Table 2.
Alcohol use perceptions, behaviors and help-seeking among youth living in the slums of Kampala reporting any physical abuse, alcohol-related neglect or alcohol-related physical abuse by their parents, (n = 1134).
| Variables | Physical Abuse | Alcohol-Related Neglect | Alcohol-Related Physical Abuse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 380) 33.7% |
No (n = 749) 66.3% |
Chi-Square, (df), p-Value |
Yes (n = 212) 19.6% |
No (n = 870) 80.4% |
Chi-Square, (df), p-Value |
Yes (n = 140) 12.4% |
No (n = 988) 87.6% |
Chi-Square, (df), p-Value |
|
| Parental Approval of Child Alcohol Use | |||||||||
| Approve/Not Care | 101 (26.7%) | 82 (11.0%) | 45.65, (1), p < 0.0001 |
75 (35.6%) | 108 (12.4%) | 64.75, (1), p < 0.0001 |
57 (40.7%) | 126 (12.8%) | 70.42, (1), p < 0.0001 |
| Disapprove | 278 (73.4%) | 667 (89.0%) | 136 (64.4%) | 763 (87.6%) | 83 (59.3%) | 861 (87.2%) | |||
| Alcohol use in the past year | |||||||||
| Yes | 164 (43.2%) | 182 (24.3%) | 42.18, (1), p < 0.0001 |
120 (56.6%) | 218 (25.0%) | 79.18, (1), p < 0.0001 |
83 (59.3%) | 262 (26.5%) | 62.02, (1), p < 0.0001 |
| No | 216 (56.8%) | 567 (72.7%) | 92 (43.4%) | 653 (75.0%) | 57 (40.7%) | 726 (73.5%) | |||
| Age at consumption of first alcoholic beverage | |||||||||
| <13 | 28 (7.4%) | 38 (5.1%) | 43.61, (3), p < 0.0001 |
23 (11.0%) | 34 (3.9%) | 85.38, (3), p < 0.0001 |
22 (15.8%) | 36 (3.7%) | 80.16, (3), p < 0.0001 |
| 13–16 | 125 (33.1%) | 156 (21.0%) | 95 (45.2%) | 177 (20.4%) | 61 (43.9%) | 219 (22.3%) | |||
| >16 | 32 (8.5%) | 26 (3.5%) | 14 (6.7%) | 51 (5.9%) | 9 (6.5%) | 57 (5.8%) | |||
| Non-drinker+ | 193 (51.1%) | 524 (70.4%) | 78 (37.1%) | 604 (69.8%) | 47 (33.8%) | 670 (68.2%) | |||
| Who usually gives you alcohol to drink | |||||||||
| A family member/relative | 10 (6.1%) | 15 (8.2%) | 7.37, (4), p = 0.12 |
4 (3.3%) | 21 (9.6%) | 7.73, (4), p = 0.10 |
7 (8.4%) | 18 (6.8%) | 11.83, (4), p = 0.02 |
| A friend | 75 (45.5%) | 87 (47.8%) | 51 (42.5%) | 106 (48.4%) | 30 (36.1%) | 131 (49.8%) | |||
| A sex partner | 14 (8.5%) | 23 (12.6%) | 17 (14.2%) | 20 (9.1%) | 5 (6.0%) | 32 (12.2%) | |||
| I get it myself | 65 (39.4%) | 52 (28.6%) | 46 (38.3%) | 68 (31.1%) | 40 (48.2%) | 77 (29.3%) | |||
| Other | 1 (0.6%) | 5 (2.8%) | 2 (1.7%) | 4 (1.8%) | 1 (1.2%) | 5 (1.9%) | |||
| Age at first drunkenness | |||||||||
| <13 | 8 (4.9%) | 15 (8.2%) | 4.14, (3), p = 0.25 |
12 (10.0%) | 11 (5.0%) | 7.59, (3), p = 0.06 |
6 (7.2%) | 17 (6.5%) | 3.21, (3), p = 0.36 |
| 13–16 | 104 (63.0%) | 102 (56.0%) | 77 (64.2%) | 123 (56.2%) | 55 (66.3%) | 150 (57.0%) | |||
| >16 | 29 (17.6%) | 43 (23.6%) | 20 (16.7%) | 52 (23.7%) | 12 (14.5%) | 60 (22.8%) | |||
| Never/Non-drinker | 24 (14.6%) | 22 (12.1%) | 11 (9.2%) | 33 (15.1%) | 10 (12.0%) | 36 (13.7%) | |||
| Whom do you usually drink alcohol with? | |||||||||
| With my friends | 120 (72.7%) | 133 (73.1%) | 2.77, (2), p = 0.25 |
84 (70.0%) | 161 (73.5%) | 1.28, (2), p = 0.53 |
58 (69.9%) | 195 (74.1%) | 6.96, (2), p = 0.03 |
| With others (i.e., family, sex partner) | 30 (18.2%) | 40 (22.0%) | 25 (20.8%) | 45 (20.6%) | 14 (16.9%) | 55 (20.9%) | |||
| I drink alone | 15 (9.1%) | 9 (5.0%) | 11 (9.2%) | 13 (5.9%) | 11 (13.3%) | 13 (4.9%) | |||
| Frequency of alcoholic beverage consumption | |||||||||
| Monthly or less | 35 (21.2%) | 35 (19.3%) | 0.74, (2), p = 0.69 |
26 (21.7%) | 42 (19.3%) | 5.66, (2), p = 0.06 |
16 (19.3%) | 54 (20.6%) | 1.66, (2), p = 0.44 |
| 2–4 times a month | 46 (27.9%) | 58 (32.0%) | 27 (22.5%) | 76 (34.9%) | 21 (25.3%) | 83 (31.7%) | |||
| 5 or more times a month | 84 (50.9%) | 88 (48.6%) | 67 (55.8%) | 100 (45.9%) | 46 (55.4%) | 125 (47.7%) | |||
| Frequency of full drinks consumed in typical day when drinking alcohol | |||||||||
| 1–2 drinks | 99 (60.0%) | 96 (53.3%) | 1.56, (1), p = 0.21 |
64 (53.3%) | 124 (57.1%) | 0.45, (1), p = 0.50 |
49 (59.0%) | 146 (55.9%) | 0.25, (1), p = 0.62 |
| 3 or more drinks | 66 (40.0%) | 84 (46.7%) | 56 (46.7%) | 93 (42.9%) | 34 (41.0%) | 115 (44.1%) | |||
| Days of having a hangover, feeling sick, getting into trouble with friends or family, miss school, or get into fights because of drinking alcohol? | |||||||||
| 0 days | 45 (27.3%) | 59 (32.6%) | 1.16, (1), p = 0.28 |
24 (20.0%) | 76 (34.9%) | 8.21, (1), p = 0.004 |
19 (22.9%) | 85 (32.4%) | 2.73, (1), p = 0.10 |
| 1 or more days | 120 (72.7%) | 122 (67.4%) | 96 (80.0%) | 142 (65.1%) | 64 (77.1%) | 177 (67.6%) | |||
| How many times (if any) have you had five or more drinks on one occasion? | |||||||||
| 0 days | 50 (30.3%) | 53 (29.4%) | 0.03, (1), p = 0.86 |
29 (24.2%) | 71 (32.7%) | 2.71, (1), p = 0.10 |
23 (27.7%) | 80 (30.7%) | 0.26, (1), p = 0.61 |
| 1 or more days | 115 (69.7%) | 127 (70.6%) | 91 (75.8%) | 146 (67.3%) | 60 (72.3%) | 181 (69.4%) | |||
| Problem drinkers (as defined by CAGE Scores) | |||||||||
| Non-problem drinker (CAGE score 0–1) | 81 (49.7%) | 99 (54.7%) | 0.86, (1), p = 0.35 |
51 (43.5%) | 122 (56.5%) | 6.04, (1), p = 0.01 |
43 (51.8%) | 136 (52.3%) | 0.006, (1), p = 0.94 |
| Problem drinker (CAGE score ≥2) | 82 (50.3%) | 82 (45.3%) | 69 (57.5%) | 94 (43.5%) | 40 (48.2%) | 124 (47.7%) | |||