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Table 2 The number and proportion of various hazardous drinking behaviours among boys and girls by status of paternal and maternal alcohol misuse

From: Parental alcohol misuse and hazardous drinking among offspring in a general teenage population: gender-specific findings from the Young-HUNT 3 study

Hazardous drinking behaviours

 

Total

Fathers

Mothers

    

Misuse

No misuse

Misuse

No misuse

  

n (total)

%

n (total)

%

n (total)

%

n (total)

%

n (total)

%

High alcohol consumption

Boys

479 (2371)

20.2

49 (192)

25.5

232 (1248)

18.6

7 (81)

8.6

362 (1754)

20.6

Girls

496 (2416)

20.5

62 (257)

24.1

212 (1174)

18.1

26 (90)

28.9

371 (1765)

21

Frequent intoxication

Boys

608 (1974)

30.8

53 (152)

34.9

302 (1019)

29.6

14 (64)

21.9

453 (1482)

30.6

Girls

590 (2162)

27.3

77 (234)

32.9

274 (1063)

25.8

28 (75)

37.3

1029 (1482)

27.6

Frequent drinking

Boys

261 (1981)

13.2

31 (156)

19.9

128 (1020)

12.5

7 (64)

10.9

195 (1486)

13.1

Girls

207 (2161)

9.6

19 (233)

8.2

95 (1066)

8.9

9 (74)

12.2

152 (1581)

9.6

Hazardous drinking, moderate

Boys

341 (2055)

16.6

26 (154)

17.9

169 (1087)

15.5

9 (77)

11.7

271 (1531)

17.7

Girls

392 (2138)

18.3

57 (222)

25.7

182 (1050)

14.9

18 (75)

19.1

289 (1556)

15.7

Hazardous drinking, high

Boys

414 (2128)

19.5

44 (172)

25.6

204 (1122)

18.2

9 (77)

11.7

304 (1564)

19.4

 

Girls

384 (2130)

18

42 (207)

20.3

170 (1038)

16.4

19 (76)

25

288 (1555)

18.5