Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants with respect to problematic alcohol use (n = 725).
| Variables | Problematic alcohol use |
χ2 | df | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | |||||
| Sex | Male | 425 (58.6) | 57 (7.9) | 0.20 | 1 | 0.65 |
| Female | 217 (29.9) | 26 (3.6) | ||||
| Marital status | Single | 527 (72.7) | 58 (8) | 7.62 | 2 | 0.02 |
| In open relationship | 80 (11) | 19 (2.6) | ||||
| Othersa | 35 (4.8) | 6 (0.8) | ||||
| Residence | Urban | 268 (37) | 45 (6.2) | 4.70 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Rural | 374 (51.6) | 38 (5.2) | ||||
| Religion | Orthodox | 253 (34.9) | 38 (5.2) | 4.30 | 2 | 0.23 |
| Protestant | 300 (41.4) | 40 (5.5) | ||||
| Muslim | 74 (10.2) | 4 (0.6) | ||||
| Others | 15 (2.1) | 1 (0.1) | ||||
| Year of study | 1st year | 176 (24.3) | 16 (2.2) | 6.54 | 4 | 0.16 |
| 2nd year | 198 (27.3) | 23 (3.2) | ||||
| 3rd year | 139 (19.2) | 27 (3.7) | ||||
| 4th year | 74 (10.2) | 8 (1.1) | ||||
| 5th year | 55 (7.6) | 9 (1.2) | ||||
| Parenting style | Democratic | 516 (71.2) | 59 (8.1) | 3.86 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Restrictive | 126 (17.4) | 24 (3.3) | ||||
aMarried, divorced, and widowed.