Table 4.

Fixed-effects Estimates; Dependent Variable = School Days Skipped

		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	Incrementally-added controls:	grade level + sister or sample school + interview date	+ time-varying household characteristics & interviewer remarks	+ BMI, religion, employment, health status	+ tobacco and illegal drug use
	Males:
(a)	drinks weekly = 1	0.721	0.680	0.687	0.579
		(0.492)	(0.491)	(0.496)	(0.510)
(b)	binges monthly = 1	0.681	0.709	0.712	0.592
		(0.452)	(0.453)	(0.452)	(0.471)
(c)	# drinks/month (100s)	0.774*	0.731+	0.722+	0.690+
		(0.373)	(0.382)	(0.384)	(0.383)
(d)	# days drink /month	0.060	0.055	0.055	0.050
		(0.037)	(0.036)	(0.036)	(0.036)
	# drinks/episode	0.058*	0.057*	0.057*	0.056*
		(0.028)	(0.028)	(0.028)	(0.028)
	Females:
(a)	drinks weekly = 1	0.599	0.534	0.556	0.412
		(0.720)	(0.726)	(0.724)	(0.702)
(b)	binges monthly = 1	0.817	0.864	0.898+	0.748
		(0.528)	(0.528)	(0.530)	(0.535)
(c)	# drinks/month (100s)	0.397	0.450	0.433	0.336
		(0.520)	(0.508)	(0.495)	(0.477)
(d)	# days drink /month	0.062	0.060	0.063	0.053
		(0.067)	(0.064)	(0.064)	(0.063)
	# drinks/episode	0.002	0.005	0.002	−0.008
		(0.042)	(0.040)	(0.039)	(0.037)

Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses;

⁺significant at 10%;

^*significant at 5%;

^**significant at 1%