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. 2013 Apr 30;13:412. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-412

Table 3.

Main method of obtaining alcohol for drinkers (11-17 years) using chi square and multinomial logistic regression

 
 
df
n
Parents*
Friends
Shop
Other
        % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
AOR P % (95% CI)
AOR P % (95% CI)
AOR P
AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Gender
Male
3
214
53.7% (46.8-60.6)
17.3% (12.5-23.0)
 
15.0% (10.5-20.4)
 
14.0% (9.7-19.4)
 
0.1 (0.0-0.6)
0.005
0.3 (0.1-1.3)
0.112
0.4 (0.1-1.6)
0.194
Female
 
102
37.3% (27.9-47.4)
37.3% (27.9-47.4)
 
13.7% (7.7-22.0)
 
12.0% (6.4-20.0)
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Age
11-14
3
108
56.5% (46.2-66.0)
22.2% (14.8-31.2)
 
8.3% (3.9-15.2)
 
13.0% (7.3-20.8)
 
0.3 (0.1-0.8)
0.013
0.2 (0.0-0.6)
0.008
0.6 (0.2-1.6)
0.287
15-17
 
208
44.2% (37.4-51.3)
24.5% (18.8-30.9)
 
17.8% (12.8-23.7)
 
13.5% (9.1-18.9)
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Deprivation quintile
1 (most affluent)
12
31
38.7% (21.8-57.8)
38.7% (21.8-57.8)
 
12.9% (3.6-29.8)
 
9.7% (2.0-25.8)
 
2.3 (0.7-8.3)
0.189
1.7 (0.4-7.6)
0.504
2.6 (0.5-14.4)
0.259
2
 
42
52.4% (36.4-68.0)
26.2% (13.9-42.0)
 
7.1% (1.5-19.5)
 
14.3% (5.4-28.5)
 
1.7 (0.6-4.9)
0.312
0.4 (0.1-1.6)
0.193
1.4 (0.4-4.8)
0.574
3
 
52
50.0% (35.8-64.2)
19.2% (9.6-32.5)
 
21.2% (11.1-34.7)
 
9.6% (3.2-21.0)
 
1.4 (0.5-3.8)
0.544
1.5 (0.6-4.1)
0.397
1.0 (0.3-3.6)
0.946
4
 
51
41.2% (27.6-55.8)
27.5% (15.9-41.7)
 
11.8% (4.4-23.9)
 
19.6% (9.8-33.1)
 
2.7 (1.0-7.5)
0.070
0.8 (0.3-2.7)
0.748
2.4 (0.8-7.3)
0.118
5 (most deprived)
 
72
55.6% (43.4-67.3)
16.7% (8.9-27.3)
 
16.7% (8.9-27.3)
 
11.1% (4.9-20.7)
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
School
School A
9
47
42.6% (28.3-57.8)
23.4% (12.3-38.0)
0.396
19.1% (9.1-33.3)
0.467
14.9% (6.2-28.3)
0.777
0.6 (0.2-2.1)
 
1.6 (0.5-5.1)
 
0.8 (0.2-2.8)
 
School B
 
51
49.0% (34.8-63.4)
21.6% (11.3-35.3)
0.282
13.7% (5.7-26.3)
0.296
15.7% (7.0-28.6)
0.663
0.4 (0.1-2.1)
 
2.7 (0.4-17.3)
 
0.7 (0.1-3.7)
 
School C
 
52
42.3% (28.7-56.8)
44.2% (30.5-58.7)
0.307
7.7% (2.1-18.5)
0.199
5.8% (1.2-15.9)
0.069
0.4 (0.1-2.2)
 
0.3 (0.0-2.0)
 
0.1 (0.0-1.2)
 
School D
 
166
51.8% (43.9-59.6)
18.1% (12.5-24.8)
 
15.7% (10.5-22.1)
 
14.5% (9.5-20.7)
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
Parental knowledge of consumption
Yes
3
256
48.5% (42.3-54.7)
21.8% (16.9-27.2)
0.007
16.0% (11.8-21.0)
0.457
13.7% (9.8-18.5)
0.629
Ref
 
Ref
 
Ref
 
No
 
54
48.1% (34.3-62.2)
33.3% (21.1-47.5)
 
7.4% (2.1-17.9)
 
11.1% (4.2-22.6)
 
3.6 (1.4-9.3)
 
0.6 (0.2-2.3)
 
1.4 (0.4-4.8)
Total     316 48.4% (42.8-54.1) 23.7% (19.2-28.8)   14.6% (10.9-18.9)   13.3% (9.7-17.5)  

P values for the univariate analyses are as follows: gender P = 0.001, age P = 0.081, deprivation P = 0.318, school P = 0.036, parental knowledge p = 0.168. * Provision of alcohol by parents represents the reference category in the outcome variable of the multinomial regression. Ref refers to the reference category of the predictor variable.