Assessment of Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials and Substance Abuse among High-School Adolescents in North Shewa Zone: Application of Logistic Regression Analysis

Table 3

Major motivations and reasons to use substances.

	N	%
Basic motivations to use drugs
Peer pressure	30	9.1
Availability of drugs	29	9
Academic failure	41	13.4
Dissatisfaction with the school environment	36	11.7
Having biological relatives with drug abuse	39	12.4
Unhappiness at home	42	13.4
To cope with various life challenges	47	15.1
To experience pleasure	58	18.8
To socialize	69	22.5
Major reason for khat chewing
To pass the time	20	30.8
To stay awake	8	12.3
To socialize	9	13.8
Being addicted	11	16.9
Others	17	26.2
Major reason for using alcohol
To pass the time	34	27.2
Depression	8	6.4
To forget problems	13	10.4
To socialize	17	13.6
Being addicted	10	8
Others	43	34.4