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Table 5 Respondents level of education at first use of various substances based on life time use

From: Correlates for psycho-active substance use among boarding secondary school adolescents in Enugu, South East, Nigeria

Substances

Level of Education at first use

Primary School

Secondary School

Kolanut (n = 569)

334 (58.7 %)

235 (41.3 %)

Alcohol (n = 531)

221(41.6 %)

310(58.4 %)

Coffee (n = 159)

88(55.3 %)

71 (44.7 %)

Tranquillizers (n = 90)

29(32.2 %)

61 (67.8 %)

Tobacco (n = 92)

12(13.0 %)

80 (87.0 %)

Cannabis (n = 7)

0 (0.0 %)

7 (100.0 %)

  1. χ2=98.479 df =5 p-value =0.000