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Table 1 Prevalence of nonmedical use of TSSp in Male adolescents, according to sociodemographic variables, use of licit and illicit psychoactive drugs and variables related with perceived health risk, perceived availability and School information. ESTUDES Survey

From: Gender differences in the nonmedical use of psychoactive medications in the school population- national trends and related factors

 

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

Combined years

aLinear Trend

p-valuea

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

  

Age

14–15

64(1.18)

94(1.7)

118(1.84)

114(1.65)

84(1.79)

132(1.63)

606(1.64)

0.208

16–18

170(2.29)

156(2.19)

233(2.74)

245(2.81)

274(2.99)

242(2.33)

1321(2.57)

0.287

Nationality

Immigrants

NA

240(2.04)

308(2.29)

313(2.24)

319(2.59)

316(1.92)

1495(2.2)

0.778

Spanish

234(1.82)

10(1.18)

44(2.95)

46(2.9)

40(2.55)

58(2.89)

197(2.64)

0.204

Occupational status of parents

Unemployed both

16(9.83)

11(3.04)

33(5.4)

25(3.72)

38(4.7)

27(2.67)

150(4.14)

0.018

Employed one

38(2.58)

37(2.32)

65(2.75)

68(2.37)

88(2.78)

84(2.17)

380(2.48)

0.689

Employed both

179(1.6)

202(1.9)

254(2.12)

266(2.21)

232(2.35)

263(1.93)

1397(2.01)

0.043

Educational level of parents

No formal education

20(3.42)

8(1.93)

24(4.28)

22(5.1)

20(5.36)

12(3.05)

106(3.83)

0.388

Primary school

89(1.9)

116(2.65)

101(1.96)

106(2.11)

108(2.33)

85(2.18)

605(2.18)

0.766

Secondary school

28(1.66)

31(1.53)

53(2.23)

71(2.35)

69(2.47)

77(1.66)

330(1.98)

0.713

Higher education

61(1.74)

74(2.1)

106(2.7)

125(2.65)

101(2.51)

122(1.87)

589(2.25)

0.871

Alcohol use in the past 30 days

No

54(1.14)

50(0.94)

82(1.3)

83(1.26)

35(0.88)

71(0.96)

374(1.09)

0.440

Yes

180(2.21)

200(2.73)

269(3.12)

276(3.07)

324(3.26)

303(2.73)

1552(2.87)

0.049

Any cigarette smoking in the past 30 days

No

17(3.08)

126(1.33)

190(1.85)

194(1.61)

192(1.86)

213(1.45)

932(1.62)

0.754

Yes

106(3.3)

124(3.96)

161(3.48)

165(4.65)

167(4.66)

161(4.2)

885(4.03)

0.038

Any marijuana use in the past 30 days

No

112(1.2)

122(1.25)

166(1.44)

177(1.4)

224(1.98)

214(1.37)

1014(1.45)

0.035

Yes

122(3.43)

127(4.54)

186(5.41)

183(6.05)

135(5.26)

160(5.46)

913(4.99)

0.001

Any illicit psychoactive drug use other than marijuana in the last 12 months

No

151(1.27)

155(1.3)

245(1.72)

232(1.55)

253(1.9)

280(1.55)

1316(1.56)

0.020

Yes

83(8.83)

95(13.92)

106(15.19)

127(20.19)

106(18.76)

94(20.2)

610(15.35)

0.000

Perceived health risk for consumption of TSSp

No/few problems

67(6.02)

85(5.97)

126(7.10)

107(6.12)

94(8.48)

79(4.85)

557(6.34)

0.699

Quite a few/many problems

120(1.29)

130(1.48)

143(1.47)

164(1.81)

184(2.12)

204(1.66)

946(1.64)

0.009

Perceived availability of TSSp

Impossible/very difficult to obtain

29(0.87)

32(0.9)

55(1.26)

49(1.44)

62(1.66)

86(1.55)

313(1.31)

0.004

Easy/very easy to obtain

175(2.7)

175(3.46)

229(4.26)

222(3.97)

196(4.89)

196(3.92)

1193(3.79)

0.000

Information on drugs received at school

No

65(1.97)

95(1.99)

102(2.78)

111(3.04)

111(3.47)

101(2.48)

584(2.58)

0.012

Yes

169(1.77)

155(1.97)

213(2.01)

226(1.98)

225(2.21)

242(1.76)

1230(1.94)

0.848

  1. NA not available
  2. aLinear time trend from 2004 to 2014 estimating prevalence of past 30 days nonmedical use of tranquilizer, sedatives and sleeping pills by demographic subgroup