Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and substance use by socio-demographic characteristics
Variables | Substance use | P-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
Sex | ≤ 0.001 | |||
Male | 2099 (50.7) | 331 (15.8) | 1768 (84.2) | |
Female | 2045 (49.3) | 180 (8.8) | 1865 (91.2) | |
Age | ≤ 0.001 | |||
10–13 | 1947 (47.0) | 114 (5.9) | 1833 (94.1) | |
14–17 | 2197 (53.0) | 397 (18.1) | 1800 (81.9) | |
Religion | 0.091 | |||
Christianity | 3167 (76.4) | 388 (12.3) | 2779 (87.7) | |
Islam | 840 (20.3) | 98 (11.7) | 742 (88.3) | |
Other | 137 (3.3) | 25 (18.2) | 112 (81.8) | |
Marital status | 0.264 | |||
Married | 45 (1.1) | 8 (17.8) | 37 (82.2) | |
Not married | 4099 (98.9) | 503 (12.3) | 3596 (87.7) | |
Education | ≤ 0.001 | |||
Less than JHS | 1263 (30.5) | 72 (5.7) | 1191 (94.3) | |
JHS | 1584 (38.2) | 190 (12.0) | 1394 (88.0) | |
SHS and higher | 1297 (31.3) | 249 (19.2) | 1048 (80.8) | |
Ecological belts | ≤ 0.001 | |||
Coastal | 1563 (37.7) | 260 (16.6) | 1303 (83.4) | |
Middle | 1642 (39.6) | 151 (9.2) | 1491 (90.8) | |
Northern | 939 (22.7) | 100 (10.6) | 839 (89.4) | |
Currently doing any paid work | ||||
Yes | 199 (4.8) | 56 (28.1) | 143 (71.9) | ≤ 0.001 |
No | 3945 (95.2) | 455 (11.5) | 3490 (88.5) | |
Total | 4144 (100.0) | 511 (12.3) | 3633 (87.7) | |