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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2019 Jan 24;54(7):1146–1153. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2018.1563187

Table 2:

Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics (N=405 youth past year drinkers)

Variables Percent Mean (SD) Range

Never had enough to drink to feel drunk 37.0
Later age of first intoxication (≥ 16 years) 30.0
Early age of first intoxication (≤ 15 years) 33.0
Drinking patterns
Drinking frequency, past year --- 12.9 (24.4) 1.0–200.0
Heavier drinking [(F*Q)-F], past year --- 39.1 (118.1) 0.0–1495.0
Frequency of attending different contexts
Number of days at restaurants, past year --- 61.7 (68.7) 0.0–365.0
Number of days at bars/nightclubs, past year --- 1.2 (15.1) 0.0–300.0
Number of days in outdoor places, past year --- 90.2 (107.9) 0.0–365.0
Number of hours a day at home1 --- 13.4 (3.7) 3.7–24.0
Frequency of drinking in different contexts
Number of days drank at restaurants, past year 0.3 (1.8) 0.0–25.0
Number of days drank at bars/nightclubs, past year 0.2 (1.5) 0.0–20.0
Number of days drank in outdoor places, past year 5.5 (22.9) 0.0–360.0
Number of days drank at home 8.8 (19.2) 0.0–230.0
Problems related to drinking in specific contexts
Problems, restaurants past year 2.2 0.03 (0.2) 0.0–2.0
Problems, bars or nightclubs past year 3.7 0.08 (0.5) 0.0–6.0
Problems, outdoor places past year 31.6 0.8 (1.7) 0.0–8.0
Problems, home past year 53.1 1.3 (1.7) 0.0–8.0
Demographics
Age --- 16.5 (0.9) 15.0–18.0
Female 45.2
Non-Hispanic White 69.9
Parent education --- 16.0 (2.0) 6.0–18.0
Weekly disposable income --- 42.7 (77.9) 0.0–600.0
1

Weighted measure of number of hours at home or someone else’s home on a typical day during: (a) school year (0.47), (b) school vacation (0.28), and (c) weekend (0.25)