Table 2 Changes in the prevalence of past-year use of sedatives-hypnotics from 2014 to 2018 in subgroups stratified by sociodemographic data and substance use among young adults (aged 18–39 years), stratified by sex

Marital status

 Married

718

16

2.40

797

13

1.29

-1.11

11,299

39

3.06

1141

39

3.68

0.62

 Divorced or widowed

80

9

15.06

77

8

13.24

-1.82

88

11

10.97

90

12

11.75

0.78

 Single

2123

55

2.93

2492

50

2.31

-0.62

1598

44

2.39

1913

63

3.48

1.09¶

Education

 >College

1760

44

1.93

2097

41

1.75

-0.18

1846

60

2.87

2161

70

3.27

0.40

 Senior high

958

22

3.55

1083

22

2.36

-1.19

775

28

3.20

822

34

4.20

1.00

 <Junior high

203

14

10.32

186

8

8.23

-2.09

194

6

2.10

161

10

8.69

6.59*

Occupation^a

 Group I

1412

34

2.27

1602

29

1.51

-0.76

1032

44

3.78

1180

42

3.04

-0.74

 Group II

537

14

3.33

524

13

3.13

-0.20

760

25

3.24

904

35

4.38

1.14

 Group III

279

9

5.45

411

8

2.87

-2.58

104

4

3.75

128

6

4.24

0.49

 Group IV

693

23

3.48

829

21

3.04

-0.44

919

21

1.42

932

31

4.21

2.79*

Urbanicity

 Urban

364

11

4.23

535

11

1.82

-2.41*

388

11

1.95

472

18

4.83

2.88*

 Suburban

2094

59

2.79

2266

49

2.46

-0.33

2049

69

3.10

2158

73

3.08

-0.02

 Rural

463

10

2.12

565

11

2.02

-0.10

378

14

4.27

514

23

5.95

1.68

Tobacco use

1003

43

5.44

943

28

3.55

-1.89*

196

22

8.85

202

33

15.95

7.10*

Alcohol use

1846

54

3.44

1932

47

2.59

-0.85

1329

66

3.97

1438

83

5.81

1.84*

Areca nut use

409

22

6.26

427

12

3.39

-2.87¶

21

1

2.69

40

4

4.35

1.66

Prescription analgesic use

175

13

9.23

109

11

9.65

0.42

205

16

5.72

119

14

11.34

5.62