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. 2015 Nov 17;76(6):852–861. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.852

Table 5.

Prevalence of early substance involvement in European American twins from twin-reported low and higher parental monitoring families, by predicted parental monitoring quintilea

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Predicted probability of low parental monitoring
Lowest risk quintile (0-20th percentile)
Moderately low risk (21st–40th percentile)
Middle risk quintile (41st-60th percentile)
Moderately high risk (61st-80th percentile)
Highest risk quintile (81st-100th percentile)
Variable Reported higher monitoring Reported lower monitoring Reported higher monitoring Reported lower monitoring Reported higher monitoring Reported lower monitoring Reported higher monitoring Reported lower monitoring Reported higher monitoring Reported lower monitoring
Alcohol use ≤14
n in group 553 68 541 75 509 104 448 163 373 234
n early users (%) 76 (13.7) 24 (35.3)* 100 (18.5) 25 (33.3)* 108 (21.2) 38 (36.5)* 81 (18.1) 67 (41.1)* 118 (31.6) 120 (51.3)*
Tobacco use ≤11
n in group 537 65 535 72 499 103 443 163 369 234
n early users (%) 20 (3.7) 7 (10.8)* 43 (8.0) 10(13.9) 49 (9.8) 22 (21.4)* 88 (19.9) 40 (24.5) 91 (24.7) 94 (40.2)*
Cannabis use ≤14
n in group 553 68 541 75 509 104 448 163 373 234
n early users (%) 13 (2.4) 2 (2.9) 23 (4.3) 7 (9.3) 17 (3.3) 15 (14.4)* 39 (8.7) 43 (26.4)* 48(12.9) 78 (33.3)*
a

All models also included birth cohort as a covariate.

*

Indicates that within propensity score quintile the lowest 25% and upper 75% twin-report-based parental monitoring groups differed significantly at p < .05.