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. 2011 Mar 31;11:201. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-201

Table 3.

Results of the logistic regression for factors associated with the practice of binge drinking in the month prior to the research among students in private high schools (n = 2561).

Variable cOR[95%CI] aOR[95%CI] p value
Sociodemographic

Age 1.36[1.20-1.52] 1.46[1.23-1.73] < 0.001

Gender Male 1.62[1.26-2.08] 1.53[1.16-2.01] 0.004

Female reference

Monthly Tuition US$ 100- US$190 0.38[0.29-0.46] 0.59[0.39-0.91] 0.018

US$ 191- US$ 260 0.50[0.40-0.64] 0.59[0.42-0.83] 0.004

US$ 261- US$ 480 0.47[0.32-0.68] 0.53[0.33-0.85] 0.011

US$ 481 -US$ 1300 reference

Family

Living with mother No 1.91[1.31-2.78] 2.43[1.26-4.07] 0.010

Yes reference

10 min talks with parents Never 1.32[1.06-1.66] 1.68[1.28-2.21] 0.003

Sometimes/rarely 0.99[0.55-1.81] 1.51[0.70-3.28] 0.280

Always/often reference

Parents talk about drugs Always/often 1.41[1.16-1.80] 1.80[1.29-2.52] < 0.001

Sometimes/rarely 1.19[0.88-1.61] 1.24 [0.92-1.68] 0.149

Never reference

Someone you live with gets drunk No 0.54[0.40-0.73] 0.56[0.44-0.71] < 0.001

Yes reference

Leisure

You went out with friends at night Almost every day 36.23[15.01-87.44] 33.88[14.22-80.70] < 0.001

At least once a week 12.77[7.30-22.32] 12.09[6.78-21.54] < 0.001

1 to 3 times a month 3.63[1.86-7.10] 3.39[1.71-6.72] 0.001

Not even once reference

Religiosity

You trusted in God Not at all 1.78[1.27-2.47] 1.35[0.88-2.07] 0.159

A little/sort of 1.55[1.28-1.88] 1.58[1.22-2.03] 0.001

A lot/very much reference

Participation in religious services

Almost every day 0.36[0.21-0.60] 0.50[0.27-0.91] 0.026

At least once a week 0.53[0.44-0.65] 0.69[0.53-0.88] 0.005

1 to 3 times a month 1.11[0.87-1.42] 1.22[0.91-1.64] 0.166

Not even once reference

aOR = adjusted odds ratio (final model)

cOR = crude odds ratio