Predictors of risky alcohol consumption in schoolchildren and their implications for preventing alcohol-related harm

Table 1 General sample characteristics and comparisons between those that do and do not consume alcohol

			Drink alcohol
	All		No		Yes		Statistic
	n	%	n	%	n	%	Chi Square	P
Sex
Female	5366	52.2	515	9.6	4826	90.4
Male	4905	47.8	676	13.9	4203	86.1	43.96	< 0.001
Age
15	4834	47.1	593	12.3	4217	87.7
16	5437	52.9	598	11.1	4812	88.9	4.02	< 0.05
North West deprivation quintile
(Least deprived) 1	2560	24.9	172	6.7	2384	93.3
2	2324	22.6	338	14.6	1975	85.4
3	1472	14.3	148	10.1	1317	89.9
4	2354	22.9	317	13.6	2019	86.4
(Most deprived) 5	1561	15.2	216	13.9	1334	86.1	99.48	< 0.001
Ethnicity
White	8606	87.5	507	5.9	8077	94.1
Black/Black British	151	1.5	26	17.7	121	82.3
Chinese/Chinese British	84	0.9	22	26.2	62	73.8
Asian/Asian British	701	7.1	546	78.9	146	21.1
Mixed Race	239	2.4	17	7.1	221	92.9
Other	49	0.5	19	39.6	29	60.4	3389.43	< 0.001
Spending money (£/week)
< = 10	3633	38.7	546	15.1	3070	84.9
11 to 20	3047	32.4	307	10.1	2733	89.9
21 to 30	1247	13.3	85	6.8	1160	93.2
> 30	1470	15.6	111	7.6	1354	92.4	102.27	< 0.001
Ever buy alcohol
No	6450	65.2	1191	18.5	5259	81.5
Yes	3449	34.8	0	0.0	3449	100	723.97	< 0.001
Member of youth club, group or team
No	6411	63.4	774	12.1	5608	87.9
Yes	3706	36.3	397	10.7	3297	89.3	4.34	< 0.05

Analyses utilise chi squared. Samples sizes vary slightly between analyses due to some respondents not completing all questions.

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