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Table 1 The proportion of explanatory and demographic variables stratified by low or high work stress

From: Work stress and alcohol consumption among adolescents: moderation by family and peer influences

Variables

% of participants (n = 12,341)

% with no work stress (n = 8181)

% with any work stress (n = 4160)

Adjusted p-value

Any work stress

33.71

--

--

--

Academic aspiration (high)*

52.21

57.04

42.72

<0.0001

Parent influence (discourage alcohol use)*

73.33

77.01

66.09

<0.0001

Peer influence (encourage alcohol use)*

55.93

56.50

54.81

0.074

General life satisfaction (yes)

87.19

90.31

81.05

<0.0001

Average grade (A)

34.72

36.18

31.76

<0.0001

Average grade (B)

48.01

48.12

47.77

<0.0001

Gender (male)

47.63

49.12

44.61

<0.0001

Race (white)

71.30

74.34

65.08

<0.0001

Race (black)

12.48

11.04

15.41

<0.0001

Region (rural)

41.56

42.11

40.40

<0.096

Father education level (college)

39.27

42.88

31.71

<0.0001

Mother education level (college)

41.55

44.67

35.16

<0.0001

  1. *Cutpoints for academic aspiration was 0 to 5 for low aspiration, 6 to 8 was high aspiration. For parental influence, cut offs were 0 to 1 for negative influence and 2 for positive influence. 0 to 3 was positive peer influence and 4 to 5 was negative peer influence.