Table 1. Demographics of University Students Based on Nonmedical Use of Sedatives/Tranquilizers.
| Variable | Students who currently misuse prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers (n= 73) |
Students who have misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers in the past (n= 94) |
Students who have never misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers (n=3358) |
Statistic Likelihood Ratio |
P-Value | Effect Size Cramer’s V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, female, n (%) | 46(63.9) | 49(55.1) | 1940(60.9) | LR=4.566 df=6 | .601 | .030 |
| Year in college, n (%) | ||||||
| • Undergraduate | 52(71.2) | 63(67.0) | 2204(65.6) | LR=2.159 df=4 | .707 | .011 |
| • Graduate | 21(28.8) | 30(31.9) | 1135(33.8) | |||
| • Non-degree | 0(0.0) | 1(1.1) | 19(0.6) | |||
| Race/ethnicity, Caucasian | 56(77.8) | 71(79.8) | 2402(75.4) | LR=1.124 df=2 | .570 | .018 |
| Full time student, n (%) | 68(93.2) | 75(79.8) | 3103(92.5) | LR=14.892 df=2 | .001 * | .076 |
| Grade Point Average, GPA | 11(15.1) | 19(20.2) | 331(10.0) | LR=10.008 df=2 | .007 * | .059 |
| Less than 3.00 | 62(84.9) | 75(79.8) | 2986(90.0) | |||
| 3.00 or higher | ||||||
*
p<0.05, Bonferroni corrected