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Table 6 Association between respondents’ lifetime, previous year and current use of alcohol with social class and demographic variables

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

Variables

Use of alcohol

Lifetime use

Previous year use

Current use

Sex

 Male

298 (33.3 %)

248 (27.7 %)

108 (12.1 %)

 Female

233 (26.0 %)

187 (20.9 %)

75 (8.4 %)

Age

   

 15

184 (20.5 %)

145 (16.2 %)

64 (7.1 %)

 16

182 (20.3 %)

153 (17.1 %)

67 (7.5 %)

 17

116 (12.9 %)

96 (10.7 %)

37 (4.1 %)

 18

37 (4.1 %)

32 (3.6 %)

10 (1.1 %)

 19

12 (1.3 %)

9 (1.0 %)

5 (0.6 %)

Class

 SS 1

135 (15.1 %)

113 (12.6 %)

44 (4.9 %)

 SS 2

212 (23.7 %)

172 (19.2 %)

82 (9.2 %)

 SS 3

184 (20.5 %)

150 (16.7 %)

57 (6.4 %)

Fathers Education

 Below Sec. Sch.

229 (25.6 %)

187 (20.9 %)

66 (7.4 %)

 Above Sec. Sch.

302 (33.7 %)

248 (27.7 %)

117 (13.1 %)

Mothers Education

 Below Sec. Sch.

242 (27.0 %)

195 (21.8 %)

73 (8.1 %)

 Above Sec. Sch.

289 (33.3 %)

240 (26.8 %)

110 (12.2 %)