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Table 1 Characteristics of children (aged 11–17 years old) associated with drinking alcohol

From: Parental knowledge of alcohol consumption: a cross sectional survey of 11–17 year old schoolchildren and their parents

 

df

n

     Univariate

     Multivariate

   

% (95% CI)

P

AOR (95% CI)

P

Child’s gender

Male

1

633

40.4% (36.5-44.4)

0.572

Ref

0.121

Female

 

302

42.4% (36.7-48.2)

 

1.5 (0.9-2.6)

 

Child’s age

11-14

1

596

24.8% (21.4-28.5)

<0.001

Ref

<0.001

15-17

 

339

69.6% (64.4-74.5)

 

10.4 (6.8-15.8)

 

Child’s ethnicity

White

1

855

41.4% (38.1-44.8)

0.046

3.3 (1.0-10.2)

0.042

Other

 

27

22.2% (8.6-42.3)

 

Ref

 

Deprivation quintile

1 (most affluent)

4

61

62.3% (49.0-74.4%)

<0.001

4.3 (2.0-9.0)

0.005

2

 

126

40.5% (31.8-49.6)

 

1.2 (0.7-2.0)

 

3

 

124

47.6% (38.5-56.7)

 

1.5 (0.9-2.5)

 

4

 

159

38.4% (30.8-46.4)

 

1.2 (0.7-1.9)

 

5 (most deprived)

 

257

31.9% (26.3-38.0)

 

Ref

 

School

School A

3

196

31.6% (25.2-38.6)

<0.001

Ref

0.286

School B

 

192

34.9% (28.2-42.1)

 

1.6 (1.0-2.8)

 

School C

 

118

55.1% (45.7-64.3)

 

0.9 (0.4-2.0)

 

School D

 

429

44.3% (39.5-49.1)

 

1.1 (0.6-1.8)

 

Total

 

935

41.1% (37.9-44.3)

   
  1. Ref refers to the reference category.