Table 1.
Sociodemographic correlates of sexual debut while using alcohol or drugs among 943 sexually active university students
| Demographic |
Sexual debut with usage of alcohol and drugs |
Odds ratio |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No |
Yes |
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| n | % | n | % | OR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
|
Sex |
Female |
397 |
93.2 |
29 |
6.8 |
1.00 |
- |
| Male |
432 |
85.2 |
75 |
14.8 |
2.37 (1.51-3.73) |
0.0001 |
|
|
Nationality |
Lebanese |
471 |
89.9 |
53 |
10.1 |
1.00 |
- |
| Dual citizen |
237 |
90.5 |
25 |
9.5 |
0.93 (0.56, 1.55) |
0.80 |
|
| Arab foreign |
74 |
87.1 |
11 |
12.9 |
1.32 (0.65, 2.64) |
0.42 |
|
| Non-Arab foreign |
47 |
75.8 |
15 |
24.2 |
2.83 (1.48, 5.41) |
0.002 |
|
|
Type of High school |
Public |
65 |
82.3 |
14 |
17.7 |
1.00 |
- |
| Private, religious |
284 |
92.5 |
23 |
7.5 |
0.37 (0.18, 0.77) |
0.01 |
|
| Private, non-religious |
475 |
87.8 |
66 |
12.2 |
0.64 (0.34, 1.21) |
0.17 |
|
|
Educational Level |
Undergraduate |
604 |
88.1 |
82 |
11.9 |
1.00 |
- |
| Graduate & Post-grad |
222 |
91.4 |
21 |
8.6 |
0.69 (0.42, 1.15) |
0.16 |
|
|
Faculty
1
|
Health-Related |
718 |
88.3 |
95 |
11.7 |
1.00 |
- |
| Non-health-related |
106 |
92.2 |
9 |
7.8 |
0.64 (0.31, 1.31) |
0.23 |
|
|
Current relationship status
2
|
Single |
399 |
85.8 |
66 |
14.2 |
1.00 |
- |
| In a relationship |
430 |
91.9 |
38 |
8.1 |
0.53 (0.35, 0.81) |
0.004 |
|
|
Living Situation
3
|
Not independent |
538 |
91.5 |
50 |
8.5 |
1.00 |
- |
| Semi independent |
112 |
86.1 |
18 |
13.9 |
1.73 (0.97, 3.07) |
0.06 |
|
| Independent |
176 |
83.0 |
36 |
17.0 |
2.2 (1.38, 3.48) |
<0.001 |
|
|
Years lived in Lebanon |
Not all my life |
400 |
86.4 |
63 |
13.6 |
1.00 |
- |
| All my life |
429 |
91.3 |
41 |
8.7 |
0.61 (0.4, 0.92) |
0.02 |
|
|
Lived abroad after age of 12 |
No |
572 |
91.5 |
53 |
8.5 |
1.00 |
- |
| Yes in one place |
208 |
86.0 |
34 |
14.0 |
1.76 (1.11, 2.79) |
0.02 |
|
| Yes in multiple places |
49 |
74.2 |
17 |
25.8 |
3.74 (2.01, 6.95) |
<0.001 |
|
|
Financials |
Dependent |
623 |
87.9 |
86 |
12.1 |
1.00 |
- |
| Independent |
206 |
92.0 |
18 |
8.0 |
0.63 (0.37, 1.07) |
0.092 |
|
| Spirituality or religiosity | Very religious or spiritual to Religious or spiritual |
226 |
96.6 |
8 |
3.4 |
1.00 |
- |
| Somewhat |
297 |
89.5 |
35 |
10.5 |
3.33 (1.51, 7.31) |
0.003 |
|
| Not – not at all religious or spiritual | 306 | 83.4 | 61 | 16.6 | 5.63 (2.64, 12.00) | <0.001 | |
1Health-related= FHS and FM; Non-health-related faculties= FAFS, FAS, FEA, SN, and OSB.
2Single=Separated/Divorced/Widowed; in a relationship= being in a relationship/engaged/married.
3Not independent = living at home (with parents/guardians or with spouse/partners); Semi independent = living in an apartment with a roommate; independent = living at university dorms or in an apartment (alone).
Bolded p-values are statistically significant at critical α=0.05.