Table 1.

Individual and contextual characteristics among youth drinkers in the home: Gender differences

Variable	% or M (SD)	Females % or M (SD)	Males % or M (SD)
Outcome variable
No. of drinks, last home
drinking event	3.24 (2.79)	2.76 (2.05)**	3.66 (3.27)
Individual characteristics
Age, in years	16.59 (0.84)	16.56 (0.86)	16.62 (0.82)
Male	52.7%	–	–
Non-Hispanic White	68.5%	64.2%	72.3%
Perceived best friend alcohol use	2.97 (1.44)	2.81 (1.37)**	3.11 (1.48)
No. of days drunk/past year	8.75 (20.18)	6.91 (14.47)	10.40 (24.11)
Contextual characteristics of last
home drinking event
Your home	27.4%	23.9%	30.5%
No. of other people at
the event	13.51 (17.68)	12.36 (16.31)	14.55 (18.07)
Adult responsible	47%	52.8%*	41.8%
More boys than girls	19.9%	6.9%**	31.6%
More girls than boys	18.2%	31.4%**q	6.2%
Ease of access (1 = very difficult, 4 = very easy)	3.42 (0.74)	3.42 (0.75)	3.42 (0.74)

Notes: Significance tests are conducted between gender. No. = number.

^*p <. 05;

^**p <.01.