Table 1.
Distribution of parent and friends' drinking and covariates by cohort member drinking
| Cohort member drinking | ||
|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |
| n = 9223 | n = 1275 | |
| Mother's drinking | ||
| None | 22.9 | 14.5 |
| Light/moderate | 58.9 | 60.8 |
| Heavy/binge | 15.5 | 21.2 |
| Missing | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Father's drinking | ||
| None | 8.6 | 5.2 |
| Light/moderate | 36.6 | 34.6 |
| Heavy/binge | 17.1 | 18.9 |
| Father absent from household | 27.0 | 31.9 |
| Missing | 10.8 | 9.4 |
| Friends drink | ||
| No | 81.5 | 56.0 |
| Yes | 5.5 | 25.7 |
| Don't know | 13.0 | 18.3 |
| Child characteristics | ||
| Gender | ||
| Girl | 50.5 | 41.2 |
| Signs of pubertal changes | ||
| Yes | 34.7 | 36.9 |
| Birth order | ||
| Firstborn | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| Socioemotional difficulties | ||
| Yes | 12.5 | 18.3 |
| Anti-social behaviours | ||
| 0 | 79.9 | 56.9 |
| 1 | 16.8 | 28.0 |
| 2+ | 3.3 | 15.0 |
| Truancy | ||
| No | 96.3 | 93.0 |
| Yes | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| No answer | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Cigarette smoking | ||
| No | 98.1 | 88.9 |
| Yes | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| No answer | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Perception of harm from 1–2 drinks per day | ||
| No/slight risk | 10.9 | 20.3 |
| Some risk | 32.4 | 38.9 |
| Great risk | 56.7 | 40.8 |
| Alcohol expectancies | ||
| Positive | ||
| 0 | 53.2 | 36.4 |
| 1 | 22.6 | 26.2 |
| 2+ | 24.1 | 37.4 |
| Negative | ||
| 3 | 62.8 | 43.4 |
| 2 | 32.3 | 33.0 |
| 0 or 1 | 14.9 | 23.6 |
| Happy with family | ||
| Yes | 89.0 | 83.0 |
| Family characteristics | ||
| Equivalised household income | ||
| Richest | 18.3 | 21.2 |
| Second | 20.7 | 23.5 |
| Third | 20.2 | 20.9 |
| Fourth | 20.3 | 17.4 |
| Poorest | 20.6 | 17.0 |
| Religious affiliation | ||
| Yes | 53.3 | 44.7 |
| Un-supervised time at weekend/weekday | ||
| Never/rarely | 30.9 | 23.2 |
| Sometimes | 30.9 | 28.5 |
| Often | 38.2 | 48.3 |
| Frequent battles with parents | ||
| Yes | 28.0 | 37.2 |
| Relationship between mother and child | ||
| Very/extremely close | 93.6 | 91.1 |