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Table 1 Frequencies of categorical predictors at age 15 and outcomes at age 15 and 18/19 variables.

From: Do 'good values' lead to 'good' health-behaviours? Longitudinal associations between young people's values and later substance-use

Categorical variables

N

Frequency (%)

Sex (miss = 0)

  

   Female

1080

49.18

   Male

1116

50.82

Parental Smoking (miss = 6)

  

   No

547

24.98

   No parent figure

32

1.46

   Yes

1,611

73.56

Social Class (miss = 161)

  

   Manual

1,069

52.53

   Non-manual

966

47.47

Family structure (miss = 0)

  

   2-parent

1571

71.54

   1-parent,

351

15.98

   reconstituted

224

10.20

   other

50

2.28

Religion (miss = 277)

  

   Protestant

813

42.37

   Roman Catholic

653

34.03

   Muslim/Islam

48

2.50

   Other (Baptist, Jewish, etc)

112

5.84

   None/Atheist/Agnostic

293

15.27

Risk taking (miss = 11)

  

   Very true

205

9.38

   True

1,188

54.37

   Untrue or very untrue

792

36.25

Substance-use outcomes (moderate)

  

Smoking*, age 15 (miss = 2)

559

25.48

Smoking*, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

350

28.78

Weekly alcohol, age 15 (miss = 8)

547

25.00

Weekly alcohol, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

570

46.88

Illegal drugs, ever, age 15 (miss = 5)

882

40.26

Illegal drugs, ever, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

679

55.84

Substance-use outcomes (severe)

  

Regularly smoke**, age 15 (miss = 2)

481

21.92

Regularly smoke**, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

291

23.93

Drink most days, age 15 (miss = 8)

69

3.15

Drink most days, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

70

5.76

Illegal drugs, weekly use, age 15 (miss = 5)

265

12.09

Illegal drugs, weekly use, age 18/19 (miss = 980)

154

12.66

  1. *Occasional or regular smoking; ** regular smoking
  2. miss = missing values
  3. Note: 94 cases had missing values on the eight values factors, 145 on the area deprivation score and 1 case on the low parental care and control scales.