Table 1.
Respondent demographics
| Variable | India n (%) |
Australia n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males 13–17 years | Males 18–25 years | Females 13–17 years | Females 18–25 years | Total | Males 13–17 years | Males 18–25 years | Females 13–17 years | Females 18–25 years | Total | |
| Number of respondents | 70 (21) | 141 (43) | 29 (9) | 90 (27) | 330 (100) | 45 (15) | 70 (23) | 29 (10) | 157 (52) | 301 (100) |
| Citizenship of host country ‡ | 70 (100) | 140 (99) | 29 (100) | 90 (100) | 329 (100) | 40 (89) | 53 (76) | 25 (86) | 127 (81) | 245 (82) |
| Education ‡ | ||||||||||
| Primary (up to yr. 5) | 1 (1) | – | 1 (3) | – | 2 (1) | 9 (20) | – | 5 (17) | – | 14 (5) |
| Secondary (yr 6–10) | 43 (61) | – | 18 (62) | – | 61 (20) | 29 (64) | 1 (1) | 23 (79) | 2 (1) | 55 (18) |
| Secondary (yr 11–12) | 26 (27) | 34 (25) | 10 (35) | 11 (12) | 81 (25) | 7 (16) | 42 (60) | 1 (23) | 71 (45) | 121 (40) |
| University | – | 106 (75) | – | 79 (88) | 185 (56) | – | 27 (39) | – | 84 (54) | 110 (37) |
| Home Internet connection (yes) | 67 (96) a | 133 (95) | 24 (83) a,* | 87 (97) * | 311 (94)! | 45 (100) | 70 (100) | 28 (97) | 153 (98) | 296 (98)! |
| Internet hours/day Median (IQR) | 1.5 *** (0.5–2.0) | 3.5 *** (1.5–3.5) | 1.5 ** (1.5–1.5) | 3.5 ** (1.5–3.5) | 1.5††† (1.5–3.5) | 3.5 * (3.5–5.0) | 6.5 b, * (3.5–6.5) | 3.5 (3.5–6.5) | 3.5 b (3.5–6.5) | 3.5 ††† (3.5–6.5) |
| Lifetime consumption of alcohol (yes) | 33 (47) *** | 115 (82) *** | 15 (52) * | 70 (78) * | 233 (71)!!! | 37 (82) * | 67 (96) * | 20 (69) ** | 145 (92) ** | 269 (89)!!! |
| Any alcohol in the last 4 weeks (yes) | 15 (21) * | 79 (56) * | 6 (21) | 42 (47) | 142 (43)!!! | 30 (67) b | 58 (83) | 9 (31)b,*** | 123 (78)*** | 220 (86)!!! |
| Usual drinks Median (IQR) | 3.5 *** (2.0–4.5) | 5.5 b, *** (3.5–7.5) | 3.5 (1.75–5.5) | 3.0 b (2.0–5.5) | 4.5††† (3.5–7.5) | 3.5 (2.0–4.0) | 3.5 c (2.0–7.5) | 1.0 *** (0.0–2.0) | 2.0 c, *** (1.0–3.5) | 2.75 ††† (1.0–3.5) |
‡ Age-group and gender differences not tested; IQR = inter-quartile range; usual drinks = standard (10 g) drinks; yr. = year
Between country comparison (medians) ††† Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .001: (frequencies)! Fisher’s exact p ≤ .05!!! Fisher’s exact p ≤ .001:
(Within country and gender) Between age group comparison: * Mann-Whitney U p < .05; ** Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .01; *** Mann-Whitney U p ≤ .001
(Within country) Between gender comparisons: a Mann-Whitney U p < .05; b Mann-Whitney U p < .01; c Mann-Whitney U p < .001