Teenage drinking, alcohol availability and pricing: a cross-sectional study of risk and protective factors for alcohol-related harms in school children

Table 1 Relationships between demographics, sources of alcohol and percentage of children aged 15 to 16 years having experienced negative alcohol-related outcomes

			n	Drink in public places (streets, parks, shops)	Violence when drunk	Alcohol-related regretted sex	Tend to forget things after drinking
Age in Years		15	4026	36.0	26.9	11.0	45.2
		16	4237	35.6	30.6	14.0	45.4
		P		0.671	<0.001	<0.001	0.883
Sex		Female	4303	34.0	25.8	13.3	50.0
		Male	3960	37.8	32.1	11.7	40.1
		P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001
Deprivation Quintile		(Wealthiest) 1	1275	32.6	22.4	10.2	44.4
		2	1687	32.1	26.4	11.1	46.1
		3	1439	38.6	28.2	14.0	44.1
		4	1597	37.0	31.4	12.7	46.0
		(Poorest) 5	1954	38.4	32.7	13.9	44.9
		P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.01	0.728
Weekly Income		< = £10	2584	34.4	22.7	9.4	40.7
		>£10-20	2064	37.3	29.7	11.4	48.5
		>£20-30	1035	34.3	32.7	13.6	47.5
		>£30	1593	41.6	38.3	20.1	48.4
		P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Source	Buy my own	No	5923	32.15	22.41	8.86	42.61
		Yes	2340	45.00	44.82	21.39	51.98
		P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Parents	No	4182	47.0	37.1	15.3	51.4
	provide	Yes	4081	24.3	20.3	9.6	39.1
		P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Get adults	No	7060	27.9	24.7	11.1	42.8
	outside shop	Yes	1203	82.2	52.4	20.8	59.7
	to buy it	P		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

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