Table 3.
Health risk behaviors of study participants by gender and age-groups (%).
| Characteristics | Up to 25 years old (n = 580) |
26 years and older (n = 780) |
Total (N = 1360)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n = 174) | Females (n = 406) | Total younger | Males (n = 506) | Females (n = 274) | Total older | |||
| HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS (FOR MPBI) | ||||||||
| 1 | Ever smoked cigarettes | 61.5 | 42.8 | 48.3 | 66 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 58.5* |
| 2 | Ever smoked a water-pipe (Hookah) | 75.4 | 59.4 | 64.2 | 78.5 | 72.3 | 76.4 | 71.2* |
| 3 | Ever drank alcohol | 78.4 | 70.7 | 73 | 88 | 82.7 | 86.2 | 80.4* |
| 4 | Ever used marijuana | 22.9 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 33.6 | 37.4 | 34.9 | 27.2* |
| 5 | Drove through a stop sign without a coming to a full stop | 45 | 40.7 | 42.2 | 38.8 | 25.6 | 34.7 | 37.7* |
| 6 | Drove too close to the car in front of you (“tailgate”) | 66.7 | 55.9 | 59.6 | 62.2 | 54.8 | 59.8 | 59.7 |
| 7 | Drove after drinking at least a whole beer, a glass of wine, or something like that | 47 | 17.7 | 27.8 | 39 | 26.1 | 35 | 32.0* |
| 8 | Drove more than 20 kph over the speed limit | 77.8 | 67.4 | 71 | 80.4 | 66.9 | 76.1 | 74 |
| 9 | Drove through a red light | 15.8 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| 10 | Drove after using marijuana | 12 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 8.0* |
| 11 | Cheated on a tests or homework | 31.7 | 26.2 | 27.8 | 25.7 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 26 |
| 12 | Shoplifted from a shop | 9.9 | 1.7 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 13 | Damaged or marked up public or private property on purpose | 13.9 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 14 | Sold or dealt drugs | 8 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 15 | Stole something valuable like a palm pilot computer, backpack or wallet | 6.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.7* |
| 16 | Hit someone because you did not like what he/she did or said | 10.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 17 | Had sex before the age of 15 | 19.3 | 4.1 | 9 | 15.2 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
aAll data were weighted by gender.
*p < 0.05 – z test to check column proportion to significant differences between younger and older groups.