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Table 5 Expected and observed percentage of respondents involved in age 19 multiple risk behaviour (2 or more behaviours) by age 14 and age 16 risk behaviour

From: The correlates and course of multiple health risk behaviour in adolescence

 

Expected (%)

Age 14

Age 16

Observed (%)

AR

Observed (%)

AR

No risk behaviours

10.1

6.1

−16.68

3.8

−19.97

Regular smoking

10.1

8.7

−0.35

5.8

−2.40

Regular drinking

10.1

15.3

2.34

7.7

−1.63

Tried Cannabis

10.1

22.4

5.32

16.0

4.15

Delinquency

10.1

14.6

6.08

9.5

−0.29

Multiple risk (2+)

10.1

24.4

14.44

24.8

23.04

  1. AR adjusted residuals, indication of magnitude of difference between expected and observed counts. ARs over 2 and below −2 indicate statistically significant differences between expected and observed proportions. Positive ARs indicate larger observed proportions than expected; negative ARs indicate smaller observed proportions than expected