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Table 4 Proportion of youths drinking outside of national consumption guidance by reported consumption and access behaviours

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

  

Excess drinking (%)

Consumption and access

Frequent drinking

Heavy drinking

Unsupervised inside drinking

Yes

26.2

 

65.7

 
 

No

17.2

<0.001

40.1

<0.001

Outside drinking (streets, parks, shops)

Yes

16.1

 

77.8

 
 

No

37.3

<0.001

45.1

<0.001

Parents provide

Yes

19.0

 

47.1

 
 

No

26.1

<0.001

63.3

<0.001

Take from parents

Yes

31.7

 

70.6

 
 

No

21.7

<0.001

53.8

<0.001

Proxy purchase

Yes

38.8

 

78.0

 
 

No

20.4

<0.001

52.2

<0.001

Self-purchase

Yes

39.9

 

80.1

 
 

No

16.6

<0.001

46.8

<0.001

Frequent drinking

Yes

  

90.1

 
 

No

  

44.6

<0.001

Heavy drinking

Yes

36.8

   
 

No

4.9

<0.001