Table 4.

Univariate Relations of Problem-Behavior Proneness Variables with Alcohol Sipping/Tasting, by Age Cohort.

8-Year Old Cohort (n=204)
	B	SE	Wald	OR (95%CI)
Child Report Variables
Value on Academic Achievement	0.019	.073	0.1	1.02 (0.9–1.2)
Expectations for Academic Achievement	−0.134	.063	4.6*	0.87 (0.77–0.99)
Intolerance of Deviance	−0.107	.065	2.7	0.90 (0.8–1.0)
Religiosity	0.021	.057	0.1	1.02 (0.9–1.1)
Attitude toward Sipping	0.626	.097	41.6***	1.87 (1.5–2.3)
Susceptibility to Peer Pressure	0.493	.347	2.0	1.64 (0.8–3.2)
Peer Pressure for Smoking	−0.081	.317	0.1	0.92 (0.5–1.7)
Friends’ Approval of Sipping	0.570	.191	8.9**	1.77 (1.2–2.6)
Peer Pressure for Drinking	−0.277	.629	0.2	0.76 (0.2–2.6)
General Deviant Behavior	0.053	.033	2.6	1.05 (0.99–1.1)
Religious Behavior	0.013	.032	0.2	1.01 (0.95–1.1)
School Activities	0.059	.101	0.3	1.06 (0.9–1.3)
Prosocial Activities	−0.061	.083	0.6	0.94 (0.8–1.1)
10-Year-Old Cohort (n=222)
	B	SE	Wald	OR (95%CI)
Child Report Variables
Value on Academic Achievement	−0.033	.076	0.2	0.97 (0.8–1.1)
Expectations for Academic Achievement	−0.080	.063	1.7	0.92 (0.8–1.04)
Intolerance of Deviance	−0.097	.051	3.6	0.91 (0.8–1.004)
Religiosity	0.008	.046	0.3	1.01 (0.9–1.1)
Attitude toward Sipping	0.462	.077	36.0***	1.59 (1.4–1.8)
Susceptibility to Peer Pressure	0.377	.184	4.2*	1.46 (1.02–2.1)
Peer Pressure for Smoking	−0.101	.377	0.1	0.90 (0.4–1.9)
Friends’ Approval of Sipping	0.675	.175	15.0***	1.97 (1.4–2.8)
Peer Pressure for Drinking	0.674	.448	2.3	1.96 (0.8–4.7)
General Deviant Behavior	0.040	.030	1.8	1.04 (0.98–1.1)
Religious Behavior	0.036	.028	1.6	1.04 (0.98–1.1)
School Activities	0.155	.103	2.3	1.17 (0.95–1.4)
Prosocial Activities	0.058	.076	0.6	1.06 (0.9–1.2)

Note: Coefficients are from separate logistic regressions including a constant, predicting Sipping/Tasting status. Odds Ratios [Exp(B)s] and their 95% Confidence Intervals are reported for all variables.

^***p<.001

^**p<.01

^*p<.05 (all two-tailed, df=1).