Table 3.
Substance abuse (heroin, sedatives, inhalants) 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 | |
|
Heroin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
411 |
94.48 |
583 |
97.65 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
1 |
0.23 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
2 |
0.46 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
3 |
0.69 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
4 |
0.92 |
- |
- |
|
|
| Missing |
14 |
3.22 |
13 |
2.18 |
10.99 |
0.001 |
|
Sedatives |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
400 |
91.95 |
545 |
91.29 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
9 |
2.07 |
25 |
4.19 |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
- |
- |
6 |
1.01 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
1 |
0.23 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
4 |
0.92 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
3 |
0.69 |
3 |
0.50 |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
3 |
0.69 |
3 |
0.50 |
|
|
| Missing |
15 |
3.45 |
14 |
2.35 |
1.25 |
0.240 |
|
Inhalants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Never (1) |
390 |
89.66 |
555 |
92.96 |
|
|
| Ever tried (2) |
6 |
1.38 |
18 |
3.02 |
|
|
| Once or twice (3) |
10 |
2.30 |
5 |
0.84 |
|
|
| 3-5 times (4) |
1 |
0.23 |
2 |
0.34 |
|
|
| 6-9 times (5) |
6 |
1.38 |
- |
- |
|
|
| 20-39 times (6) |
- |
- |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| 40 and more (7) |
9 |
2.07 |
1 |
0.17 |
|
|
| Missing | 13 | 2.99 | 15 | 2.51 | 4.35 | 0.037 |
LEGEND: number in parentheses presents ordinal value for each variable.