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Table 3 Conditional logistic regression analyses predicting drinking, accessing alcohol without supervision and engaging in risky drinking practices

From: A cross-sectional survey of compliance with national guidance for alcohol consumption by children: measuring risk factors, protective factors and social norms for excessive and unsupervised drinking

  

All

Drinkers only

   

Unsupervised consumption and access

Excess drinking

  

Drink alcohol

Unsupervised inside drinking

Outside drinking (streets, parks, shops)

Self-purchase

Take from parents

Proxy purchase

Frequent drinking§

Heavy drinking§

n (% yes)

11,879 (82.3%)

9,720 (57.4%)

9,720 (29.8%)

9,549 (25.5%)

9,549 (8.5%)

9,549 (11.9%)

9,766 (22.4%)

9,664 (54.7%)

  

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Age

15

Ref*

Ref*

ns

Ref***

ns

Ref*

Ref*

Ref***

 

16

1.13(1.02-1.25)

1.11(1.01-1.21)

 

1.51(1.37-1.67)

 

0.83(0.73-0.96)

1.12(1.01-1.24)

1.29 (1.18-1.41)

Sex

Female

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

ns

Ref**

Ref***

Ref***

Ref*

 

Male

0.55(0.49-0.61)

0.69(0.63-0.75)

1.23(1.11-1.36)

 

0.80(0.68-0.93)

1.36(1.18-1.56)

1.43(1.28-1.59)

1.11(1.02-1.22)

Deprivation IMD^ score

< = 10 (affluent)

Ref***

Ref**

ns

ns

Ref**

Ref**

Ref**

ns

 

>10-20

0.92(0.78-1.08)

0.88(0.78-1.00)

  

0.79(0.64-0.98)

1.04(0.84-1.30)

0.93(0.79-1.08)

 
 

>20-30

0.73(0.61-0.88)

0.89(0.76-1.04)

  

0.87(0.674-1.12)

1.13(0.88-1.45)

1.05(0.87-1.25)

 
 

>30-40

0.65(0.54-0.78)

0.75(0.63-0.88)

  

0.53(0.39-0.73)

1.28(0.99-1.66)

0.90(0.74-1.09)

 
 

>40 (poor)

0.57(0.48-0.66)

0.81(0.71-0.92)

  

0.87(0.70-1.09)

1.50(1.18-1.81)

1.20(1.03-1.41)

 

Expendable income

> = £10

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

ns

Ref*

Ref***

Ref***

 

£11-20

1.53(1.36-1.73)

1.50(1.34-1.67)

1.28(1.13-1.45)

1.45(1.27-1.65)

 

1.14(0.96-1.36)

1.32(1.16-1.50)

1.49(1.34-1.67)

 

£21-30

2.04(1.70-2.44)

1.45(1.27-1.67)

1.23(1.05-1.44)

2.34(2.01-2.73)

 

1.17(0.94-1.46)

1.63(1.39-1.92)

1.82(1.58-2.10)

 

>£30

2.94(2.47-3.49)

1.63(1.45-1.85)

1.55(1.36-1.77)

3.07(2.69-3.50)

 

1.35(1.13-1.63)

2.05(1.78-2.35)

2.43(2.14-2.76)

Hobby

No

Ref**

ns

Ref ***

ns

ns

ns

Ref***

Ref***

/Sport

Yes

1.17(1.05-1.30)

 

0.78(0.70-0.86)

   

0.77(0.68-0.86)

0.76(0.69-0.84)

Parents

No

 

Ref*

Ref***

Ref***

ns

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Provide

Yes

 

0.91(0.83-0.99)

0.44(0.39-0.48)

0.48(0.44-0.53)

 

0.37(0.31-0.43)

0.79(0.71-0.88)

0.59(0.54-0.65)

Peer

No

 

Ref***

Ref**

ns

Ref**

ns

Ref**

ns

Pressure

Yes

 

1.57(1.41-1.74)

1.20(1.05-1.32)

 

1.25(1.06-1.47)

 

0.81(0.72-0.92)

 

Boredom

No

 

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

Ref***

 

Yes

 

1.31(1.18-1.46)

3.72(3.34-4.15)

1.50(1.34-1.67)

1.94(1.65-2.27)

3.33(2.90-3.82)

2.68(2.39-3.00)

2.94(2.63-3.29)

  1. Logistic regression techniques used a backwards conditional model. This method also controlled for local authority of school (n = 21). Local Authority AORs have not been displayed due to space but were significant for all outcome measures. § drinking frequently = >1 session/week; drinking heavily = drink ≥5 drinks/session ≥1 per month. ^IMD = Index of multiple deprivation. AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio. Ref = Reference category. 95% CI = 95% confidence intervals. ns = Not significant. Reported P values are * <0.05 ** <0.01 *** <0.001. Comparator groups for dependent variables in unsupervised consumption and access are, respectively, drinkers who do not: typically drink unsupervised inside; typically drink outside (in streets, parks and shops); buy their own alcohol; take alcohol from their parents without permission or; proxy purchase. For frequent drinking the reference group is drinkers who do not drink >1 session/week and for heavy drinking, drinkers who do not drink ≥5 drinks/session ≥1 per month.
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