Table 2 Characteristics of the participants
Scale 1–5 | Dichotomizeda | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finland | Sweden | Finland | Sweden | |||||||||||||
Women N = 1071 | Men N = 1123 | Women N = 497 | Men N = 545 | Women N = 1071 | Men N = 1123 | Women N = 497 | Men N = 545 | |||||||||
Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | Mean | (sd) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
Family | ||||||||||||||||
Poor mother relationshipa | 2.1 | (0.9) | 2.0 | (0.8) | 1.5 | (0.7) | 1.4 | (0.6) | ||||||||
Poor fathera relationship | 2.2 | (0.9) | 2.0 | (0.8) | 2.0 | (1.1) | 1.7 | (1.0) | ||||||||
Poor home atmosphere | 2.0 | (1.1) | 1.8 | (1.0) | 1.6 | (0.8) | 1.5 | (0.7) | ||||||||
Does not spend most spare time with family/at home | 3.6 | (1.2) | 3.6 | (1.1) | 2.8 | (1.0) | 2.9 | (1.1) | ||||||||
Poor family relationship index | 2.5 | (0.7) | 2.4 | (0.7) | 2.0 | (0.7) | 1.9 | (0.6) | 32.2 | (344) | 23.9 | (266) | 26.6 | (128) | 20.0 | (105) |
Peers | ||||||||||||||||
Daily peer contact | 3.9 | (1.2) | 4.2 | (1.1) | 3.8 | (1.0) | 3.9 | (1.0) | 40.2 | (430) | 54.0 | (604) | 24.6 | (118) | 32.3 | (169) |
School | ||||||||||||||||
Poor relationships with classmates | 2.0 | (0.8) | 1.8 | (0.8) | 1.9 | (0.8) | 1.8 | (0.7) | 7.3 | (78) | 5.5 | (62) | 17.7 | (85) | 14.3 | (75) |
Heavy episodic drinking (HED) | ||||||||||||||||
HED age 16 | 20.1 | (214) | 23.5 | (262) | 13.5 | (65) | 17.3 | (91) | ||||||||
HED age 22/21 | 13.1 | (116) | 29.6 | (226) | 10.6 | (51) | 43.5 | (229) | ||||||||
HED age 32/30 | 19.0 | (146) | 52.1 | (338) | 11.2 | (54) | 29.5 | (155) | ||||||||
HED age 42/43 | 19.8 | (133) | 47.9 | (267) | 7.9 | (38) | 20.7 | (106) | ||||||||
Parental socioeconomic position age 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Manual workers | 50.5 | (531) | 49.7 | (543) | 48.8 | (234) | 51.7 | (271) | ||||||||