Prevalence and correlates of substance use among school-going adolescents (11-18years) in eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries

Kugbey, Nuworza

doi:10.1186/s13011-023-00542-1

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Table 2 Distribution of current alcohol, current marijuana, and amphetamine use across the explanatory variables

From: Prevalence and correlates of substance use among school-going adolescents (11-18years) in eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries

Variable	Weighted N	Weighted %	Current alcohol use	P-value	Current marijuana use	P-value	Amphetamine use	P-value
Age group				< 0.001		< 0.001		0.006
11-14years	6,821	41.8	6.0		1.9		2.6
15-18years	9497	58.2	14.8		2.1		2.6
Sex				0.002		< 0.001		< 0.001
Female	7,729	47.4	8.8		1.9		2.6
Male	8,589	52.6	13.2		2.1		2.6
Felt hungry				0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,836	90.9	10.6		1.9		2.3
Yes	1,482	9.1	15.8		3.7		5.6
Felt anxious				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,850	91.0	10.0		1.6		2.1
Yes	1,468	9.0	22.6		6.1		7.9
Felt lonely				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,736	90.3	10.5		1.8		2.4
Yes	1582	9.7	17.3		4.0		4.7
Bullied				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	5,485	33.6	8.4		1.0		1.2
Yes	10,833	66.4	16.6		4.1		5.5
Attacked				0.028		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	9296	57.0	11.0		1.3		1.7
Yes	7022	43.0	11.2		3.0		3.8
Engaged in fight				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	11,651	71.4	9.3		1.0		1.6
Yes	4667	28.6	15.7		4.6		5.1
Current cigarette smoking				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	15,760	96.6	9.5		1.1		1.9
Yes	558	3.4	56.2		28.1		23.3
Current tobacco use				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	15,673	96.0	9.8		0.9		1.6
Yes	645	4.0	44.0		28.3		27.6
Suicidal ideation				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,082	86.3	10.2		1.4		2.0
Yes	2,236	13.7	17.0		5.7		6.4
Suicidal plan				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,169	86.8	10.1		1.4		2.0
Yes	2149	13.2	17.7		6.1		6.5
Suicidal attempt				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	14,180	86.9	9.8		1.1		1.6
Yes	2138	13.1	20.2		5.8		9.2
Close friends				< 0.001		0.493		0.010
No	1523	9.3	9.3		2.8		3.5
Yes	14,795	90.7	11.3		1.9		2.5
Truant at school				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	11,862	72.7	8.9		0.9		1.6
Yes	4456	27.3	17.2		5.1		5.3
Supervision				< 0.001		< 0.001		0.002
No	8,137	49.9	14.6		2.8		3.1
Yes	8,181	50.1	7.7		1.2		2.1
Connectedness				< 0.001		< 0.001		0.198
No	9778	59.9	12.5		2.5		2.5
Yes	6540	40.1	9.1		1.3		2.7
Knowledge of activity				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	9979	61.2	13.5		2.6		2.9
Yes	6339	38.8	7.3		1.1		2.1
Privacy				0.165		0.016		< 0.001
No	4570	28.0	11.3		3.1		4.5
Yes	11,748	72.0	11.1		1.6		1.9

*p-values were generated from the chi-square test

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