Prevalence of Khat (Catha edulis) Chewing and Its Determinants: A Respondent-Driven Survey from Hossana, Ethiopia

Figures & data

Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population (n=1700)

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Male	1307	76.8
Female	393	23.1
Age
20–29	798	46.9
30–39	641	37.7
40+ (Forty years and above)	261	15.3
Religion
Orthodox	135	7.9
Protestant	165	9.7
Catholic	150	8.8
Muslim	1188	69.9
Others*	62	3.7
Education
Primarily Educated (up to 8th Grade)	887	52.1
9th–12th Grade	133	7.8
Graduate and Postgraduate	97	5.7
Uneducated	583	34.2
Living with
Parents	1638	96.3
Friends	0	0.0
Relatives	29	1.7
Alone	33	1.9
Residence
Rural	962	56.5
Urban	638	43.4

Note: *Others include those who did not reveal their religious identity.

Table 2 Logistic Regression Model Estimates of Risk Factors of Study Participants for Chewing Khat (n = 1700)

Variable	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Sex
Male	1.24 (0.98–1.57)	0.002	3.48 (2.16–5.61)	˂0.001
Female	1.00		1.00
Age
20–29	1.01 (0.81–1.23)	0.060	1.05 (0.65–1.70)	0.013
30–39	1.00		1.00
˃ 40	1.89 (0.75–1.34)	˂0.001	1.36 (0.84–2.21)	0.012
Education
1–8	0.99 (0.68–1.44)	0.061	0.88 (1.19–4.02)	0.008
9–12	1.00
Diploma	1.00 (0.53–1.33)	0.133	1.02 (0.97–2.12)	0.003
Graduate and above	0.98	0.651	2.05 (1.19–2.36)	0.153
Religion
Orthodox	1.01 (0.64–1.61)	0.094	1.01 (0.64–1.61)	0.043
Protestant	1.00
Catholic	1.07 (0.64–1.57)	0.097	1.14 (0.72–0.96)	0.853
Muslim	1.93 (0.72–3.15)	0.003	2.37 (1.58–4.32)	˂0.001
Other*	0.74 (0.53–0.98)	0.081	0.34 (0.12–0.72)	0.521
Living
Parents	2.27 (1.73–3.48)	˂0.001	3.12 (2.11–4.75)	˂0.001
Relatives	1.00
Residence
Rural	0.99 (0.82–1.21)	0.091	1.15 (0.57–2.34)	0.05
Urban	1.00

Note: *Others include those who did not reveal their religious identity.