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Table 1 Respondent demographics

From: The association between exposure to social media alcohol marketing and youth alcohol use behaviors in India and Australia

Variable

India

n (%)

Australia

n (%)

 

Males 13–17 years

Males 18–25 years

Females 13–17 years

Females 18–25 years

Total

Males 13–17 years

Males 18–25 years

Females 13–17 years

Females 18–25 years

Total

Number of respondents

70 (21)

141 (43)

29 (9)

90 (27)

330 (100)

45 (15)

70 (23)

29 (10)

157 (52)

301 (100)

Citizenship of host country

70 (100)

140 (99)

29 (100)

90 (100)

329 (100)

40 (89)

53 (76)

25 (86)

127 (81)

245 (82)

Education

 Primary (up to yr. 5)

1 (1)

1 (3)

2 (1)

9 (20)

5 (17)

14 (5)

 Secondary (yr 6–10)

43 (61)

18 (62)

61 (20)

29 (64)

1 (1)

23 (79)

2 (1)

55 (18)

 Secondary (yr 11–12)

26 (27)

34 (25)

10 (35)

11 (12)

81 (25)

7 (16)

42 (60)

1 (23)

71 (45)

121 (40)

 University

106 (75)

79 (88)

185 (56)

27 (39)

84 (54)

110 (37)

Home Internet connection (yes)

67 (96) a

133 (95)

24 (83) a,*

87 (97) *

311 (94)!

45 (100)

70 (100)

28 (97)

153 (98)

296 (98)!

Internet hours/day Median (IQR)

1.5 *** (0.5–2.0)

3.5 *** (1.5–3.5)

1.5 ** (1.5–1.5)

3.5 ** (1.5–3.5)

1.5††† (1.5–3.5)

3.5 * (3.5–5.0)

6.5 b, * (3.5–6.5)

3.5 (3.5–6.5)

3.5 b (3.5–6.5)

3.5 ††† (3.5–6.5)

Lifetime consumption of alcohol (yes)

33 (47) ***

115 (82) ***

15 (52) *

70 (78) *

233 (71)!!!

37 (82) *

67 (96) *

20 (69) **

145 (92) **

269 (89)!!!

Any alcohol in the last 4 weeks (yes)

15 (21) *

79 (56) *

6 (21)

42 (47)

142 (43)!!!

30 (67) b

58 (83)

9 (31)b,***

123 (78)***

220 (86)!!!

Usual drinks Median (IQR)

3.5 *** (2.0–4.5)

5.5 b, *** (3.5–7.5)

3.5 (1.75–5.5)

3.0 b (2.0–5.5)

4.5††† (3.5–7.5)

3.5 (2.0–4.0)

3.5 c (2.0–7.5)

1.0 *** (0.0–2.0)

2.0 c, *** (1.0–3.5)

2.75 ††† (1.0–3.5)

  1. Age-group and gender differences not tested; IQR = inter-quartile range; usual drinks = standard (10 g) drinks; yr. = year
  2. Between country comparison (medians) ††† Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .001: (frequencies)! Fisher’s exact p ≤ .05!!! Fisher’s exact p ≤ .001:
  3. (Within country and gender) Between age group comparison: * Mann-Whitney U p < .05; ** Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .01; *** Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .001
  4. (Within country) Between gender comparisons: a Mann-Whitney U p < .05; b Mann-Whitney U p < .01; c Mann-Whitney U p < .001