Table 4 Sex-specific and age-adjusted proportions of alcohol consumption and marijuana use by ethnicity
From: Determinants of alcohol consumption and marijuana use among young adults in the Republic of Palau
Ethnicity | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Palauans | Non-Palauans | P for difference | Palauans | Non-Palauans | P for difference | |
(n = 151) | (n = 23) | (n = 155) | (n = 23) | |||
Alcohol consumption | ||||||
Ever consumed, % | 94.3 | 85.6 | 0.13 | 79.4 | 34.4 | <0.001*** |
Consumed alcohol during the past 12 months, % | 84.2 | 60.0 | 0.007** | 61.4 | 29.7 | 0.004** |
Frequency of alcohol consumption during the past 12 months, % | 0.37 | 0.94 | ||||
Daily | 2.2 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | ||
5–6 days per week | 5.5 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | ||
1–4 days per week | 20.5 | 26.3 | 6.5 | 8.6 | ||
1–3 days per month | 35.2 | 16.7 | 28.5 | 3.6 | ||
Less than once a month | 36.6 | 59.8 | 63.7 | 87.9 | ||
Consumed alcohol during the past 30 days, % | 70.6 | 40.6 | 0.005** | 38.8 | 16.6 | 0.04* |
Marijuana use | ||||||
Lifetime marijuana use, % | 0.02* | 0.09 | ||||
Non | 20.0 | 47.1 | 43.9 | 69.4 | ||
1 or 2 times | 21.4 | 20.4 | 23.2 | 8.9 | ||
3 or more times | 58.6 | 32.5 | 32.9 | 21.7 | ||
Marijuana use during the past 30 days, % | 0.78 | 0.88 | ||||
No | 67.0 | 68.9 | 80.7 | 78.2 | ||
Yes | 31.1 | 33.0 | 21.8 | 19.3 | ||