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