TABLE 2.

Externalizing behavioral correlates with alcohol use among Hispanic early adolescents between 12 and 14 years of age in the United States

	Drank alcohol in last 30 days
	No (N = 7066, 93.69%)		Yes (N = 540,6.31%)		Adjusted OR
	Row%	95% CI	Row%	95% CI	AOR	(95% CI)
Substance use
Tobacco
No	96.01	(95.3–96.6)	3.99	(3.4–4.7)	1.00
Yes	68.10	(62.7–73.0)	31.90	(26.9–37.3)	2.55	(1.30–5.00)
Marijuana
No	95.28	(94.5–95.9)	4.72	(4.1–5.4)	1.00
Yes	63.77	(56.8–70.2)	36.23	(29.8–43.2)	3.31	(1.55–7.05)
Hard drugs
No	95.11	(94.4–95.8)	4.89	(4.2–5.6)	1.00
Yes	71.99	(66.1–77.2)	28.01	(22.8–33.9)	3.55	(1.90–6.61)
Delinquency
Truancy
No	95.13	(94.3–95.8)	4.87	(4.2–5.7)	1.00
Yes	84.88	(80.3–88.6)	15.12	(11.4–19.7)	1.96	(1.02–3.77)
Theft > $50
No	94.51	(93.7–95.2)	5.49	(4.8–6.3)	1.00
Yes	74.82	(67.0–81.3)	25.18	(18.7–32.9)	0.52	(0.16–1.73)
Sold drugs
No	94.34	(93.6–95.0)	5.65	(5.0–6.4)	1.00
Yes	45.60	(31.0–61.0)	54.40	(39.0–69.0)	2.15	(0.66–7.01)
Violence
Fight
No	96.08	(95.3–86.7)	3.92	(3.3–4.7)	1.00
Yes	86.97	(84.7–88.9)	13.03	(11.1–15.3)	2.35	(1.45–3.79)
Group fight
No	95.32	(94.5–96.0)	4.68	(4.0–5.5)	1.00
Yes	86.00	(83.2–88.4)	14.00	(11.6–16.8)	1.87	(1.09–3.21)
Severe attack
No	94.63	(93.9–95.3)	5.36	(4.7–6.1)	1.00
Yes	82.16	(76.9–86.4)	17.84	(13.6–23.0)	0.74	(0.37–1.47)

Note. Adjusted odds ratios adjusted for age, gender, language preference, family income, county population density, father in household, lifetime depression and anxiety, and all other externalizing behaviors in model.

Odds ratios and confidence intervals in bold are statistically significant (p < .05).