Table 3 Prevalence of cocaine, other illicit psychoactive drug and novel psychoactive substance use among male and female adolescent gamblers (ESTUDES 2018/2019–2021) according to sociodemographic data, internet-videogame use and perceived risk and availability.
Cocaine | Other illicit psychoactive drugs | Novel psychoactive substances | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018/2019 (n = 347) | 2021 (n = 160) | P value | 2018/2019 (n = 534) | 2021 (n = 230) | P value | 2018/2019 (n = 287) | 2021 (n = 131) | P value | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||
Age | 14–16 | 182 (5.67) | 66 (4.82) | 0.179 | 298 (9.29) | 105 (7.70) | 0.213 | 176 (5.48) | 68 (5.00) | 0.874 |
17–18 | 165 (7.10) | 94 (8.81) | 0.858 | 236 (10.17) | 125 (11.76) | 0.766 | 111 (4.79) | 62 (5.83) | 0.922 | |
Sex | Male | 276 (6.47) | 139 (7.28) | 0.575 | 423 (9.91) | 195 (10.22) | 0.338 | 219 (5.13) | 106 (5.53) | 0.893 |
Female | 70 (5.59) | 21 (3.94) | 0.45 | 111 (8.84) | 35 (6.74) | 0.589 | 68 (5.37) | 25 (4.75) | 0.902 | |
Country of birth | Spain | 285 (5.69) | 138 (6.09) | 0.893 | 456 (9.11) | 202 (8.93) | 0.54 | 238 (4.76) | 113 (5.00) | 0.998 |
Other | 61 (11.94) | 19 (11.97) | 0.196 | 75 (14.66) | 28 (17.13) | 0.409 | 47 (9.14) | 17 (10.79) | 0.638 | |
Parents’ employment status | Both unemployed | 13 (9.22) | 9 (12.22) | 0.312 | 14 (9.45) | 11 (15.52) | 0.763 | 9 (6.12) | 6 (8.60) | 0.463 |
One employed | 119 (6.45) | 52 (6.03) | 0.258 | 183 (9.95) | 77 (8.93) | 0.612 | 109 (5.91) | 44 (5.13) | 0.706 | |
Both employed | 201 (5.84) | 83 (6.07) | 0.896 | 322 (9.37) | 118 (8.69) | 0.188 | 153 (4.46) | 71 (5.23) | 0.674 | |
Parents’ education level | No formal | 12 (12.34) | 7 (25.88) | 0.852 | 9 (9.44) | 5 (19.37) | 0.778 | 10 (10.51) | 4 (15.33) | 0.778 |
Primary school | 19 (7.56) | 2 (1.86) | 0.028 | 21 (8.28) | 5 (5.72) | 0.33 | 8 (3.17) | 2 (2.63) | 0.332 | |
Secondary school | 150 (6.37) | 65 (6.69) | 0.922 | 246 (10.45) | 93 (9.54) | 0.49 | 97 (4.14) | 63 (6.47) | 0.065 | |
Higher education | 124 (5.31) | 66 (6.12) | 0.932 | 215 (9.15) | 97 (8.96) | 0.281 | 132 (5.64) | 46 (4.20) | 0.301 | |
Monthly family income | Above average | 94 (9.16) | 28 (6.94) | 0.034 | 142 (13.78) | 48 (11.83) | 0.053 | 91 (8.82) | 27 (6.82) | 0.11 |
Around average | 224 (5.29) | 118 (6.26) | 0.85 | 359 (8.48) | 163 (8.66) | 0.919 | 179 (4.22) | 97 (5.18) | 0.196 | |
Below average | 28 (12.26) | 10 (8.47) | 0.899 | 32 (14.34) | 13 (11.34) | 0.517 | 16 (7.04) | 6 (5.01) | 0.22 | |
Size of town or city | < 10,000 habitants | 54 (7.03) | 19 (8.82) | 0.83 | 80 (10.49) | 30 (13.69) | 0.302 | 44 (5.78) | 14 (6.25) | 0.766 |
> 10,000 habitants | 293 (6.15) | 140 (6.34) | 0.503 | 454 (9.53) | 201 (9.06) | 0.149 | 243 (5.09) | 117 (5.28) | 0.906 | |
Type of videogame user | None | 112 (5.89) | 65 (8.87) | 0.067 | 171 (8.99) | 70 (9.57) | 0.62 | 95 (5.00) | 48 (6.54) | 0.316 |
Recreational Videogame player | 95 (6.79) | 33 (4.80) | 0.018 | 137 (9.81) | 63 (9.21) | 0.203 | 73 (5.21) | 33 (4.79) | 0.819 | |
Esport spectator | 20 (10.27) | 7 (5.31) | 0.061 | 20 (9.84) | 13 (9.64) | 0.499 | 15 (7.45) | 10 (7.74) | 0.749 | |
Esport player | 119 (5.89) | 55 (6.19) | 0.734 | 206 (10.18) | 85 (9.58) | 0.339 | 104 (5.13) | 40 (4.47) | 0.308 | |
Internet gaming disorder | No | 276 (5.68) | 136 (6.42) | 0.754 | 443 (9.10) | 189 (8.89) | 0.203 | 219 (4.50) | 107 (5.05) | 0.736 |
Yes | 71 (10.68) | 23 (7.58) | 0.134 | 91 (13.79) | 42 (13.54) | 0.888 | 68 (10.26) | 23 (7.55) | 0.181 | |
Compulsive internet use | No | 138 (8.14) | 69 (8.21) | 0.109 | 206 (12.17) | 99 (11.78) | 0.064 | 126 (7.47) | 54 (6.5) | 0.209 |
Yes | 209 (5.45) | 91 (5.71) | 0.936 | 328 (8.55) | 132 (8.27) | 0.793 | 160 (4.18) | 76 (4.77) | 0.606 | |
Perceived availability | Impossible/very difficult to obtain | 84 (3.91) | 43 (3.88) | 0.412 | 252 (9.78) | 127 (9.76) | 0.858 | NA | NA | NA |
Easy/very easy to obtain | 220 (14.26) | 102 (17.58) | 0.347 | 210 (20.57) | 77 (20.27) | 0.438 | NA | NA | NA | |
Perceived health risk for consumption | No/few problems | 57 (25.76) | 16 (15.36) | 0.009 | 48 (24.72) | 18 (20.1) | 0.305 | NA | NA | NA |
Quite a few/many problems | 247 (5.27) | 128 (6.17) | 0.878 | 424 (8.99) | 189 (9.01) | 0.271 | NA | NA | NA | |
