TABLE 2. Measures Included in the Analysis (N=498).
| Variables | All Children | % Ever Drink | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent Variable | |||
| Ever use alcohol | Binary indicator from original question: ‘Have you ever had a drink of beer, wine, or liquor - not just a sip or a taste of someone else’s drink - more than 2 or 3 times in your life’ 0=no 1=yes | 16.87 | - |
| Independent Variables | |||
| Child is girl | Index child 0=boy 1=girl, from Household Roster | 54.22 | 32.14 *** |
| Child’s age | Categorical measure of index child’s completed years of age where possible values are | ||
| 9 | 41.97 | 20.57 | |
| 10 | 30.92 | 13.64 | |
| 11 | 27.11 | 14.81 | |
| Father’s education | Binary variable created from years of completed schooling where | ||
| 1=primary or less | 72.89 | 16.80 | |
| 2=lower secondary or higher | 27.11 | 17.04 | |
| Household wealth | Categorical measure that ranks households based on level of wealth | ||
| 1=low wealth | 39.76 | 16.67 | |
| 2=average wealth | 40.96 | 19.61 | |
| 3=high wealth | 19.28 | 11.46 | |
| Note: low wealth combines the 1st and 2nd quintiles of wealth index; average combines the 3rd and 4th while high represents those households in the 5th quintile only | |||
| Older sibling | 0=no 1=yes, from Household Roster | 47.79 | 50.00 |
| IC family functioning good | A binary indicator created from the summed total of five standard items for family functioning based on the APGAR measure where 0=no 1=yes | 57.23 | 46.43 * |
| Family arguments | A binary indicator created from the 5 category question, ‘Do people in your family have serious arguments?’ 0=no 1=yes (top two categories) 1=never; 2=hardly ever; 3=some of the time; 4=almost always; 5=always | 27.91 | 30.95 |
| Family alcohol use | Does anyone in your family drink beer, wine or liquor? 0=no 1=yes | 82.73 | 91.67 * |
| Friends alcohol use | Do any of your friends drink beer, wine or liquor? 0=no 1=yes | 20.28 | 45.24 *** |
| Migrant-carer status | Combined measure of a household’s migration status and caregiving arrangements where | + | |
| 0=Non-migrant household | 43.98 | 21.00 | |
| 1=TH-mother carer (father migrant) | 15.26 | 18.42 | |
| 2=TH-father carer (mother migrant) | 26.31 | 13.74 | |
| 3=TH-other carer (father or mother is migrant and carer is other than parent) | 14.46 | 8.33 | |
Note: Chi-square tests significant
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p<.001
**
p<.01
*
p<.05
+
p<.1