Table 3.
Weekly drinking of alcohol among 13 and 15-year-old adolescents by gender, age, family affluence and family structure (total sample, N = 3715): results of univariable and multivariable logistic regression.
| Predictors | Non-Weekly Drinking n (%) |
Weekly Drinking n (%) |
Univariable Logistic Regression | Multivariable Logistic Regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | CI | OR | CI | |||
| Total: | 3272 (92.3) | 287 (7.7) | ||||
| Gender: | ||||||
| Boys (reference group) | 1599 (88.5) | 207 (11.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Girls | 1673 (95.4) | 80 (4.6) | 0.37 | 0.28–0.48 | 0.39 | 0.29–0.51 |
| Age: | ||||||
| 13-year-old (reference group) | 1819 (94.1) | 115 (5.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 15-year-old | 1453 (89.4) | 172 (10.6) | 1.87 | 1.46–2.39 | 1.89 | 1.46–2.44 |
| Family FAS: | ||||||
| Low (reference group) | 1159 (91.8) | 103 (8.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Medium | 1403 (92.4) | 115 (7.6) | 0.92 | 0.70–1.22 | 0.97 | 0.73–1.29 |
| High | 618 (91.7) | 56 (8.3) | 1.02 | 0.73–1.43 | 1.17 | 0.82–1.66 |
| Family structure: | ||||||
| Intact family (reference group) | 2273 (93.2) | 167 (6.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Non-intact family | 992 (89.3) | 119 (10.7) | 2.13 | 1.78–2.54 | 1.69 | 1.30–2.19 |
Significant relationships are provided in bold. OR—Odds Ratio; 95% CI—95% Confidence Interval.