Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Illegal Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Sri Lanka: Results from Sri Lankan Global School-Based Health Survey 2016
Table 3
Factors associated with current use of alcohol consumption, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and illegal substances (age and sex matched Odds Ratios with 95% CI).
Characteristic
n
Current use of Alcohol
Current Smoking
Current use of Smokeless Tobacco
Current use of illegal Substances
Age
16-17 Years
977
3.1 (2.0-4.7)
2.6 (1.7-3.9)
2.7 (1.6-4.3)
1.5 (0.9-2.4)
13-15 Years
2196
1
1
1
1
Sex
Male
1437
5.6 (3.3 – 9.4)
9.6 (5.2-17.6)
11.2 (5.1-24.6)
4.1 (2.4-7.0)
Female
1805
1
1
1
1
Physically attacked (1)
Yes
1119
2.2 (1.4-3.3)
1.8(1.2-2.8)
2.2 (1.3-3.7)
2.5 (1.5-4.0)
No
2120
1
1
1
1
Engage in physical fighting (1)
Yes
1420
4.0 (2.4-6.6)
4.4 (2.6-7.3)
2. 4 (1.4-4.2)
4.1 (2.3-7.2)
No
1838
1
1
1
1
Serious Injury (1)
Yes
1044
2.5(1.5-3.9)
2.8 (1.8-4.4)
2. 1 (1.2-3.6)
5.7 (3.1-10.3)
No
1981
1
1
1
1
Bullied in School (2)
Yes
1208
2.3 (1.5-3.6)
2. 6 (1.7-4.2)
1.8 (1.1-3.1)
3.6 (2.1-6.1)
No
1988
1
1
1
1
Felt Lonely (1)
Yes
2021
1.5 (0.9-2.3) *
1.5 (0.9-2. 3)
1.1 (0.6-1.6)
1.2 (0.5-1.3)
No
1229
1
1
1
1
Considered Suicide (1)
Yes
298
2.1 (1.2-3.6)
2.0 (1.1-3.7)
1.3 (0.6-3.1)
2.6 (0.6-3.1)
No
2923
1
1
1
1
Attempted Suicide (1)
Yes
214
3.3 (1.8-6.1)
4.2 (2.4-7.5)
2.7 (1.2-5.7)
6.5 (3.6-11.6)
No
3006
1
1
1
1
Having close Friends
No
180
1.6 (0.7-3.7)
1.3 (0.6-3.3)
2. 1 (0.8-5.1)
1.8 (0.7-4.3)
Yes
3065
1
1
1
1
Parent Tobacco Use
Yes
659
2.2 (1.4-3.4)
2.0 (2.7-6.4)
1.7 (1.1-3.0)
1.5 (0.9-2.5)
No
2589
1
1
1
1
Other activities >3 Hours
>3 Hours
1196
2.1 (1.3-3.2)
1.8(1.2-2.8)
1.8 (1.1-2.9)
1.4 (0.8-2.2)
<3 Hours
2044
1
1
1
1
Parents understood the problems
No
1217
1.6 (0.8-3.3)
1.4 (0.7-2.6)
1.1(0.5-2.4)
1.0(0.5-1.7)
Yes
827
1
1
1
1
Played sports
No
824
1.3 (0.6-.3.0)
1.0(0.5-2.3)
3.3 (0.9-11.0)
1.0 (0.4-2.6)
Yes
532
1
1
1
1
Seeing actors consuming alcohol on TV
Yes
849
3.4 (2.2-5.4)
2.4 (1.6-3.7)
2.9 (1.7-4.9)
2.9 (1.7-4.9)
No
2389
1
1
1
1
Not significant at p=0.05 level, sex matched, and age matched. (1)During last 12 months. (2)During last 30 days.