Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Health Behaviours among University Students: The Predictive and Moderating Role of Gender

Table 2

Statistical frequencies (%) of risk behaviors (smoke, alcohol, and taking chemical substances) between men and women.

	Total (N = 1214)		Men (N = 597)		Women (N = 617)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Smoking
no	641	52.8	157	26.3	484	78.4
yes	326	26.9	246	41.2	80	13.0
undecided	247	20.3	194	32.5	53	08.6
Alcohol drinking
no	291	24.0	108	18.1	183	29.7
yes	598	49.3	332	55.6	266	43.1
undecided	325	26.8	157	26.3	168	27.2
Taking chemical substances
no	280	23.1	129	21.6	151	24.5
yes	742	61.1	368	61.6	374	60.6
undecided	192	15.8	100	16.8	92	14.9

Notes. calculated in Chi-square test. < 0.001 (two-sided); < 0.01 (two-sided); < 0.05 (two-sided) between men and women.
Taking chemical substances – taking chemical substances which might injure health (e.g., food additives, drugs, and stimulants).
Yes: agree and strongly agree, No: disagree and strongly disagree, and Undecided: neither agree or disagree.