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Table 3 Percentage of 15-16 year olds having experienced negative alcohol-related outcomes, by drinking behaviour and parental alcohol provision

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

     

Percentages reporting negative outcomes related to alcohol

  

Sample Characteristics

Drink in public places (streets, parks, shops)

Violence when drunk

Alcohol-related

regretted sex

Tend to forget things after drinking

  

Parents Provide

All

Parents Provide

All

Parents Provide

All

Parents Provide

All

Parents Provide

  

n

No

Yes

 

No

Yes

P§

 

No

Yes

P§

 

No

Yes

P§

 

No

Yes

P§

Binge Frequency

Never

1007

36.4

63.6

11.2

24.0

3.9

***

7.1

13.0

3.7

***

3.8

6.9

2.0

***

21.6

32.4

15.6

***

 

<1/month

2302

43.1

56.9

21.4

33.1

12.5

***

13.6

21.0

8.1

***

6.1

8.0

4.7

**

36.6

43.7

31.2

***

 

1-3/month

1894

48.9

51.1

34.2

43.5

25.3

***

24.6

30.9

18.6

***

8.6

9.8

7.4

ns

47.4

51.5

43.7

***

 

1/week

1533

60.9

39.1

48.9

55.0

39.5

***

40.0

42.9

35.4

**

15.4

16.6

13.5

ns

54.9

55.6

53.8

ns

 

2/week

1173

62.4

37.6

64.5

69.3

56.7

***

59.8

63.6

53.6

***

28.4

29.0

27.4

ns

61.9

62.4

60.9

ns

 

3+/week

254

65.0

35.0

63.4

61.8

66.3

ns

72.4

75.5

66.7

ns

39.1

39.5

38.3

ns

63.6

66.7

58.1

ns

 

P

 

***

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

Drinking Frequency

<1/month

1750

44.2

55.8

14.9

24.3

7.5

***

10.6

16.5

6.1

***

4.7

5.4

4.2

ns

31.6

39.6

25.5

***

 

1-3/month

2097

46.8

53.2

27.2

37.8

17.9

***

17.9

24.3

12.3

***

7.1

8.5

5.9

*

40.8

46.1

36.3

***

 

1/week

2041

53.7

46.4

40.7

52.1

27.5

***

28.4

35.9

19.9

***

11.0

13.5

8.2

***

47.5

52.1

42.2

***

 

2/week

1791

56.9

43.1

54.3

63.5

42.2

***

48.4

55.8

38.8

***

21.7

24.3

18.3

**

57.5

61.0

53.0

***

 

3+/week

575

53.0

47.0

55.8

62.3

48.2

***

61.7

69.9

52.1

***

30.2

36.3

23.0

***

56.1

63.1

48.5

***

 

P

 

***

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

Units per week$

< = 5

469

39.9

60.1

27.1

51.3

11.0

***

18.2

33.7

8.4

***

9.4

15.2

5.8

**

36.5

47.2

29.5

***

 

>5-10

700

41.7

58.3

29.7

41.1

21.6

***

20.4

29.5

13.9

***

8.8

13.6

5.4

***

42.7

52.1

35.9

***

 

>10-20

1106

51.9

48.1

45.6

54.9

35.5

***

35.1

40.9

28.8

***

13.2

14.5

11.7

ns

56.1

57.2

55.0

ns

 

>20-30

604

59.8

40.2

60.1

67.3

49.4

***

55.3

57.8

51.5

ns

21.4

19.8

23.8

ns

57.7

58.0

57.2

ns

 

>30

700

60.4

39.6

68.1

72.1

62.1

**

64.9

69.0

58.8

**

32.7

36.3

27.4

*

59.5

60.8

57.5

ns

 

P

 

***

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

***

***

 

***

*

***

 
  1. P§compares those whose parents provide and do not provide any alcohol for proportions having experienced each negative risk behaviour within categories of units per week, drinking and binge drinking frequency. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. $Units per week consumed could only be calculated for those reporting a drinking frequency of once per week or greater and for those individuals providing details of types of alcohol products consumed and quantities of each product consumed in a typical week.
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