Table 2.
Characteristics of youths drinking alcohol at all or in ways that contravene national consumption guidance
| All | Drinkers only | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsupervised consumption and access | Excess drinking | |||||||||
| n | % drink alcohol | n | % drink unsupervised inside | % drink unsupervised outside | % self-purchase | % take from parents | % proxy purchase | % drink frequently§ | % drink heavily§ | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15 | 5955 | 81.3 | 4834 | 55.4 | 30.1 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 12.6 | 20.8 | 51.0 |
| 16 | 5924 | 83.3 | 4932 | 59.3 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 23.9 | 58.4 |
| P | 0.004 | <0.001 | 0.481 | <0.001 | 0.460 | 0.026 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 5959 | 85.9 | 5118 | 61.3 | 28.6 | 25.8 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 20.2 | 54.4 |
| Male | 5920 | 78.7 | 4648 | 53.0 | 31.1 | 25.2 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 24.8 | 55.0 |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.007 | 0.523 | 0.033 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.549 | ||
| Deprivation (IMD^ Score) | ||||||||||
| < = 10 (affluent) | 2686 | 86.6 | 2323 | 60.9 | 28.6 | 23.6 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 21.9 | 53.7 |
| >10-20 | 2731 | 85.5 | 2331 | 57.5 | 28.7 | 25.2 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 20.2 | 51.9 |
| >20-30 | 1608 | 82.7 | 1330 | 57.8 | 29.6 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 22.6 | 53.4 |
| >30-40 | 1404 | 80.7 | 1131 | 54.8 | 29.9 | 28.5 | 5.7 | 12.7 | 20.9 | 56.7 |
| >40 (poor) | 3213 | 78.2 | 2510 | 54.8 | 31.8 | 27.3 | 8.2 | 15.2 | 25.3 | 57.8 |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.113 | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Expendable income | ||||||||||
| < = £10 | 5722 | 77.5 | 4400 | 51.3 | 26.4 | 18.1 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 46.4 |
| £11-20 | 2864 | 83.9 | 2392 | 61.8 | 31.3 | 24.1 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 22.7 | 56.8 |
| £21-30 | 1359 | 87.3 | 1180 | 61.4 | 30.7 | 33.3 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 26.0 | 61.3 |
| >£30 | 1927 | 90.7 | 1741 | 63.9 | 35.7 | 40.4 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 31.6 | 68.2 |
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.160 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Hobby/Sport | ||||||||||
| No | 3316 | 81.1 | 3314 | 58.5 | 34.4 | 26.0 | 8.0 | 13.5 | 25.1 | 59.8 |
| Yes | 6287 | 82.9 | 6277 | 56.8 | 27.1 | 25.2 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 20.9 | 51.8 |
| P | 0.014 | 0.118 | <0.001 | 0.389 | 0.235 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Parents provide | ||||||||||
| No | 4805 | 59.4 | 40.1 | 32.7 | 8.3 | 17.7 | 26.1 | 63.3 | ||
| Yes | 4734 | 56.3 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 47.1 | ||
| P | 0.002 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.436 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Drinking Pressures | ||||||||||
| Peer pressure No | 7189 | 54.6 | 27.1 | 24.9 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 22.0 | 53.1 | ||
| Peer pressure Yes | 2358 | 66.6 | 38.0 | 27.5 | 11.3 | 15.7 | 23.5 | 59.9 | ||
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.011 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.136 | <0.001 | |||
| Boredom No | 7167 | 55.5 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 48.1 | ||
| Boredom Yes | 2352 | 64.4 | 54.6 | 32.9 | 13.0 | 24.06 | 36.9 | 75.2 | ||
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Alcohol related harm | ||||||||||
| Violence No | 6940 | 54.4 | 21.8 | 19.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 14.6 | 45.9 | ||
| Violence Yes | 2375 | 66.9 | 53.1 | 44.0 | 11.2 | 23.2 | 45.8 | 80.9 | ||
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Regretted sex No | 8229 | 56.0 | 27.3 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 19.6 | 51.3 | ||
| Regretted sex Yes | 988 | 69.0 | 48.9 | 46.4 | 12.6 | 21.5 | 45.1 | 81.2 | ||
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Forget things No | 5445 | 50.9 | 22.9 | 21.6 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 18.1 | 44.9 | ||
| Forget things Yes | 3995 | 67.4 | 39.6 | 30.9 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 28.5 | 69.0 | ||
| P | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
§ drinking frequently = >1 session/week; drinking heavily = drink ≥5 drinks/session ≥1 per month; ^IMD = Index of multiple deprivation.