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Table 4 Alcohol frequency in the Oslo youth population, 15-16-year-olds, by country background and gender

From: Low level of alcohol drinking among two generations of non-Western immigrants in Oslo: a multi-ethnic comparison

Country background

Drinking weekly

Drinking monthly

Drinking seldom

Never drunk alcohol

Total

N

Two Norwegian parents

21

34

32

12

100

4588

 Males

21

33

32

14

100

2241

 Females

22

35

32

11

100

2340

One Norwegian parent

22

33

33

12

100

804

 Males

23

35

28

14

100

409

 Females

20

31

38

10

100

391

The Islamic Republic of Iran

12

19

32

37

100

93

 Males

14

23

21

42

100

43

 Females

10

16

42

32

100

50

Turkey

4

10

15

70

100

105

 Males

7

15

20

59

100

46

 Females

2

7

12

79

100

58

Pakistan

1

4

6

89

100

559

 Males

2

6

10

82

100

287

 Females

0

1

1

97

100

268

  1. Comparing equality of alcohol frequency distributions, all significantly different with p < 0.000: Norwegian vs. Iranian vs. Turkish vs. Pakistani males: Chi2 = 646 (12 df), Norwegian vs. Iranian vs. Turkish vs. Pakistani females: Chi2 = 1051 (12 df), Norwegian vs. Iranian males: Chi2 = 26.7 (6 df), Norwegian vs. Iranian females: Chi2 = 28.7 (6 df), Norwegian vs. Turkish males: Chi2 = 71.3 (6 df), Norwegian vs. Turkish females: Chi2 = 238 (6 df), Norwegian vs. Pakistani males: Chi2 = 694 (6 df), Norwegian vs. Pakistani females: Chi2 = 1126 (6 df) For the following comparisons the p-value is given explicitly: Turkish vs. Iranian males: Chi2 = 3.08 (6 df), p = 0.80, Turkish vs. Iranian females: Chi2 = 24.7 (6 df), p < 0.000, Pakistani vs. Iranian males: Chi2 = 40.0 (6 df), p < 0.000, Pakistani vs. Iranian females: Chi2 = 162 (6 df), p < 0.000, Pakistani vs. Turkish males: Chi2 = 14.2 (6 df), p = 0.03 Pakistani vs. Turkish females: Chi2 = 30.8 (6 df), p < 0.000. Finally, the alcohol frequency distribution was not significantly different for those with two vs. one Norwegian born parent: for males Chi2 = 2.83 (6 df), p = 0.83 and for females Chi2 = 6.16 (6 df), p = 0.41.