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Table 2 Multivariate associations between wellbeing, alcohol use and sexual activity in school-children+

From: Wellbeing, alcohol use and sexual activity in young teenagers: findings from a cross-sectional survey in school children in North West England

  

Alcohol use

endpoints

Sexual activity

endpoints

  

Ever drunk alcohol#

N = 3286

Drink often

N = 1096$

Any sexual activity~

N = 679

Sex~~

N = 666

  

Wald

[df]

%

AOR (95% CI)

Wald

[df]

%

AOR (95% CI)

Wald

[df]

%

AOR (95% CI)

Wald

[df]

%

AOR (95% CI)

Gender

Male

1.665

[1]

47

1

0.066

[1]

57

1

3.500

[1]

64

1

4.829

[1]

18

1

 

Female

 

44

0.88 (0.70-1.09)

 

56

0.98 (0.79-1.20)

 

56

0.71 (0.47-1.07)

 

11

0.52 (0.27-1.01)

Age

11

21.732

[3]

33

1

10.618

[3]

56

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

12

 

42

1.44 (1.12-1.85)

 

51

0.80 (0.59-1.08)

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

13

 

59

2.91 (1.75-4.82)

 

59

1.07 (0.85-1.34)

0.175

[1]

59

1

0.294

[1]

13

1

 

14

 

66

3.86 (1.66-8.93)

 

68

1.65 (0.98-2.77)

 

61

1.07 (0.74-1.56)

 

16

1.22 (0.54-2.72)

Alcohol

frequency β

Never

-

-

-

-

-

-

51.288

[3]

28

1

60.447

[3]

4

1

 

Rare

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

63

4.50 (2.18-9.29)

 

7

1.82 (0.64-5.14)

 

Occasional

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

75

6.77 (3.13-14.63)

 

16

4.37 (1.41-13.55)

 

Frequent

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

83

12.68 (5.52-29.12)

 

30

10.84 (4.85-30.53)

WB^ School

is a

nice place

to be

Agree

21.363

[2]

42

1

3.766

[2]

54

1

15.823

[2]

54

1

6.753

[2]

11

1

 

Disagree

 

58

1.53 (1.20-1.95)

 

65

1.40 (0.95-2.07)

 

75

2.56 (1.51-4.33)

 

20

1.86 (0.82-4.23)

 

Don't

know

 

51

1.32 (1.11-1.57)

 

59

1.18 (0.86-1.61)

 

64

1.55 (0.86-2.81)

 

18

1.93 (1.09-3.41)

WB^ You

have a

happy home

life

Agree

29.521

[2]

44

1

7.219

[2]

55

1

5.171

[2]

58

1

2.133

[2]

14

1

 

Disagree

 

56

1.40 (1.03-1.89)

 

70

1.78 (1.10-2.90)

 

68

1.31 (0.53-3.20)

 

21

1.36 (0.81-2.27)

 

Don't

know

 

55

1.39 (1.21-1.59)

 

63

1.37 (0.92-2.05)

 

69

1.81 (1.01-3.27)

 

11

0.83 (0.23-2.98)

  1. + sample for alcohol include school-children in Years 7 to 9 (11 to 14 years); sample for sexual endpoints restricted to Year 9 (13-14 years);
  2. # ever drunk alcohol (a full drink, not just a sip); % = yes;
  3. $ 'drink alcohol often' collapsed into seldom (<once/week); and often (≥once/week). Students reporting 'never' or don't know how often they drink are excluded;
  4. ~ any sexual activity includes kissing, deep kissing, petting, oral sex, sexual intercourse; ~~Sex is limited to oral sex and/or intercourse;
  5. β Alcohol frequency: never, rare (<once/month), occasional (≥once/month or more), frequent (≥once/week);
  6. WB^ selected example wellbeing indicators for school and general wellbeing (see methods);
  7. AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% confidence intervals; CI); 1 = referent.
  8. *The complex sample procedure produced Wald chi-square values with a single degree of freedom [df] value
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