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Table 2 Characteristics of drinking children (aged 11–17) associated with no parental knowledge of their consumption

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

256

17.6% (13.1-22.8)

0.087

Ref

0.135

Female

 

128

25.0% (17.8-33.4)

 

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

 

Child’s age

11-14

1

148

35.1% (27.5-43.4)

<0.001

2.7 (1.3-5.7)

0.007

15-17

 

236

10.6% (7.0-15.2)

 

Ref

 

Deprivation quintile

1 (most affluent)

4

38

21.1% (9.6-37.3)

0.581

0.6 (0.2-1.9)

0.837

2

 

51

15.7% (7.0-28.6)

 

0.7 (0.3-1.8)

 

3

 

59

22.0% (12.3-34.7)

 

0.6 (0.3-1.6)

 

4

 

61

18.0% (9.4-30.0)

 

0.9 (0.3-2.1)

 

5 (most deprived)

 

82

26.8% (17.6-37.8)

 

Ref

 

School

School A

3

62

17.7% (9.2-29.5)

<0.001

Ref

0.005

School B

 

67

52.2% (39.7-64.6)

 

3.2 (1.1-9.1)

 

School C

 

65

20.0% (11.1-31.8)

 

2.0 (0.6-7.3)

 

School D

 

190

9.5% (5.7-14.6)

 

0.4 (0.2-1.2)

 

Total

 

384

20.1% (16.2-24.4)

   
  1. Ref refers to the reference category.