Table 2 Summary of the distribution of lifetime substance use and most frequently used substances
From: Substance use among inmates at the Eldoret prison in Western Kenya
Lifetime substance use | Alcohol use | Cigarette use | Tobacco chewing | Cannabis use | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables (N) | Prevalence (%) | X2 | P value | Prevalence (%) | X2 | P value | Prevalence ( %) | X2 | P value | Prevalence (%) | X2 | P value | Prevalence (%) | X2 | P value |
Gender | |||||||||||||||
Male (271) | 72.3 | 15.038 | <0.001* | 70.8 | 12.711 | <0.001* | 37.6 | 9.735 | 0.002* | 25.5 | 4.245 | 0.039* | 23.6 | 3.526 | 0.060 |
Female (124) | 52.4 | 52.4 | 21.8 | 16.1 | 15.3 | ||||||||||
Residence | |||||||||||||||
Rural area (183) | 54.1 | 21.822 | <0.001* | 54.1 | 18.035 | <0.001* | 20.8 | 21.93 | <0.001* | 14.2 | 13.535 | <0.001* | 12.0 | 16.606 | <0.001* |
Urban (212) | 76.4 | 74.5 | 42.9 | 29.7 | 28.8 | ||||||||||
Marital status | |||||||||||||||
Married (234) | 63.7 | 1.476 | 0.224 | 62.4 | 1.801 | 0.180 | 25.6 | 12.854 | <0.001* | 16.2 | 13.022 | <0.001* | 15.8 | 9.356 | 0.002* |
Unmarried (161) | 69.6 | 68.9 | 42.9 | 31.7 | 28.6 | ||||||||||
Employed | |||||||||||||||
Yes (211) | 70.1 | 3.341 | 0.068 | 69.2 | 3.401 | 0.065 | 29.9 | 1.615 | 0.204 | 19.0 | 3.315 | 0.069 | 18.5 | 1.746 | 0.186 |
No (184) | 61.4 | 60.3 | 35.9 | 26.6 | 23.9 | ||||||||||
Student | |||||||||||||||
Yes (42) | 73.8 | 1.254 | 0.263 | 73.8 | 1.582 | 0.209 | 52.4 | 8.312 | 0.004* | 33.3 | 3.142 | 0.076 | 47.6 | 20.045 | <0.001* |
No (353) | 65.2 | 64.0 | 30.3 | 21.2 | 17.8 | ||||||||||
Income | |||||||||||||||
Yes (289) | 66.1 | 0.000 | 0.992 | 65.4 | 0.053 | 0.818 | 29.8 | 4.119 | 0.042* | 17.6 | 14.721 | <0.001* | 17.6 | 7.35 | 0.007* |
No (106) | 66.0 | 64.2 | 40.6 | 35.8 | 30.2 | ||||||||||