Table 2.
Substance abuse (smoking, alcohol, ephedrine, speed and ecstasy) among male and female adolescents (F – frequency, % - percentage), Kruskal Wallis ANOVA and T-test between sexes (H – H value; t – t value; p – level of significance)
|
BOYS |
GIRLS |
Kruskal Wallis (T Test) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | % | F | % | H (t) | p | |
|
Smoking… |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| I have never smoked (1) |
167 |
38.39 |
324 |
54.27 |
|
|
| Quit smoking (2) |
15 |
3.45 |
30 |
5.03 |
|
|
| Occasionally, from time to time, but not daily (3) |
92 |
21.15 |
139 |
23.28 |
|
|
| Less than 10 cigarettes per day (4) |
106 |
24.37 |
72 |
12.06 |
|
|
| 10-20 cigarettes per day (5) |
46 |
10.57 |
22 |
3.69 |
|
|
| More than a pack per day (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missing |
9 |
2.07 |
10 |
1.68 |
44.69 |
0.001 |
|
Alcohol drinking (AUDIT) * |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-harmful drinking |
224 |
- |
482 |
|
|
|
| Harmful drinking |
204 |
- |
105 |
|
|
|
| Missing |
7 |
1.61 |
10 |
1.67 |
12.04 |
0.001 |
|
Ephedrine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
415 |
95.40 |
581 |
97.32 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
2 |
0.46 |
|
|
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
1 |
0.23 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 3-5 time (4) |
2 |
0.46 |
|
|
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10-19 times (6) |
1 |
0.23 |
|
|
|
|
| Missing |
14 |
3.22 |
15 |
2.51 |
5.53 |
0.020 |
|
Cocaine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
406 |
93.33 |
580 |
97.15 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
5 |
1.15 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
3 |
0.69 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
1 |
0.23 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
2 |
0.46 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 10-19 times (6) |
5 |
1.15 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Missing |
13 |
2.99 |
16 |
2.68 |
19.21 |
0.001 |
|
Speed and Ecstasy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
404 |
92.87 |
578 |
96.82 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
6 |
1.38 |
2 |
0.34 |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
4 |
0.92 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
2 |
0.46 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
3 |
0.69 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
3 |
0.69 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Missing | 13 | 2.99 | 16 | 2.68 | 16.84 | 0.001 |
LEGEND: * Differences between genders for AUDIT were calculated by t-test; number in parentheses presents ordinal value for each variable.