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Table 2 Proportion of adolescents in each parental alcohol use category by sociodemographic characteristics, with chi2-estimates, n = 909

From: Parents’ drinking, childhood hangover? Parental alcohol use, subjective health complaints and perceived stress among Swedish adolescents aged 10–18 years

 

Parental alcohol use

χ2

 

Abstainers

Low consumers

Moderate drinkers

Heavy drinkers

 

Gender

     

Girls

10.6

11.2

66.2

12.1

 

Boys

8.2

9.9

68.7

13.2

2.21

Age (categorical)

     

10–12 years

9.2

8.5

70.6

11.8

 

13–15 years

10.3

12.7

65.4

11.7

 

16–18 years

8.6

10.6

66.6

14.3

4.60

Family structure

     

Two parents

9.9

7.7

68.3

14.0

 

One parent

13.0

25.2

55.4

6.5

 

Reconstituted

2.9

8.8

75.7

12.5

51.07***

Household social class

     

Manual

16.2

17.8

57.3

8.7

 

Farmers & self-employed

14.6

3.4

68.5

13.5

 

Intermediate/lower non-manual

6.0

9.2

73.1

11.7

 

Higher non-manual

5.4

8.1

70.0

16.5

53.65***

Household cash margin

     

Yes

5.0

9.2

72.2

13.6

 

No

35.7

18.6

38.8

7.0

142.64***

Parental education

     

Compulsory or vocational

17.1

14.5

58.6

9.9

 

Secondary or lower tertiary

5.7

8.2

73.4

12.8

 

University degree

5.2

9.1

69.8

15.9

45.70***

Parental unemployment

     

No

6.5

10.5

70.0

13.1

 

Yes

44.8

11.9

35.8

7.5

109.46***

  1. ***p < 0.001