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. 2013 Jan;74(1):104–113. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.104

Table 1.

Summary of logistic regression analysis for variables predicting younger siblings’ alcohol use (n = 321)

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Variable B OR [95% CI] B OR [95% CI] B OR [95% CI]
Intercept −3.66*** −4.01*** −3.89***
Family structure 0.29 1.35 [0.63, 2.87] 1.3 1.39 [0.65, 2.99] 0.55 1.73 [0.76, 3.94]
Parental knowledge −1.03** 0.36 [0.17,0.76] −1.08** 0.34 [0.16,0.74] −1.04* 0.36 [0.16,0.80]
Sibling intimacy 0.02 1.03 [0.47, 2.25] 0.19 1.21 [0.54, 2.72] 0.26 1.30 [0.55, 3.03]
Sibling conflict 0.14 1.15 [0.65, 2.02] 0.14 1.50 [0.65, 2.03] 0.23 1.26 [0.68, 2.35]
Parent’s alcohol use 0.31 1.37 [0.95, 1.98] 0.27 1.31 [0.89, 1.93] 0.16 1.18 [0.77, 1.79]
Friends’ alcohol use 1.24*** 3.46 [2.38, 5.03] 1.32*** 3.76 [2.52, 5.60] 1.56*** 4.76 [2.99, 7.57]
Sibling’s alcohol use (sib. alc.) 1.85*** 6.33 [2.83, 14.12] 2.17*** 8.72 [3.46,21.96] 1.75*** 5.63 [2.35, 13.98]
Shared friends (shr. fr.) 0.14 1.15 [0.41,0.52] 0.141 1.15 [0.73,3.12] −0.34 0.71 [0.31, 1.65]
Sibling modeling (mod.) −0.13 0.88 [0.18,0.67] −1.45* 0.23 [0.07, 0.75] −1.49 0.23 [0.06, 0.84]
Sib. Alc. × Mod. 1.64** 5.15 [1.49, 17.79] 1.73* 5.63 [1.40,22.67]
Sib. Alc. × Shr. Fr. −0.29 0.75 [0.31, 1.82] 0.53 1.70 [0.63, 4.57]
Mod. × Shr. Fr. 0.35 1.42 [0.84, 2.42] −2.23** 0.11 [0.02, 0.58]
Mod. × Sib. Alc. × Shr. Fr. 3.38*** 29.40 [4.41, 196.19]
χ2 107.81 116.18* 133.95***
df 13 16 17

Notes: Nonsignificant controls omitted from table: parental education, sex composition, age spacing, and gender. OR = odds ratio.

*

p < .05;

**

p <.01;

***

p < .001.