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. 2007 Jun;61(6):485–490. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.048157

Table 1 Descriptive data for early alcohol initiation, heavy alcohol consumption and illicit drug use.

Early alcohol initiation Heavy alcohol consumption Illicit drug use
(n = 8037) (n = 25360) (n = 24771)
Grade
 7 8037 (100) 8125 (32.0) 7786 (31.4)
 9 9346 (36.9) 9164 (37.0)
 11 7889 (31.1) 7821 (31.6)
Gender
 Male 3994 (49.7) 12698 (50.1) 12353 (49.9)
 Female 3999 (49.8) 12523 (49.4) 12283 (49.6)
 Missing 44 (0.5) 139 (0.5) 135 (0.5)
Ethnicity
 White 6689 (83.2) 21324 (84.1) 20892 (84.3)
 African‐Caribbean 164 (2.0) 454 (1.8) 434 (1.8)
 Indian 442 (5.5) 1493 (5.9) 1441 (5.8)
 Pakistani 237 (2.9) 756 (3.0) 717 (2.9)
 Bangladeshi 49 (0.6) 144 (0.6) 133 (0.5)
 Chinese 22 (0.3) 81 (0.3) 82 (0.3)
 Mixed 232 (2.9) 632 (2.5) 616 (2.5)
 Other 110 (1.4) 279 (1.1) 270 (1.1)
Housing tenure
 Owned 5174 (64.4) 18189 (71.7) 17871 (72.1)
 Rented 1600 (19.9) 4903 (19.3) 4743 (19.1)
 Other 85 (1.1) 238 (0.9) 234 (0.9)
 Does not know 1107 (13.8) 1856 (7.3) 1759 (7.1)
 Missing 71 (0.3) 174 (0.7) 164 (0.7)
Free school meal
 Yes 1443 (18.0) 3849 (15.2) 3661 (14.8)
 No 6405 (79.7) 21031 (82.9) 20645 (83.3)
 Does not know 133 (1.7) 340 (1.3) 328 (1.3)
 Missing 56 (0.7) 140 (0.6) 137 (0.6)
Townsend score
 Most deprived 1122 (14.0) 4140 (16.3%) 4099 (16.5%)
 Fairly deprived 1329 (16.5) 4289 (16.9) 4240 (17.1)
 Middle 1294 (16.1) 4371 (17.2) 4311 (17.4)
 Fairly affluent 1340 (16.7) 4359 (17.2) 4260 (17.2)
 Most affluent 1526 (19.0) 4489 (17.7) 4310 (17.4)
 Unknown 380 (4.7) 1221 (4.8) 1183 (4.8)
 Missing 1046 (13.0) 2491 (9.8) 2368 (9.6)
Drinking with parents
 Never 3220 (40.1) 7332 (28.9)
 Sometimes 3596 (44.7) 13352 (52.6)
 Often 504 (6.3) 2600 (10.3)
 Missing 717 (8.9) 2076 (8.2)

–, not applicable. Values are n (%).