Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2014 Aug;84(8):493–501. doi: 10.1111/josh.12174

Table 5.

Adjusted Odds of Usual Sources of Alcohol Among Current Alcohol Users

Bought in a
Store
AOR (95% CI)
Gave Someone
Else Money to Buy It
AOR (95% CI)
Someone Gave It
to Them
AOR (95% CI)
Took It From a Store
or Family Member
AOR (95% CI)
Got It Some Other Way
AOR (95% CI)
Sex
  Female 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Male 2.9 (2.1, 4.0)** 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 0.6 (0.5, 0.7)** 1.5 (1.2, 1.9)** 1.4 (1.2, 1.7)**
Race/ethnicity
  White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Black 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) 0.6 (0.4, 0.7)** 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7)
  Hispanic 1.4 (1.0, 1.9) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6)** 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 1.5 (1.1, 2.0)* 1.4 (1.1, 1.8)*
Age (years)
  ≤14 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  15 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) 1.4 (0.9, 2.0) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6)
  16 1.4 (0.7, 2.6) 1.9 (1.3, 2.8)** 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.5 (0.4, 0.8)* 1.0 (0.7, 1.4)
  17 1.9 (1.0, 3.6) 2.0 (1.4, 2.9)** 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) 0.3 (0.2, 0.6)** 0.8 (0.5, 1.1)
  ≥18 2.4 (1.2, 4.6)* 2.1 (1.4, 3.0)** 0.7 (0.5, 1.0)* 0.2 (0.1, 0.4)** 0.8 (0.6, 1.2)
Number of days drank alcohol§
  1–2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  3–5 1.4 (1.0, 2.1) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) 1.0 (0.8, 1.2)
  6–9 2.1 (1.2, 3.6)* 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 0.7 (0.6, 0.9)* 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 1.1 (0.8, 1.4)
  10–19 3.1 (1.7, 5.7)** 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)** 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
  ≥20 3.8 (1.9, 7.8)** 0.4 (0.3, 0.6)** 0.5 (0.3, 0.7)** 2.3 (1.4, 3.9)** 2.1 (1.4, 3.0)*
Number of days engaged in binge drinking
  1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  2 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) 1.7 (1.4, 2.1)** 0.8 (0.6, 0.9)** 0.7 (0.5, 1.0)* 0.9 (0.8, 1.2)
  3–5 1.2 (0.7, 2.0) 2.5 (1.9, 3.3)** 0.5 (0.4, 0.7)** 0.5 (0.3, 0.7)** 0.8 (0.7, 1.0)
  ≥6 1.5 (0.8, 2.8) 3.1 (2.3, 4.2)** 0.4 (0.3, 0.6)** 0.6 (0.4, 0.9)* 0.6 (0.4, 0.8)*
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01.

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Usual source of alcohol during the 30 days before the survey, among students who had ≥1 drink of alcohol during the 30 days before the survey. Logistic regression model included sex, race/ethnicity, age, number of days drank alcohol, and number of days engaged in binge drinking.

Such as a liquor store, convenience store, supermarket, discount store, or gas station.

§

During the 30 days before the survey.

Had ≥5 drinks of alcohol in a row within a couple of hours on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.