Advances in Public Health

Research Article

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)
Age	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)
Sex	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)
Physically attacked ⁽¹⁾	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)
Engage in physical fighting ⁽¹⁾	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)
Serious Injury ⁽¹⁾	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)
Bullied in School ⁽²⁾	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)
Felt Lonely ⁽¹⁾	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)
Considered Suicide ⁽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)
Attempted Suicide ⁽¹⁾	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)
Having close Friends	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)
Parent Tobacco Use	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)
Other activities >3 Hours	<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)
Parents understood the problems	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)
Played sports	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)
Seeing actors consuming alcohol on TV	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.