Table 4.

Substance abuse by the participants in Bale Zone South East Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 743)

Variable	Frequency	% of the total sample	Relative %
Ever drank alcohol beverage
Yes	187	25.2
No	556	74.8
How often drank alcohol beverage
Once or twice	55		29.4
Monthly	87		46.5
Weekly	31		16.6
Daily	10		5.3
Almost daily	4		2.1
Ever used substance like khat
Yes	77	10.4
No	666	89.6
How often have you used substance
Once or twice	24		31.2
Monthly	26		33.8
Weekly	14		18.2
Daily	10		13.0
Almost daily	3		3.8