Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics
| Parental divorce/separation |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Measures | No (N=637) | Yes (N=294) | Test statistic and significance value for group differences |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 50.39% | 56.80% | |
| Male | 49.61% | 43.20% | χ2(1)=3.31, p=.07 |
| Age | |||
| At baseline (range: 10–15) | 12.22 (0.98) | 12.21 (1.00) | t(929)=0.15, p=.88 |
| At last completed survey (range: 11–18) | 14.77 (1.14) | 14.77 (1.20) | t(929)=0.07, p=.95 |
| At first drink1 (range: 6–17) | 13.08 (2.04) | 13.35 (1.76) | t(228)=−1.04, p=.13 |
| Ever consumed a full drink | 21.35% | 31.97% | χ2(1)=12.20, p=.0005 |
| Parental divorce/separation | |||
| Neither | 100% | -- | |
| Separation only | -- | 30.27% | |
| Divorce only | -- | 7.48% | |
| Both separation and divorce | -- | 62.24% | |
| Age experienced parental divorce/separation |
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| Never | 100% | -- | |
| Birth to 5 | -- | 45.00% | |
| 6–9 | -- | 25.36% | |
| 10 or older | -- | 29.64% | |
| Perceived stress | 1.68 (1.22) | 1.80 (1.19) | t(929)=−1.45, p=.15 |
| Family history of drinking problems | 24.02% | 48.64% | χ2(1)=56.23, p<.0001 |
| Parent drinking | 2.73 (2.39) | 2.52 (2.78) | t=(500.76)=1.14, p=.26 |
| Receive lunch subsidy | 26.06% | 56.80% | χ2(1)=82.75, p<.0001 |
| Child psychopathology | |||
| Internalizing | 4.56 (5.19) | 5.61 (5.26) | t(927)=−2.84, p=.005 |
| Externalizing | 4.11 (5.73) | 6.50 (7.42) | t(458.97)=−4.87, p<.0001 |
1
Using minimum reported age