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Table 4 Experiences of drinking children (aged 11-17 years) using chi square and binary logistic regression *

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

  

df

n

Child reports past month drunkenness

Parents report recent talk with child about alcohol (in the last three months)

Parents report lifetime use of at least one other parenting technique

    

% (95% CI)

X 2P

% (95% CI)

X 2P

% (95% CI)

X 2P

    

AOR (95% CI)

AOR P

AOR (95% CI)

AOR P

AOR (95% CI)

AOR P

Gender

Male

1

256

27.6% (22.1-33.6)

0.302

94.9% (91.5-97.3)

0.565

46.9% (40.6-53.2)

0.543

    

Ref

0.715

Ref

0.375

Ref

0.551

 

Female

 

128

22.1% (15.1-30.5)

 

90.5% (84.5-94.7)

 

46.9% (38.0-55.9)

 
    

0.8 (0.3-2.2)

 

1.9 (0.4-9.0)

 

1.3 (0.6-3.0)

 

Age

11-14

1

148

17.6% (11.6-25.1)

0.006

90.5% (90.2-96.7)

0.193

34.5% (26.8-42.7)

<0.001

    

Ref

0.005

Ref

0.852

Ref

0.058

 

15-17

 

236

30.7% (24.9-37.1)

 

94.0% (90.2-96.7)

 

54.7% (48.1-61.1)

 
    

2.4 (1.3-4.4)

 

0.9 (0.3-2.7)

 

1.8 (1.0-3.1)

 

Deprivation quintile

1 (most affluent)

4

38

21.6% (9.8-38.2)

0.248

89.2% (74.6-97.0)

0.645

60.5% (43.4-76.0)

0.468

    

Ref

0.344

Ref

0.701

Ref

0.538

 

2

 

51

36.7% (23.4-51.7)

 

94.1% (83.8-98.8)

 

45.1% (31.1-59.7)

 
    

1.5 (0.5-4.6)

 

1.9 (0.3-10.8)

 

0.5 (0.2-1.3)

 
 

3

 

59

21.4% (11.6-34.4)

 

88.1% (77.1-95.1)

 

47.5% (34.3-60.9)

 
    

0.7 (0.2-2.1)

 

0.9 (0.2-4.5)

 

0.6 (0.2-1.5)

 
 

4

 

61

28.8% (17.8-42.1)

 

93.4% (84.1-98.2)

 

55.7% (42.4-68.5)

 
    

1.0 (0.3-3.1)

 

1.8 (0.3-10.0)

 

0.8 (0.3-2.1)

 
 

5 (most deprived)

 

82

20.5% (12.2-31.2)

 

93.9% (86.3-98.0)

 

46.3% (35.3-57.7)

 
    

0.7 (0.2-2.0)

 

2.0 (0.4-10.7)

 

0.6 (0.2-1.5)

 

School

School A

3

62

28.8% (17.8-42.1)

0.478

93.5% (84.3-98.2)

0.400

45.2% (32.5-58.3)

0.034

    

Ref

0.259

Ref

0.912

Ref

 
 

School B

 

67

24.2% (14.2-36.7)

 

87.9% (77.5-94.6)

 

31.3% (20.6-43.8)

0.581

    

2.1 (0.7-6.6)

 

1.1 (0.2-5.8)

 

1.1 (0.4-2.9)

 
 

School C

 

65

18.8% (10.1-30.5)

 

92.3% (83.0-97.5)

 

50.8% (38.1-63.4)

 
    

0.7 (0.3-1.8)

 

0.7 (0.1-5.2)

 

1.3 (0.5-3.7)

 
 

School D

 

190

28.0% (21.6-35.1)

 

94.2% (89.8-97.1)

 

51.6% (44.2-58.9)

 
    

0.9 (0.4-1.9)

 

1.4 (0.4-5.4)

 

1.7 (0.8-3.7)

 

Parental knowledge of consumption

Yes

1

307

29.4% (24.3-34.9)

0.002

94.4% (91.3-96.7)

0.008

51.5% (45.7-57.2)

<0.001

    

Ref

0.082

Ref

0.045

Ref

0.023

 

No

 

77

11.3% (5.0-21.0)

 

85.5% (75.6-92.5)

 

28.6% (18.8-40.0)

 
    

0.5 (0.2-1.1)

 

0.4 (0.1-1.0)

 

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

 

Total

  

384

25.8% (21.3-30.6)

 

92.7% (89.6-95.1)

 

46.9% (41.8-52.0)

 
  1. * The reference categories are no past month drunkenness reported by the child, no recent alcohol talks reported by the parent, no lifetime use of other parenting technique reported by the parent. Ref refers to reference category.
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