Table 4.
Reasons to increase or decrease/stop cannabis use.
| Increased use (N = 645) | Decreased/stopped (N = 146) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Women | Men | X2 | P-value | Total | Women | Men | X2 | P-value | |
| Boredom (%) | 78.4 | 74.7 | 81.0 | 3.62 | 0.057 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 9.3 | – | – |
| Stress (%) | 36.3 | 45.2 | 29.6 | 16.46 | 0.000 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 8.4 | – | – |
| Loneliness (%) | 29.6 | 31.4 | 28.2 | 0.75 | 0.385 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 8.4 | – | – |
| Mental health (%) | 30.1 | 37.9 | 24.5 | 13.20 | 0.000 | 29.5 | 20.5 | 32.7 | 2.05 | 0.153 |
| Physical health (%) | 7.9 | 10.7 | 5.8 | 5.20 | 0.023 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 20.6 | 0.12 | 0.726 |
| Less parties/nightlife (%) | 26.5 | 21.1 | 30.1 | 6.45 | 0.011 | 19.9 | 2.6 | 26.2 | 10.00 | 0.002 |
| See friends less (%) | 22.5 | 18.0 | 25.1 | 4.46 | 0.035 | 32.2 | 17.9 | 37.4 | 4.95 | 0.026 |
| Use less other drugs (%) | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 0.38 | 0.538 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 6.5 | – | – |
Bold values indiactes P < 0.05, a significant difference between men and women. As multiple answers were possible, the percentages do not add up to 100%. – numbers per cell too low for the analysis.