Table 2.
Relationships between drinking behaviours and consumers' demographics, methods of accessing alcohol and income
| Drinking behaviours1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Binge drink | Frequently drink | Drink in public setting | Any drinking Risks | All Drinking Risks | ||||||||||||
| n (Yes) | % | P | n (Yes) | % | P | n (Yes) | % | P | n (Yes) | % | P | n (Yes) | % | P | ||
| Sex | Female | 1672 | 34.6 | 1002 | 21.2 | 2339 | 50.4 | 3169 | 65.7 | 348 | 7.7 | |||||
| Male | 1755 | 41.8 | < 0.001 | 1146 | 28.1 | < 0.001 | 1998 | 49.0 | 0.191 | 2877 | 68.5 | < 0.01 | 462 | 11.7 | < 0.001 | |
| Age | 15 | 1513 | 35.9 | 892 | 21.8 | 1904 | 46.9 | 2715 | 64.4 | 295 | 7.5 | |||||
| 16 | 1914 | 39.8 | < 0.001 | 1256 | 26.7 | < 0.001 | 2433 | 52.2 | < 0.001 | 3331 | 69.2 | < 0.001 | 515 | 11.3 | < 0.001 | |
| Deprivation quintile | (Least deprived) 1 | 873 | 36.6 | 539 | 23.0 | 1047 | 45.1 | 1535 | 64.4 | 194 | 8.5 | |||||
| 2 | 775 | 39.2 | 448 | 23.3 | 925 | 48.6 | 1339 | 67.8 | 154 | 8.3 | ||||||
| 3 | 515 | 39.1 | 325 | 25.1 | 639 | 50.4 | 879 | 66.7 | 128 | 10.3 | ||||||
| 4 | 767 | 38.0 | 509 | 26.0 | 1046 | 53.6 | 1383 | 68.5 | 201 | 10.6 | ||||||
| (Most deprived) 5 | 497 | 37.3 | 0.38 | 327 | 25.3 | 0.117 | 680 | 53.4 | < 0.001 | 910 | 68.2 | < 0.05 | 133 | 10.8 | < 0.05 | |
| Ethnicity | White | 3121 | 38.6 | 1877 | 23.8 | 3869 | 49.5 | 5409 | 67.0 | 724 | 9.5 | |||||
| Black/Black British | 25 | 20.7 | 19 | 16.4 | 51 | 44.0 | 63 | 52.1 | 2 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Chinese/Chinese British | 15 | 24.2 | 14 | 23.7 | 21 | 35.6 | 31 | 50.0 | 5 | 8.9 | ||||||
| Asian/Asian British | 44 | 30.1 | 43 | 30.1 | 64 | 49.2 | 91 | 62.3 | 10 | 7.8 | ||||||
| Mixed Race | 83 | 37.6 | 58 | 26.7 | 133 | 61.9 | 168 | 76.0 | 26 | 12.3 | ||||||
| Other | 8 | 27.6 | < 0.001 | 8 | 30.8 | 0.143 | 17 | 63.0 | < 0.005 | 22 | 75.9 | < 0.001 | 2 | 8.3 | 0.069 | |
| Spending money (£/week) | < = 10 | 951 | 31.0 | 454 | 15.2 | 1110 | 37.9 | 1716 | 55.9 | 117 | 4.1 | |||||
| 11 to 20 | 1152 | 42.2 | 670 | 25.0 | 1414 | 53.4 | 1927 | 70.5 | 280 | 10.8 | ||||||
| 21 to 30 | 522 | 45.0 | 372 | 32.5 | 661 | 58.5 | 880 | 75.9 | 162 | 14.5 | ||||||
| > 30 | 628 | 46.4 | < 0.001 | 494 | 37.1 | < 0.001 | 861 | 64.8 | < 0.001 | 1105 | 81.6 | < 0.001 | 212 | 16.2 | < 0.001 | |
| Ever buy alcohol | No | 1689 | 32.1 | 831 | 16.3 | 1739 | 33.1 | 2958 | 56.2 | 221 | 4.3 | |||||
| Yes | 1737 | 50.4 | < 0.001 | 1315 | 38.8 | < 0.001 | 2596 | 75.3 | < 0.001 | 3086 | 89.5 | < 0.001 | 588 | 17.3 | < 0.001 | |
| Member of youth club, group or team | No | 2070 | 36.9 | 1426 | 26.1 | 2769 | 51.0 | 3796 | 67.7 | 530 | 10.0 | |||||
| Yes | 1317 | 39.9 | < 0.005 | 686 | 21.4 | < 0.001 | 1512 | 47.8 | < 0.005 | 2169 | 65.8 | 0.065 | 268 | 8.7 | < 0.05 | |
| Others buying youths alcohol | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents | No | 1948 | 41.3 | 1251 | 27.1 | 2833 | 64.0 | 3550 | 75.3 | 522 | 12.1 | |||||
| Yes | 1479 | 34.5 | < 0.001 | 897 | 21.5 | < 0.001 | 1504 | 35.0 | < 0.001 | 2496 | 58.2 | < 0.001 | 288 | 6.9 | < 0.001 | |
| Older siblings | No | 2908 | 37.0 | 1803 | 23.5 | 3695 | 48.8 | 5165 | 65.7 | 675 | 9.2 | |||||
| Yes | 519 | 45.2 | < 0.001 | 345 | 30.7 | < 0.001 | 642 | 56.0 | < 0.001 | 881 | 76.8 | < 0.001 | 135 | 12.0 | < 0.005 | |
| Friends (over 18) | No | 2076 | 34.3 | 1258 | 21.4 | 2464 | 42.8 | 3612 | 59.8 | 454 | 8.1 | |||||
| Yes | 1351 | 45.6 | < 0.001 | 890 | 30.6 | < 0.001 | 1873 | 63.2 | < 0.001 | 2434 | 82.1 | < 0.001 | 356 | 12.3 | < 0.001 | |
| Friends (under 18) | No | 2662 | 36.7 | 1656 | 23.5 | 3241 | 46.6 | 4647 | 64.1 | 605 | 8.9 | |||||
| Yes | 765 | 43.5 | < 0.001 | 492 | 28.4 | < 0.001 | 1096 | 62.4 | < 0.001 | 1399 | 79.6 | < 0.001 | 205 | 11.8 | < 0.001 | |
| Adult outside shops | No | 2998 | 37.5 | 1780 | 22.8 | 3515 | 45.6 | 5123 | 64.0 | 663 | 8.8 | |||||
| Yes | 429 | 42.6 | < 0.005 | 368 | 37.2 | < 0.001 | 822 | 81.7 | < 0.001 | 923 | 91.7 | < 0.001 | 147 | 14.9 | < 0.001 | |
| Take/steal from parents | No | 3157 | 37.9 | 1916 | 23.6 | 3959 | 49.3 | 5528 | 66.4 | 728 | 9.3 | |||||
| Yes | 270 | 39.4 | 0.44 | 232 | 34.8 | < 0.001 | 378 | 55.2 | < 0.005 | 518 | 75.6 | < 0.001 | 82 | 12.3 | < 0.05 | |
1 Drinking behaviours are defined as binge drink (usually having five or more alcoholic drinks per session); frequently drink (usually drinking at least two or more days each week) and drink in public settings (including drinking in streets, parks, pubs and clubs and excluding drinking at home, in friends' houses and on special occasions with family and friends). "Any drinking risks" and "all drinking risks" are composite variables calculated as having any one of the three individual risk factors and having all three risk factors respectively. All analyses utilise chi squared.