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

Bellis, Mark A; Hughes, Karen; Morleo, Michela; Tocque, Karen; Hughes, Sara; Allen, Tony; Harrison, Dominic; Fe-Rodriguez, Eduardo

doi:10.1186/1747-597X-2-15

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Table 2 Relationships between drinking behaviours and consumers' demographics, methods of accessing alcohol and income

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

		Drinking behaviours¹
		Binge drink			Frequently drink			Drink in public setting			Any drinking Risks			All Drinking Risks
		n (Yes)	%	P	n (Yes)	%	P	n (Yes)	%	P	n (Yes)	%	P	n (Yes)	%	P
Sex	Female	1672	34.6		1002	21.2		2339	50.4		3169	65.7		348	7.7
	Male	1755	41.8	< 0.001	1146	28.1	< 0.001	1998	49.0	0.191	2877	68.5	< 0.01	462	11.7	< 0.001
Age	15	1513	35.9		892	21.8		1904	46.9		2715	64.4		295	7.5
	16	1914	39.8	< 0.001	1256	26.7	< 0.001	2433	52.2	< 0.001	3331	69.2	< 0.001	515	11.3	< 0.001
Deprivation quintile	(Least deprived) 1	873	36.6		539	23.0		1047	45.1		1535	64.4		194	8.5
	2	775	39.2		448	23.3		925	48.6		1339	67.8		154	8.3
	3	515	39.1		325	25.1		639	50.4		879	66.7		128	10.3
	4	767	38.0		509	26.0		1046	53.6		1383	68.5		201	10.6
	(Most deprived) 5	497	37.3	0.38	327	25.3	0.117	680	53.4	< 0.001	910	68.2	< 0.05	133	10.8	< 0.05
Ethnicity	White	3121	38.6		1877	23.8		3869	49.5		5409	67.0		724	9.5
	Black/Black British	25	20.7		19	16.4		51	44.0		63	52.1		2	1.8
	Chinese/Chinese British	15	24.2		14	23.7		21	35.6		31	50.0		5	8.9
	Asian/Asian British	44	30.1		43	30.1		64	49.2		91	62.3		10	7.8
	Mixed Race	83	37.6		58	26.7		133	61.9		168	76.0		26	12.3
	Other	8	27.6	< 0.001	8	30.8	0.143	17	63.0	< 0.005	22	75.9	< 0.001	2	8.3	0.069
Spending money (£/week)	< = 10	951	31.0		454	15.2		1110	37.9		1716	55.9		117	4.1
	11 to 20	1152	42.2		670	25.0		1414	53.4		1927	70.5		280	10.8
	21 to 30	522	45.0		372	32.5		661	58.5		880	75.9		162	14.5
	> 30	628	46.4	< 0.001	494	37.1	< 0.001	861	64.8	< 0.001	1105	81.6	< 0.001	212	16.2	< 0.001
Ever buy alcohol	No	1689	32.1		831	16.3		1739	33.1		2958	56.2		221	4.3
	Yes	1737	50.4	< 0.001	1315	38.8	< 0.001	2596	75.3	< 0.001	3086	89.5	< 0.001	588	17.3	< 0.001
Member of youth club, group or team	No	2070	36.9		1426	26.1		2769	51.0		3796	67.7		530	10.0
	Yes	1317	39.9	< 0.005	686	21.4	< 0.001	1512	47.8	< 0.005	2169	65.8	0.065	268	8.7	< 0.05
Others buying youths alcohol
Parents	No	1948	41.3		1251	27.1		2833	64.0		3550	75.3		522	12.1
	Yes	1479	34.5	< 0.001	897	21.5	< 0.001	1504	35.0	< 0.001	2496	58.2	< 0.001	288	6.9	< 0.001
Older siblings	No	2908	37.0		1803	23.5		3695	48.8		5165	65.7		675	9.2
	Yes	519	45.2	< 0.001	345	30.7	< 0.001	642	56.0	< 0.001	881	76.8	< 0.001	135	12.0	< 0.005
Friends (over 18)	No	2076	34.3		1258	21.4		2464	42.8		3612	59.8		454	8.1
	Yes	1351	45.6	< 0.001	890	30.6	< 0.001	1873	63.2	< 0.001	2434	82.1	< 0.001	356	12.3	< 0.001
Friends (under 18)	No	2662	36.7		1656	23.5		3241	46.6		4647	64.1		605	8.9
	Yes	765	43.5	< 0.001	492	28.4	< 0.001	1096	62.4	< 0.001	1399	79.6	< 0.001	205	11.8	< 0.001
Adult outside shops	No	2998	37.5		1780	22.8		3515	45.6		5123	64.0		663	8.8
	Yes	429	42.6	< 0.005	368	37.2	< 0.001	822	81.7	< 0.001	923	91.7	< 0.001	147	14.9	< 0.001
Take/steal from parents	No	3157	37.9		1916	23.6		3959	49.3		5528	66.4		728	9.3
	Yes	270	39.4	0.44	232	34.8	< 0.001	378	55.2	< 0.005	518	75.6	< 0.001	82	12.3	< 0.05

1 Drinking behaviours are defined as binge drink (usually having five or more alcoholic drinks per session); frequently drink (usually drinking at least two or more days each week) and drink in public settings (including drinking in streets, parks, pubs and clubs and excluding drinking at home, in friends' houses and on special occasions with family and friends). "Any drinking risks" and "all drinking risks" are composite variables calculated as having any one of the three individual risk factors and having all three risk factors respectively. All analyses utilise chi squared.

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