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

Table 4.

Experiences of drinking children (aged 11-17 years) using chi square and binary logistic regression*

 
 
df
n
Child reports past month drunkenness
Parents report recent talk with child about alcohol (in the last three months)
Parents report lifetime use of at least one other parenting technique
 
 
 
 
% (95% CI)
X2 P
% (95% CI)
X2 P
% (95% CI)
X2 P
        AOR (95% CI) AOR P AOR (95% CI) AOR P AOR (95% CI) AOR P
Gender
Male
1
256
27.6% (22.1-33.6)
0.302
94.9% (91.5-97.3)
0.565
46.9% (40.6-53.2)
0.543
 
 
 
 
Ref
0.715
Ref
0.375
Ref
0.551
 
Female
 
128
22.1% (15.1-30.5)
 
90.5% (84.5-94.7)
 
46.9% (38.0-55.9)
 
 
 
 
 
0.8 (0.3-2.2)
 
1.9 (0.4-9.0)
 
1.3 (0.6-3.0)
 
Age
11-14
1
148
17.6% (11.6-25.1)
0.006
90.5% (90.2-96.7)
0.193
34.5% (26.8-42.7)
<0.001
 
 
 
 
Ref
0.005
Ref
0.852
Ref
0.058
 
15-17
 
236
30.7% (24.9-37.1)
 
94.0% (90.2-96.7)
 
54.7% (48.1-61.1)
 
 
 
 
 
2.4 (1.3-4.4)
 
0.9 (0.3-2.7)
 
1.8 (1.0-3.1)
 
Deprivation quintile
1 (most affluent)
4
38
21.6% (9.8-38.2)
0.248
89.2% (74.6-97.0)
0.645
60.5% (43.4-76.0)
0.468
 
 
 
 
Ref
0.344
Ref
0.701
Ref
0.538
 
2
 
51
36.7% (23.4-51.7)
 
94.1% (83.8-98.8)
 
45.1% (31.1-59.7)
 
 
 
 
 
1.5 (0.5-4.6)
 
1.9 (0.3-10.8)
 
0.5 (0.2-1.3)
 
 
3
 
59
21.4% (11.6-34.4)
 
88.1% (77.1-95.1)
 
47.5% (34.3-60.9)
 
 
 
 
 
0.7 (0.2-2.1)
 
0.9 (0.2-4.5)
 
0.6 (0.2-1.5)
 
 
4
 
61
28.8% (17.8-42.1)
 
93.4% (84.1-98.2)
 
55.7% (42.4-68.5)
 
 
 
 
 
1.0 (0.3-3.1)
 
1.8 (0.3-10.0)
 
0.8 (0.3-2.1)
 
 
5 (most deprived)
 
82
20.5% (12.2-31.2)
 
93.9% (86.3-98.0)
 
46.3% (35.3-57.7)
 
 
 
 
 
0.7 (0.2-2.0)
 
2.0 (0.4-10.7)
 
0.6 (0.2-1.5)
 
School
School A
3
62
28.8% (17.8-42.1)
0.478
93.5% (84.3-98.2)
0.400
45.2% (32.5-58.3)
0.034
 
 
 
 
Ref
0.259
Ref
0.912
Ref
 
 
School B
 
67
24.2% (14.2-36.7)
 
87.9% (77.5-94.6)
 
31.3% (20.6-43.8)
0.581
 
 
 
 
2.1 (0.7-6.6)
 
1.1 (0.2-5.8)
 
1.1 (0.4-2.9)
 
 
School C
 
65
18.8% (10.1-30.5)
 
92.3% (83.0-97.5)
 
50.8% (38.1-63.4)
 
 
 
 
 
0.7 (0.3-1.8)
 
0.7 (0.1-5.2)
 
1.3 (0.5-3.7)
 
 
School D
 
190
28.0% (21.6-35.1)
 
94.2% (89.8-97.1)
 
51.6% (44.2-58.9)
 
 
 
 
 
0.9 (0.4-1.9)
 
1.4 (0.4-5.4)
 
1.7 (0.8-3.7)
 
Parental knowledge of consumption
Yes
1
307
29.4% (24.3-34.9)
0.002
94.4% (91.3-96.7)
0.008
51.5% (45.7-57.2)
<0.001
 
 
 
 
Ref
0.082
Ref
0.045
Ref
0.023
 
No
 
77
11.3% (5.0-21.0)
 
85.5% (75.6-92.5)
 
28.6% (18.8-40.0)
 
 
 
 
 
0.5 (0.2-1.1)
 
0.4 (0.1-1.0)
 
0.5 (0.2-0.9)
 
Total     384 25.8% (21.3-30.6)   92.7% (89.6-95.1)   46.9% (41.8-52.0)  

* The reference categories are no past month drunkenness reported by the child, no recent alcohol talks reported by the parent, no lifetime use of other parenting technique reported by the parent. Ref refers to reference category.