Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) Dependence Potential and Pattern of Use in Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study group and comparison between daily and nondaily users of Khat based on demographic variables.

	Khat users						Chi-squared value, , ( value)
	Daily user		Nondaily user		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Gender
Male	247	41.8	344	58.2	603	99.8	NA
Female	0	0	1	0.3	1	0.2
Marital status
Married	198	53.7	171	46.3	379	62.9	69.8 (0.00)
Single	37	18.2	166	81.8	205	34.0
Divorcee	11	57.9	8	42.1	19	3.2
Education level
Illiterate	11	64.7	6	35.3	17	2.8	27.4 (0.00)
Primary	14	58.3	10	41.7	25	4.2
Intermediate	68	55.3	55	44.7	125	20.8
Secondary	89	31.8	191	68.2	285	47.5
University	64	44.1	81	55.9	148	24.7
Occupation
Unemployed	18	31.6	39	68.4	58	9.7	63.5 (0.00)
Student	6	7.1	78	92.9	84	14.0
Employee	177	51.2	169	48.8	355	59.3
Worker	12	27.9	31	72.1	43	7.2
Teacher	31	54.4	26	45.6	59	9.8
Nationality
Saudi	225	42.7	302	57.3	538	93.4	0.06 (0.806)
Non-Saudi	17	44.7	21	55.3	38	6.6
Age (years)
Less than 15	1	25.0	3	75.0	4	0.7	210.8 (0.00)
15 to 20	4	11.8	30	88.2	34	5.6
21 to 25	11	8.7	115	91.3	128	21.2
26 to 35	39	22.9	131	77.1	176	29.1
36 to 42	125	70.6	52	29.4	180	29.8
More than 42	67	82.7	14	17.3	82	13.6
Residence
Rural	72	52.2	66	47.8	138	22.9	8.13 (0.00)
Urban	174	38.5	278	61.5	464	77.1

NA: not applicable (due to violation of chi-squared test assumption and the low number of female participants).