Substance Use and Associated Factors among University Students in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Factors associated with substance use at least once in life time among students in Haramaya University, April 2013.

Variables	Substance use		COR, 95% CI	AOR, 95% CI	𝑃 value
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	524	253	2.38 (1.78, 3.19)	3.11 (2.20, 4.39)	<0.001
Female	114	131	1	1
Religion
Orthodox	364	154	1
Muslim	154	91	0.72 (0.52, 0.99)	0.62 (0.44, 0.87)	0.06
Protestant	86	128	0.28 (0.20, 0.40)	0.25 (0.17, 0.36)	<0.001
Others*	34	11	1.31 (0.65, 2.65)	0.93 (0.44, 1.99)	0.860
Marital status
Never married	567	361	1
Ever married	71	23	1.97 (1.21, 3.20)	1.92 (1.12, 3.30)	0.017
Year of study
1st year	213	139	1
2nd year	157	108	0.95 (0.69, 1.31)	0.83 (0.58, 1.19)	0.307
3rd year	175	74	1.54 (1.09, 2.18)	1.48 (1.01, 2.16)	0.045
4th year and above	93	63	0.96 (0.66, 1.42)	1.22 (0.79, 1.88)	0.365
High school
Public high school	565	309	1
Nonpublic high school	73	75	0.53 (0.38, 0.76)	0.76 (0.50, 1.14)	0.178
Depression
Nondepressed	417	331	1
Depressed	221	53	3.31 (2.37, 4.62)	3.30 (2.31, 4.72)	<0.001

∗Others faiths include Catholic, Jehovah Witness, and traditional.