Table 2. Comparison of Past-Month and Lifetime Substance Use by Gender, School, and Age.
| Overall sample (n=347) | Female (n=226) | Male (n=119) | Community college (n=237) | University (n=110) | 18-25 years (n=178) | 26 years + (n=169) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | p-value |
| Past-month alcohol use | ||||||||||
| Any alcohol | 150 (43.2) | 95 (41.9) | 55 (46.2) | .493 | 96 (40.5) | 54 (49.1) | 0.162 | 80 (44.9) | 70 (41.4) | .517 |
| Binge drinking | 92 (26.6) | 57 (25.2) | 35 (29.4) | .443 | 59 (25.0) | 33 (30.0) | 0.361 | 51 (28.8) | 41 (24.3) | .394 |
| Past-month drug use | ||||||||||
| Drug usea | 69 (20.2) | 40 (17.9) | 29 (24.8) | .156 | 47 (20.3) | 22 (20.0) | 1.00 | 39 (22.0) | 30 (18.3) | .420 |
| Marijuana | 46 (13.6) | 26 (11.7) | 20 (17.4) | .180 | 31 (13.5) | 15 (13.6) | 1.00 | 31 (18.1) | 14 (8.6) | .011 |
| Prescription opioids, non-medical reasons | 15 (4.4) | 6 (2.7) | 9 (7.6) | .050 | 10 (4.3) | 5 (4.5) | 1.00 | 5 (2.8) | 10 (6.1) | .187 |
| Lifetime substance use | ||||||||||
| CAGE-AID score of 2 or more | 129 (37.8) | 68 (30.5) | 61 (52.1) | .000 | 100 (42.7) | 29 (27.1) | .006 | 47 (26.9) | 82 (49.4) | .000 |
| Drug usea in any category >100× | 74 (22.3) | 39 (18.1) | 35 (30.4) | .013 | 59 (26.1) | 15 (14.2) | .016 | 27 (15.7) | 47 (29.4) | .004 |
| Current tobacco use | ||||||||||
| Everyday | 17 (4.9) | 7 (3.1) | 10 (8.4) | .015 | 15 (6.4) | 2 (1.9) | .103 | 6 (3.4) | 11 (6.6) | .002 |
| Some days | 27 (7.8) | 12 (5.4) | 15 (12.6) | 20 (8.5) | 7 (6.5) | 13 (7.3) | 14 (8.4) | |||
| Former smoker | 34 (9.9) | 20 (8.9) | 14 (11.8) | 21 (8.9) | 13 (12.0) | 10 (5.6) | 24 (14.4) | |||
| Smoked in past, not former smoker | 97 (28.2) | 68 (30.4) | 29 (24.4) | 73 (30.9) | 24 (22.2) | 50 (28.2) | 47 (28.1) | |||
| Never | 99 (28.8) | 72 (32.1) | 26 (21.8) | 60 (25.4) | 39 (36.1) | 66 (37.3) | 33 (19.8) | |||
| Ceremonial use only | 70 (20.3) | 45 (20.1) | 25 (21.0) | 47 (19.9) | 23 (21.3) | 32 (18.1) | 38 (22.8) | |||
Note. Differences between groups tested using chi-square test; results significant at p < .05 level are bolded.
a
Drugs included marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, inhalants, sedatives/sleeping pills, hallucinogens, heroin/opium, prescribed stimulants or prescription opioids/painkillers for non-medical reasons.