Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of sample
| Characteristic | Number of students self-medicating (%) |
Number of students not self-medicating (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age n=291 |
14 years (n=14) | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) |
| 15 years(n=38) | 31 (81.6) | 7 (18.4) | |
| 16 years (n=100) | 94 (94.0) | 6 (6.0) | |
| 17 years(n=92) | 81 (88.0) | 11 (12.0) | |
| 18 years(n=38) | 36 (94.7) | 2 (5.3) | |
| 19 years(n=09) | 8 (89.0) | 1 (11.0) | |
| Not reported (n=33) | 27 (81.8) | 6 (18.2) | |
| Gender n=309 |
Male(n=149) | 134 (89.9) | 15 (10.1) |
| Female(n=160) | 142 (88.8) | 18 (11.3) | |
| Not reported(n=15) | 13 (86.7) | 2 (13.3) | |
| Ethnicity n=267 |
Asians of Indian subcontinent(n=129)* |
113 (87.6) | 16 (12.4) |
| Arabs(n=130)** | 116 (89.2) | 14 (10.8) | |
| Caucasians (n=8)*** | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | |
| Not reported(n=57) | 54 (94.7) | 3 (5.3) | |
| Paternal educational level n=311 |
Incomplete high school(n=26) | 22 (84.6) | 4 (15.4) |
| High school(n=61) | 52 (85.2) | 9 (14.8) | |
| College (n=224) | 202 (90.2) | 22 (9.8) | |
| Maternal educational level n=310 |
Incomplete high school(n=33) |
30 (90.9) | 3 (9.1) |
| High school(n=86) | 74 (86.0) | 12 (14.0) | |
| College (n=191) | 172 (90.1) | 19 (9.9) | |
| *Asians of Indian subcontinent: Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis,
Afghans, Sri Lankans, Nepalese **Arabs: Inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula or other countries of the Middle East and North Africa and excluding UAE nationals ***Caucasians: Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Europe | |||