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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2019 Aug 8;14(3):199–206. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000556

Table 3. Sexual Behavior in University Students Based on Nonmedical Use of Prescription Sedative/Tranquilizers.

Variable Students who currently misuse prescription Sedative/Tranquilizer
(n= 73)		 Students who have misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizer in the past
(n=94)		 Students who have never misused prescription Sedative/Tranquilizer
(n=3358)		 Statistic
Likelihood Ratio		 P-Value Effect Size
Cramer’s V
Has been sexually active
    •    Yes 67(91.8) 88(94.6) 2394(72.0) LR=47.678 df=2 <.001 * .103
    •    No 6(8.2) 5(5.4) 932(28.0)
Age at first sexual activity with another
    •    < 11 years 1(1.5) 2(2.3) 18(0.8) LR=59.563 df=8 <.001 * .114
    •    12-14 years 11(16.4) 16(18.2) 129(5.4)
    •    15-17 years 38(56.7) 47(53.4) 977(40.9)
    •    18-20 years 14(20.9) 20(22.7) 952(39.8)
    •    21 years or older 3(4.5) 3(3.4) 313(13.1)
Frequency of physical barrier use
    •    < 50% of the time
    •    50-75% of the time 28(41.8) 45(51.1) 909(38.1) LR=23.809 df=6 .001 * .067
    •    76-95% of the time 9(13.4) 9(10.2) 215(9.0)
    •    96-100% of the time 18(26.9) 16(18.2) 384(16.1)
12(17.9) 18(20.5) 878(36.8)

Data refer to N (percentage).

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p<0.05 Bonferroni corrected