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Table 1 Baseline characteristics among boys and girls aged 11-17 years

From: Association between substance use and psychosocial characteristics among adolescents of the Seychelles

 

Boys (n = 677)*

Girls (n = 740)*

 
 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

P

Smoked ≥ 1 cigarette in past 30 days

22.0

18.7-25.3

10.6

8.3-12.9

0.000

Drank alcohol ≥ 1 times in past 30 days

59.7

55.6-63.9

56.2

52.3-60.0

ns

Used cannabis ≥ 1 time in past 30 days

19.2

16.1-22.2

3.7

2.3-5.1

0.000

Felt sad or hopeless ≥ 2 weeks in a row in past 12 months

27.7

24.2-31.2

35.0

31.5-38.5

0.004

Often felt lonely in past 12 months

10.4

8.1-12.8

15.2

12.6-17.7

0.009

Was so worried about something that could not sleep at night in past 12 months

10.0

7.7-12.2

12.1

9.7-14.5

ns

Seriously considered attempting suicide in past 12 months

15.9

13.1-18.7

18.4

15.6-21.2

ns

Parents rarely/never check homework

37.9

34.0-41.7

38.6

35.0-42.2

ns

Parents rarely/never understand problems

37.5

33.6-41.4

39.0

35.4-42.7

ns

Parents rarely/never know what child is doing

38.0

34.1-41.9

29.8

26.4-33.2

0.002

Pocket money ≥ 25 rupees per day

23.5

20.2-26.9

21.7

18.6-24.7

ns

School absence without permission ≥ 1 day in past 30 days

39.1

35.2-43.0

25.0

21.8-28.2

0.000

Has less than 2 close friends

19.1

16.0-22.1

21.9

18.9-25.0

ns

  1. *Missing values vary from 8 to 252 according to the selected baseline characteristics.