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Table 1 Distribution of 5th and 7th graders according to sociodemographic data, drug use (alcohol, binge drinking, tobacco and marijuana) and allocation group in the cluster randomized controlled trial of the PROERD program, according to baseline. Brazil, 2019 (N = 4,030; 1,727 5th and 2,303 7th graders)

From: Implementation fidelity of a Brazilian drug use prevention program and its effect among adolescents: a mixed-methods study

 

Total

Intervention

Control

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

5th grade students (N = 1,727)

(N = 801)

(N = 926)

Gender

      

Male

882

51.07

432

53.93

450

48.60

Female

845

48.93

369

46.07

476

51.40

Age (mean ± SD)

10.12 ± 0.65

10.10 ± 0.68

10.14 ± 0.61

SES a

      

A

117

9.00

49

7.94

68

9.96

B

447

34.38

224

36.30

223

32.65

C

646

49.69

309

50.08

337

49.34

D-E

90

6.92

35

5.67

55

8.05

Alcohol

      

Past year Use

161

9.36

81

10.18

80

8.65

Binge drinking

      

Past year Use

20

1.16

9

1.13

11

1.19

Tobacco

      

Past year Use

12

0.70

6

0.75

6

0.65

Marijuana

      

Past year Use

4

0.23

1

0.13

3

0.33

7th grade students (N = 2,303)

(N = 1,200)

(N = 1,103)

Gender

      

Male

1,187

51.54

621

51.75

566

51.31

Female

1,116

48.46

579

48.25

537

48.69

Age (mean ± SD)

12.28 ± 0.72

12.28 ± 0.74

12.27 ± 0.71

SES a

      

A

130

5.71

74

6.25

56

5.12

B

773

33.93

416

35.14

357

32.63

C

1,222

53.64

629

53.13

593

54.20

D-E

153

6.72

65

5.49

88

8.04

Alcohol

      

Past year Use

442

19.26

234

19.57

208

18.93

Binge drinking

      

Past year Use

132

5.77

71

5.95

61

5.58

Tobacco

      

Past year Use

36

1.57

20

1.67

16

1.46

Marijuana

      

Past year Use

41

1.79

22

1.84

19

1.73

Inhalants

      

Past year Use

57

2.49

31

2.60

26

2.37

Cocaine

      

Past year Use

2

0.09

0

-

2

0.18

  1. a SES: Socioeconomic status according to ABEP Scale – A (45 to 100 points), B (29 to 44 points), C (17 to 28 points) and D/E (0–16 points), where A is the highest and E the lowest