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Table 7 Logistic regression of the relationship 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

B

S.E.

Wald

df

P-value

Exp (B)

95 % C.I. for Exp (B)

Lower

Upper

Lifetime Use

 Sex

−.212

.146

2.120

1

.145

.809

.617

1.005

 Age

−.521

.080

42.474

1

.000

.594

0.511

.679

 Class

.769

.113

45.963

1

.000

2.158

2.009

2.310

 Frequency

.288

.148

3.801

1

.051

1.334

1.277

1.399

 f.edu

.264

.151

3.066

1

.080

1.302

1.283

1.325

 m.edu

−.036

.151

.058

1

.809

.964

.938

.992

 Constant

7.191

1.213

35.152

1

.000

1327.730

  

Previous year Use

 Sex

−.269

.140

3.721

1

.054

.764

.698

.834

 Age

−.242

.074

10.609

1

.001

.785

.736

.841

 Class

.143

.102

1.960

1

.162

1.154

1.112

1.199

 Frequency

.321

.139

5.333

1

.021

1.379

1.307

1.153

 f.edu

.212

.145

2.154

1

.142

1.236

1.198

1.279

 m.edu

−.061

.145

.175

1

.676

.941

.898

.991

 Constant

3.652

1.143

10.202

1

.001

38.537

  

Current Use

 Sex

−.289

.175

2.730

1

.098

.749

.713

.787

 Age

−.414

.098

17.687

1

.000

.661

.635

.690

 Class

.303

.124

5.947

1

.015

1.354

1.288

1.421

 Frequency

.117

.167

.489

1

.484

1.124

1.093

1.159

 f.edu

.273

.182

2.246

1

.134

1.314

1.276

1.352

 m.edu

−.119

.182

.426

1

.514

.888

.842

.933

Constant

4.836

1.501

10.382

1

.001

125.934