Table 2 Alcohol Use among Adolescent Boys and Young Men by School-going Status and Age Category
From: Alcohol use and associated factors among adolescent boys and young men in Kampala, Uganda
Total | School Status | Chi (-p-) [φ] or [φc] | Age Category | Chi (-p-) [φ] or [φc] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | In n = 1869 (%) | Out n = 631 (%) | 10–14 n = 483 (%) | 15–19 n = 1182 (%) | 20–24 n = 835 (%) | |||
Ever consumed any alcohol | ||||||||
No | 1729 (69.2) | 1426 (76.3) | 303 (48.0) | 176.9 (< 0.05) [φ = 0.27] | 458 (94.8) | 865 (73.2) | 406 (48.6) | 323.2 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.36] |
Yes | 771 (30.8) | 443 (23.7) | 328 (52.0) | 25 (5.2) | 317 (26.8) | 429 (51.4) | ||
Consumed alcohol within past 12 months | ||||||||
No | 2040 (81.6) | 1624 (86.9) | 416 (65.9) | 8.2 (0.004) [φ = 0.10] | 468 (96.9) | 1026 (86.8) | 546 (65.4) | 24.9 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.18] |
Yes | 460 (18.4) | 245 (13.1) | 215 (34.1) | 15 (3.1) | 156 (13.2) | 289 (34.6) | ||
Consumed any alcohol in past 30 days | ||||||||
No | 2238 (89.5) | 1745 (93.4) | 493 (78.1) | 116.7 (< 0.05) [φ = 0.22] | 477 (98.8) | 1104 (93.4) | 657 (78.7) | 167.4 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.26] |
Yes | 262 (10.5) | 124 (6.6) | 138 (21.9) | 6 (1.2) | 78 (6.6) | 178 (21.3) | ||
Number of alcohol advertisements seen on TV in past 30 days | ||||||||
A lot | 1244 (49.8) | 902 (48.3) | 342 (54.2) | 7.8 (0.020) [φc = 0.06] | 215 (44.5) | 594 (50.3) | 435 (52.1) | 11.6 (0.020) [φc = 0.05] |
None | 376 (15.1) | 282 (15.1) | 94 (14.9) | 93 (19.2) | 164 (13.9) | 119 (14.2) | ||
A few | 880 (35.2) | 685 (36.7) | 195 (30.9) | 175 (36.2) | 424 (35.9) | 281 (33.7) | ||
Parents or guardians that drink alcohol | ||||||||
Neither/ I don’t know | 1598 (63.9) | 1211 (64.0) | 387 (61.3) | 3.8 (0.287) [φc = 0.04] | 339 (70.2) | 742 (62.8) | 517 (61.9) | 13.6 (0.035) [φc = 0.05] |
Father or male guardian | 525 (21.0) | 376 (20.1) | 149 (23.6) | 82 (17.0) | 266 (22.5) | 177 (21.2) | ||
Mother or female guardian | 173 (6.9) | 131 (7.0) | 42 (6.7) | 28 (5.8) | 85 (7.2) | 60 (7.2) | ||
Both | 204 (8.2) | 151 (8.1) | 53 (8.4) | 34 (7.0) | 89 (7.5) | 81 (9.7) | ||
Any siblings that drink alcohol | ||||||||
No | 1900 (76.4) | 1492 (79.8) | 417 (66.1) | 49.4 (< 0.05) [φ = 0.14] | 444 (91.9) | 936 (79.2) | 529 (63.4) | 148.3 (< 0.05) [φc=] |
Yes | 591 (23.6) | 377 (20.2) | 214 (33.9) | 39 (8.1) | 246 (20.8) | 306 (36.6) | ||
Number of friends that drink alcohol | ||||||||
None | 1055 (42.2) | 945 (50.6) | 110 (17.4) | 244.6 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.31] | 398 (82.4) | 527 (44.6) | 130 (15.6) | 626.8 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.24] |
Some/ A few | 1043 (41.7) | 706 (37.8) | 337 (53.4) | 76 (15.7) | 520 (44.0) | 447 (53.5) | ||
Most | 346 (13.8) | 194 (10.4) | 152 (24.1) | 8 (1.7) | 120 (10.2) | 218 (26.1) | ||
All | 56 (2.2) | 24 (1.3) | 32 (5.1) | 1 (0.2) | 15 (1.3) | 40 (4.8) | ||
Possess items with alcohol brand logo | ||||||||
No | 2231 (89.2) | 1771 (91.6) | 520 (82.4) | 41.0 (< 0.05) [φ = 0.13] | 465 (96.3) | 1068 (90.4) | 698 (83.6) | 54.1 (< 0.05) [φc = 0.15] |
Yes | 269 (10.8) | 158 (8.4) | 111 (17.6) | 18 (3.7) | 114 (9.6) | 137 (16.4) | ||