Association of parents' alcohol use and family interaction with the initiation of alcohol use by sixth graders: A preliminary study in Taiwan

Table 3 Factors associated with first alcohol use in the study sample (n = 1183)

	Model 1			Model 2
Variable	β	OR	95%CI	β	OR	95%CI
Sex: male/female	0.19	1.20	0.88–1.66	0.13	1.14	0.82–1.59
Area: Hsinchu/Taipei	0.02	1.03	0.72–1.46	-0.05	0.96	0.67–1.37
Parent's marital status/living arrangements: Married and living together/other	-0.17	0.84	0.44–1.62	-0.18	0.83	0.43–1.61
Household income (NT$/month):
<40,000/>100,000	-0.59	0.55	0.29–1.07	-0.68*	0.51	0.26–0.98
40,000–100,000/>100,000	-0.10	0.91	0.61–1.36	-0.12	0.89	0.59–1.33
Father's education level
Middle school and below/university or research institute	-0.62	0.54	0.26–1.12	-0.70	0.50	0.24–1.05
High school/university or research institute	0.11	1.11	0.71–1.75	0.12	1.12	0.71–1.78
Mother's education level
Middle school and below/university or research institute	0.27	1.32	0.67–2.59	0.27	1.31	0.66–2.61
High school/university or research institute	-0.23	0.80	0.49–1.30	-0.27	0.77	0.47–1.25
Parents' matched alcohol use group
Both parents ever-users/both never-users	0.48*	1.62	1.01–2.59	0.50*	1.64	1.02–2.64
Mother ever-user, father never-user/both never-users	0.50	1.65	0.83–3.27	0.46	1.58	0.79–3.18
Father ever-user, mother never-user/both never-users	0.25	1.28	0.89–1.85	0.21	1.24	0.86–1.79
Parental support (score 7–28)				-0.05**	0.95	0.92–0.99
Family conflict (score 5–20)				0.10*	1.11	1.02–1.20

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