Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Club Drug Use among Secondary Vocational Students in China

Jincong Yu, Qingfeng Wu, Yuqin Wu, Jiang Li, Qinxuan Wu, Huiping Cao and Zengzhen Wang
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Jincong Yu: Psychological Health Education and Counseling Center, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
Qingfeng Wu: School of Public Health and Health Management, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
Yuqin Wu: School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
Jiang Li: Chongqing Health Statistics Information Center, Chongqing 401120, China
Qinxuan Wu: Guangdong Province Technician College of Light Industry, Guangzhou 510315, China
Huiping Cao: Zhaoqing Secondary Vocational School of Science and Technology, Zhaoqing 526020, China
Zengzhen Wang: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-11

Abstract: To understand the prevalence of and factors associated with club drug use among Chinese secondary vocational students, a nationally representative survey was conducted. The multistage cluster sampling strategy was employed to select participants. A total of 9469 students from eleven secondary vocational schools in five cities completed self-reported questionnaires, which included information on club drug use, sociodemographic variables, individual factors, as well as peer and family related factors. The data were separately analyzed with Poisson regression models for female and male students. The overall lifetime prevalence of club drug use was 2.7% (258/9469), and male students had higher prevalence than female students (3.5% vs. 1.9%, p < 0.001). Female and male students shared four risk factors (i.e., having ever smoked, perceiving social benefit expectancies, peer drug using and perceiving peer’s approval of drug use) and one protective factor (i.e., having medium or high levels of refusal skills) for club drug use. Moreover, family drug using and having a part-time job were two additionally independent risk factors for club drug use among male students. These findings indicate that the problem of club drug use among Chinese secondary vocational students is worthy of attention. The prevention of club drug use should address multiple risks and protective factors on individual, peer and family levels.

Keywords: club drug use; prevalence; associated factors; secondary vocational students; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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