Table 3.
Prevalence of khat chewing according to certain family characteristics
| Characteristics |
Gendera |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 860) | Female (n = 92) | ||
| Father's education |
|
|
|
| Illiterate |
142 (35.8) |
11 (5.1) |
153 (25.0) |
| Primary |
141 (42.8) |
13 (5.3) |
159 (27.0) |
| Intermediate |
126 (42.9) |
9 (4.2) |
135 (26.6) |
| Secondary |
102 (39.1) |
12 (4.7) |
114 (22.1) |
| University and above |
171 (34.1) |
25 (5.3) |
196 (20.2) |
| Mother's education |
|
|
|
| Illiterate |
252 (37.2) |
24 (4.8) |
281 (23.5) |
| Primary |
163 (40.8) |
23 (6.7) |
186 (25.1) |
| Intermediate |
102 (44.7) |
13 (7.3) |
115 (28.3) |
| Secondary |
63 (36.6) |
95 (3.3) |
68 (20.9) |
| University and above |
115 (33.9) |
12 (3.8) |
127 (19.5) |
| Family disputes |
|
|
|
| None |
557 (39.2) |
30 (4.4) |
587 (27.8) |
| Rarely |
143 (36.0) |
26 (5.3) |
169 (19.1) |
| Sometimes |
93 (41.7) |
17 (4.2) |
110 (17.5) |
| Always |
21 (50.0) |
16 (19.5) |
37 (29.8) |
| Family income |
|
|
|
| Less than $1,000 |
160 (41.5) |
10 (3.2) |
170 (24.4) |
| $1,001–3,000 |
247 (40.2) |
22 (4.4) |
269 (24.2) |
| More than $3,000 | 158 (35.9) | 18 (6.3) | 176 (24.2) |
aNo significant association was observed.