Table 2.
Past month substance use behaviour by socio-demographic characteristics
| Smoked marijuana | Smoked tobacco | Binge drinking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 142 | 10.1 (8.3-12.0) | 186 | 13.4 (11.0-15.7) | 233 | 17.4 (14.9-19.9) |
| Male | 148 | 10.1 (8.3-11.8) | 149 | 9.5 (7.8-11.2) | 239 | 16.2 (13.8-18.6) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Māori | 153 | 23.0 (18.7-27.4) | 147 | 21.7 (17.8-25.6) | 198 | 31.3 (27.0-35.6) |
| Non-Māori | 137 | 6.3 (5.1-7.6) | 188 | 8.4 (6.9-9.8) | 274 | 12.6 (10.7-14.5) |
| School decile status | ||||||
| Low | 152 | 17.6 (13.7-21.5) | 166 | 18.5 (14.6-22.4) | 207 | 24.9 (20.8-29.0) |
| Mid | 74 | 7.9 (5.9-9.9) | 87 | 9.1 (6.5-11.7) | 145 | 16.4 (12.8-20.1) |
| High | 64 | 5.8 (4.2-7.4) | 82 | 7.4 (5.6-9.2) | 120 | 10.6 (8.3-13.0) |
| Past week income | ||||||
| More than $30 | 104 | 17.3 (13.9-20.7) | 106 | 17.3 (13.7-20.8) | 166 | 28.3 (24.1-32.5) |
| $16 to $30 | 93 | 12.0 (9.6-14.4) | 106 | 13.4 (11.0-15.9) | 146 | 19.8 (16.7-23.0) |
| $1 to $15 | 45 | 5.7 (4.1-7.4) | 65 | 8.0 (5.9-10.1) | 77 | 9.6 (7.4-11.9) |
| None | 45 | 6.7 (5.0-8.5) | 56 | 8.2 (6.3-10.1) | 79 | 11.9 (9.4-14.3) |
| Social connectedness | ||||||
| Low | 115 | 15.4 (12.3-18.4) | 130 | 17.1 (14.0-20.1) | 168 | 22.4 (19.2-25.5) |
| Medium | 80 | 8.0 (6.0-10.0) | 91 | 8.8 (6.7-10.9) | 158 | 15.9 (13.0-18.8) |
| High | 70 | 6.9 (5.0-8.8) | 86 | 8.4 (6.5-10.3) | 117 | 12.4 (9.9-14.9) |
| Parental monitoring of expenditure | ||||||
| Disagree or don’t know | 163 | 20.9 (17.6-24.2) | 177 | 22.6 (19.1-26.0) | 215 | 28.1 (24.6-31.7) |
| Agree | 121 | 5.8 (4.7-6.9) | 151 | 7.0 (5.7-8.3) | 252 | 12.4 (10.6-14.2) |
| Parental monitoring of whereabouts | ||||||
| Disagree or don’t know | 119 | 22.3 (18.2-26.4) | 147 | 27.0 (22.7-31.4) | 170 | 32.9 (28.7-37.1) |
| Agree | 166 | 7.1 (5.9-8.4) | 182 | 7.6 (6.3-8.9) | 299 | 13.0 (11.3-14.7) |
| Parental rule enforcement | ||||||
| Disagree or don’t know | 108 | 15.8 (12.2-19.3) | 113 | 16.0 (12.7-19.2) | 176 | 25.2 (21.9-28.5) |
| Agree | 177 | 8.1 (6.8-9.4) | 215 | 9.8 (8.2-11.3) | 293 | 14.0 (12.1-15.9) |