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Table 3 Students perception of substance abuse as a problem and students characteristics.

From: Perception among medical students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding alcohol and substance abuse in the community: a cross-sectional survey

 

Opinion

 

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Don't know ¥

Total

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Sex§

           

   • Male

58

36

79

50

2

1.25

1

0.6

20

12.5

160 *

   • Female

11

24

16

34

5

11

3

6.5

11

24

46

           

206

Marital Status§

           

   • Single

57

30

93

49

6

3

4

2

31

16

191

   • Married

12

86

2

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

14 *

           

205

Study level¶

           

   • 1

17

21

29

36

6

7.5

4

5

24

30

80

   • 2

4

12

24

70

1

3

0

0

5

15

34

   • 3

15

54

13

46

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

   • 4

21

75

23

82

0

0

0

0

1

2

45 *

   • 5

12

75

4

25

0

0

0

0

0

0

16 *

           

203

GPA¶

           

   • Excellent

10

22

20

43

2

4

1

2

13

28

46

   • Very good

24

31

41

53

2

3

2

3

8

10

77

   • Good

24

46

23

44

2

4

1

2

2

4

52

   • Fair

4

27

4

27

1

6

0

0

6

40

15

           

190

  1. *P-value statistically significant
  2. ¥: This response was taken as "neither agree nor disagree"
  3. §: Jonckheere-Terpstra test was used to assess significance
  4. ¶: Spearman correlation was used to assess significance