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Table 1 Alcohol drinking, the age of initiation, frequency of drinking and the parent’s attitude to alcohol drinking among adolescents in Poland stratified by sex

From: Smoking, alcohol consumption, and illicit substances use among adolescents in Poland

 

Sex

 

p

female

male

total

n

%

n

%

N

%

The age of initiation

Below the age of 8 years

15

5,19

40

16,26

55

10,28

Z = 4,71

< 0,001

8–10 years of age

18

6,23

17

6,91

35

6,54

11–12 years of age

36

12,46

40

16,26

76

14,21

13–14 years of age

52

17,99

46

18,70

98

18,32

15–16 years of age

12

4,15

13

5,28

25

4,67

17 years of age

0

0,00

2

0,81

2

0,37

Never drank alcohol

156

53,98

88

35,77

244

45,61

Total

289

100,00

246

100,00

535

100,00

Current alcohol drinking

I don’t drink alcohol

206

71,28

136

55,28

342

63,93

χ2(1, N = 535) = 14,74

< 0,001

I drink alcohol

83

28,72

110

44,72

193

36,07

Total

289

100,00

246

100,00

535

100,00

Frequency of alcohol drinking [referred only to those, who declared alcohol drinking]

daily

8

9,64

23

20,91

31

16,06

Z = 3,35

0,001

4 times a week

1

1,20

8

7,27

9

4,66

2 times a week

3

3,61

6

5,45

9

4,66

Once a week

1

1,20

5

4,55

6

3,11

Once a month

2

2,41

3

2,73

5

2,59

Occasionally

68

81,93

65

59,09

133

68,91

Total

83

100,00

110

100,00

193

100,00

parental attitude to alcohol drinking [referred only to those, who declared alcohol drinking]

Accept on family celebrations

23

27,71

26

23,85

49

25,52

χ2(2, N = 192) = 0,54

0,797

Accept

4

4,82

7

6,42

11

5,73

Don’t accept

56

67,47

76

69,72

132

68,75

Total

83

100,00

109

100,00

192

100,00

  1. Differences between female and male were analysed using either U Mann-Whitney test or Pearson chi-square test. (Those, who currently do not drink alcohol could have the history of alcohol drinking in the past)