Table 4:
Results of multilevel negative binomial analyses examining associations between early age of first intoxication and number of problems related to drinking in different contexts among underage drinkers (N=405 nested within 24 cities), IRR (95% CI)
| Number of problems Restaurants |
Number of problems Outdoor Places |
Number of problems Home |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Later age of first intoxication (≥ 16 years)1 | 2.10 (0.56, 7.52) | 1.48 (0.84, 2.62) | 1.79 (1.13, 2.84) |
| Early age of first intoxication (≤ 15 years)1 | 5.72 (2.46, 13.30)*** | 3.40 (1.98, 5.82)*** | 2.84 (1.80, 4.49)*** |
| Place frequency2 | 1.90 (1.24, 2.91)* | 1.43 (1.24, 1.66)*** | 0.79 (0.44, 1.42) |
| Drinking in the place3 | 3.86 (1.47, 10.14)* | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) |
| Drinking frequency | 0.87 (0.78, 0.97)* | 1.01 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) |
| Heavier drinking | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) |
| Age | 0.85 (0.46, 1.57) | 0.82 (0.59, 1.12) | 0.90 (0.73, 1.12) |
| Female | 2.14 (0.79, 5.75) | 0.69 (0.45, 1.10) | 0.74 (0.57, 0.98) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 0.85 (0.26, 2.76) | 1.10 (0.67, 1.63) | 0.82 (0.53, 1.29) |
| Parent education | 1.38 (0.96, 1.99) | 1.02 (0.94, 1.11) | 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) |
| Disposable income | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) |
Compared with never intoxicated
Log transformed
Number of days drinking in the place in the past year
Holm-Bonferroni sequentially corrected probabilities:
pc < .05
pc < .01
pc < .001