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Table 4 Prevalence of selected substance abuse behaviors among eighth and ninth grade secondary students attending public schools in a central region of El Salvador by socio-demographic characteristics, 1999

From: A descriptive study of youth risk behavior in urban and rural secondary school students in El Salvador

Factor

Sample Size

Episodic heavy drinkingc

Lifetime cigarette usef

Current cigarette useg

Lifetime marijuana useh

  

% (CI)d

Adj. OR (95% CI)e

% (CI)d

Adj. OR (95% CI)e

% (CI)d

Adj. OR (95% CI)e

% (CI)d

Adj. OR (95% CI)e

Gender

   Male

514

11.5 (± 2.0)

1.45 (0.93, 2.28)

45.1 (± 3.1)

3.51 (2.59, 4.76)

19.1 (± 2.5)

2.82 (1.84, 4.34)

6.7 (± 1.6)

2.13 (1.12, 4.07)

   Femalea

462

8.0 (± 1.7)

1.00

19.4 (± 2.5)

1.00

7.4 (± 1.6)

1.00

3.0 (± 1.1)

1.00

Age Group(in years)

   12 to 14a

292

6.2 (± 1.5)

1.00

29.7 (± 2.9)

1.00

9.9 (± 1.9)

1.00

4.5 (± 1.3)

1.00

   15 to 16

467

11.1 (± 2.0)

2.01 (1.15, 3.54)

33.0 (± 3.0)

1.27 (0.91, 1.79)

13.6 (± 2.2)

1.60 (0.99, 2.59)

5.0 (± 1.4)

1.19 (0.59, 2.42)

   17 to 20

171

12.3 (± 2.1)

2.31 (1.17, 4.54)

39.5 (± 3.1)

1.60 (1.04, 2.46)

19.9 (± 2.6)

2.46 (1.39, 4.34)

5.8 (± 1.5)

1.37 (0.57, 3.27)

Subjective Economic Status b

   Low

390

10.3 (± 1.9)

0.96 (0.61, 1.51)

34.4 (± 3.0)

0.99 (0.74, 1.34)

14.7 (± 2.3)

1.12 (0.75, 1.67)

5.4 (± 1.4)

1.12 (0.61, 2.06)

   Higha

560

9.8 (± 1.9)

1.00

33.0 (± 3.0)

1.00

13.2 (± 2.2)

1.00

4.8 (± 1.4)

1.00

School Geography

   Urban

487

11.5 (± 2.0)

1.51 (0.96, 2.37)

38.1 (± 3.1)

1.79 (1.33, 2.41)

17.5 (± 2.4)

2.60 (1.71, 3.94)

6.2 (± 1.5)

1.80 (0.97, 3.37)

   Rurala

489

8.2 (± 1.7)

1.00

28.6 (± 2.8)

1.00

9.7 (± 1.9)

1.00

3.7 (± 1.2)

1.00

Total

976

9.8 (± 1.9)

N/A

33.3 (± 3.0)

N/A

13.6 (± 2.2)

N/A

4.9 (± 1.4)

N/A

  1. Bold text indicates significant at < .05 level.
  2. Abbreviations: ref, referent; Prev., Prevalence; Adj. OR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI, 95% Confidence Interval; N/A, not applicable.
  3. aReferent group; bLow = self-classification as "poor", "nearly poor" or "just getting by"; High = "living very well off" or "living comfortably"; cDrank 5 drinks of alcohol in a row on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey; dPrevalence is based on bivariate association and is unadjusted; eOR adjusted for all factors in table; fEver tried cigarette smoking;gsmoked cigarettes on 1 of the 30 days preceding survey; hEver used marijuana.