 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
2 |
0.46 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
4 |
0.92 |
4 |
0.67 |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
- |
- |
2 |
0.34 |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
12 |
2.76 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| Missing |
13 |
2.99 |
15 |
2.51 |
35.47 |
0.001 |
|
Hashish |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
399 |
91.72 |
580 |
97.15 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
7 |
1.61 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
3 |
0.69 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
1 |
0.23 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
3 |
0.69 |
2 |
0.34 |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
6 |
1.38 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Missing |
16 |
3.68 |
13 |
2.18 |
17.46 |
0.001 |
|
LSD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
410 |
94.25 |
580 |
97.15 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
3 |
0.69 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
3 |
0.69 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
1 |
0.23 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
5 |
1.15 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Missing | 13 | 2.99 | 16 | 2.68 | 13.65 | 0.001 |
LEGEND: number in parentheses presents ordinal value for each variable.