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. 2021 Mar 24;2021:4680573. doi: 10.1155/2021/4680573

Table 2.

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

Variables Frequency Percentage
Sex Male 450 94.1
Female 28 5.9

Age 18–24 88 18.4
25–30 223 46.7
31–35 82 17.2
36–40 52 10.9
41–45 18 3.8
>45 15 3.1

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 25–75 143 29.9
100–200 270 56.5
225–500 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