TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Lifetime Binge Drinking and Covariates, Overall and According to Country

	Overall (N = 16 551)	Germany (n = 2754)	Iceland (n = 2664)	Italy (n = 2668)	Poland (n = 4105)	Netherlands (n = 1423)	Scotland (n = 2937)
Adolescents
Lifetime binge drinking
Never	73	76	94	75	67	62	65
Once	13	12	3	13	18	10	14
2–5 times	9	8	2	8	10	12	13
>5 times	5	4	1	4	5	16	8
Sociodemographics
Gender
Female	49	49	48	44	53	51	49
Male	51	51	52	56	47	49	51
Age, mean (SD), y	13.4 (1.18)	12.7 (1.06)	13.1 (0.89)	13.6 (1.37)	14.2 (0.79)	13.8 (1.36)	13.0 (0.89)
Family affluence
Low	10	8	2	14	17	2	10
Medium	36	37	21	45	42	27	39
High	54	55	77	41	41	71	51
Personal characteristics
School performance
Below average	8	6	4	15	9	9	3
Average	33	44	25	39	39	29	21
Good	42	40	43	39	35	49	51
Excellent	17	10	28	7	17	13	25
TV screen time
≤0.5 h	23	25	29	20	19	24	22
1–2 h	51	52	55	48	49	57	50
3–4 h	19	17	13	23	24	17	20
>4 h	7	6	3	9	8	2	8
Sensation seeking and rebelliousness, mean (SD), range 0–4	1.31 (0.74)	1.21 (0.72)	1.0 (0.69)	1.43 (0.75)	1.53 (0.74)	1.01 (0.59)	1.40 (0.73)
Social environment
Peer drinking
None	32	48	69	21	10	22	30
A few	25	25	19	25	25	18	33
Some	21	17	7	29	32	21	16
Most	17	8	3	19	27	27	17
All	4	2	1	6	6	12	4
Mother figure drinking
Never	23	16	18	39	28	12	14
Seldom	59	64	68	50	63	51	46
Often but not every day	17	16	13	8	8	30	37
Every day	2	2	1	3	1	7	3
Father figure drinking
Never	13	12	15	18	14	6	12
Seldom	52	58	60	47	61	38	41
Often but not every day	29	25	23	24	22	45	42
Every day	6	5	2	11	4	11	5
Any sibling drinking
No	65	68	57	75	69	56	57
Yes	35	32	43	25	31	44	43

Data are presented as % or mean ± SD.