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. 2020 Sep 26;2020:7934892. doi: 10.1155/2020/7934892

Table 2.

Khat chewing behaviors among khat chewers in Amhara region, 2019 (N = 478).

Variables Frequency Percentage
Duration of khat chewing/year
 1-5 170 35.6
 6-10 182 38.1
 11-15 80 16.7
 16-20 34 7.1
 >20 12 2.5
Average duration of khat chewing in min/day
 15-90 89 18.6
 91-180 98 20.5
 >180 291 60.9
Amount of gram in range
 25-50 206 43.1
 51-100 207 43.3
 >100 65 13.6
Number of days/week
 Daily 275 57.5
 4-6 days 68 14.2
 2-3 days 109 22.8
 Once 26 5.4
Money spent in ETB for khat per day
 <25 168 35.1
 25-50 229 47.9
 51-75 36 7.5
 76-100 37 7.7
 >100 8 1.7
Money spent in ETB for other than khat
 0-50 353 73.8
 51-100 87 18.2
 100-150 14 2.9
 >150 24 5.0

1 USD = 28.62 ETB.