Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariate comparisons of aggressive harm versus no aggressive harm from another’s drinking in past 12 months, weighted data
| Independent variable | Bivariate comparisons | Multivariate comparisons | |||||||
| No aggressive harm | Aggressive harm | ||||||||
| N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | AOR | P value | 95% CI | |
| Sex* | |||||||||
| Male | 2242 | 94.7 | 93.5 to 95.6 | 127 | 5.3 | 4.4 to 6.5 | Reference | ||
| Female | 2407 | 96.1 | 95.1 to 96.8 | 99 | 4.0 | 3.2 to 4.9 | 0.74 | 0.086 | 0.53 to 1.04 |
| Age band* | |||||||||
| 16–24 | 646 | 91.7 | 89.1 to 93.6 | 59 | 8.4 | 6.4 to 10.9 | Reference | ||
| 25–44 | 1539 | 94.4 | 92.9 to 95.6 | 91 | 5.6 | 4.4 to 7.1 | 0.84 | 0.510 | 0.49 to 1.43 |
| 45–64 | 1454 | 95.8 | 94.4 to 96.9 | 64 | 4.2 | 3.1 to 5.6 | 0.43 | 0.024 | 0.20 to 0.89 |
| 65+ | 1010 | 98.8 | 98.0 to 99.3 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.7 to 2.0 | 0.29 | 0.044 | 0.09 to 0.97 |
| Broad ethnic group* | |||||||||
| White British | 3605 | 94.8 | 93.8 to 95.5 | 200 | 5.3 | 4.5 to 6.2 | Reference | ||
| Other white groups | 384 | 97.7 | 95.6 to 98.8 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.2 to 4.4 | 0.30 | 0.002 | 0.14 to 0.64 |
| Black groups | 176 | 97.6 | 95.1 to 98.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 1.2 to 4.9 | 0.37 | 0.020 | 0.16 to 0.86 |
| Asian groups | 411 | 97.5 | 95.4 to 98.7 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.4 to 4.7 | 0.43 | 0.023 | 0.21 to 0.89 |
| Other groups | 52 | 97.5 | 88.7 to 99.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 to 11.3 | 0.36 | 0.217 | 0.07 to 1.83 |
| Life stage* | |||||||||
| Single | 629 | 91.5 | 88.9 to 93.6 | 58 | 8.5 | 6.4 to 11.1 | Reference | ||
| Prefamily | 286 | 92.9 | 88.2 to 95.9 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.2 to 11.8 | 1.23 | 0.573 | 0.60 to 2.50 |
| Family | 1519 | 95.9 | 94.7 to 96.9 | 65 | 4.1 | 3.1 to 5.3 | 0.89 | 0.684 | 0.52 to 1.55 |
| Postfamily | 2213 | 96.5 | 95.5 to 97.3 | 81 | 3.5 | 2.7 to 4.6 | 1.80 | 0.097 | 0.90 to 3.60 |
| Education* | |||||||||
| No qualifications | 739 | 97.5 | 96.0 to 98.4 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.6 to 4.0 | Reference | ||
| GCSE/O-level/CSE | 911 | 94.6 | 92.6 to 96.1 | 52 | 5.4 | 3.9 to 7.4 | 1.75 | 0.069 | 0.96 to 3.21 |
| A-level/vocational | 1242 | 93.6 | 91.9 to 94.9 | 86 | 6.5 | 5.1 to 8.1 | 1.69 | 0.077 | 0.95 to 3.01 |
| Degree/higher degree | 1396 | 95.8 | 94.3 to 96.9 | 62 | 4.2 | 3.1 to 5.7 | 1.94 | 0.042 | 1.02 to 3.69 |
| Other/still studying | 337 | 97.9 | 95.8 to 99.0 | 7 | 2.1 | 1.0 to 4.2 | 0.88 | 0.788 | 0.36 to 2.16 |
| Social grade† | |||||||||
| AB | 1265 | 95.9 | 94.2 to 97.1 | 54 | 4.1 | 2.9 to 5.8 | Not entered into the model | ||
| C1 | 1267 | 95.8 | 94.6 to 96.8 | 55 | 4.2 | 3.2 to 5.4 | |||
| C2 | 1016 | 94.6 | 92.5 to 96.0 | 59 | 5.5 | 4.0 to 7.5 | |||
| D | 718 | 96.4 | 94.5 to 97.6 | 27 | 3.6 | 2.4 to 5.5 | |||
| E | 382 | 92.6 | 89.8 to 94.7 | 30 | 7.4 | 5.3 to 10.2 | |||
| Tenure* | |||||||||
| Owned outright | 1648 | 97.7 | 96.7 to 98.3 | 40 | 2.4 | 1.7 to 3.3 | Reference | ||
| Bought on a mortgage | 1386 | 96.0 | 94.5 to 97.2 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.8 to 5.5 | 1.03 | 0.918 | 0.57 to 1.88 |
| Rented from local authority | 405 | 93.5 | 90.4 to 95.6 | 28 | 6.5 | 4.4 to 9.6 | 2.58 | 0.006 | 1.31 to 5.09 |
| Rented from private landlord | 885 | 91.5 | 89.3 to 93.3 | 82 | 8.5 | 6.7 to 10.7 | 2.33 | 0.003 | 1.34 to 4.05 |
| Other | 287 | 94.0 | 91.0 to 96.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 4.0 to 9.0 | 2.04 | 0.039 | 1.04 to 4.02 |
| Disability* | |||||||||
| Considers self disabled | 477 | 91.4 | 88.4 to 93.7 | 45 | 8.6 | 6.3 to 11.7 | Reference | ||
| Not disabled | 4086 | 95.8 | 95.1 to 96.5 | 178 | 4.2 | 3.5 to 4.9 | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.24 to 0.59 |
| Employment status* | |||||||||
| Employed | 2535 | 95.0 | 93.8 to 95.9 | 135 | 5.0 | 4.1 to 6.2 | Reference | ||
| Unemployed | 204 | 95.0 | 91.3 to 97.2 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.8 to 8.7 | 0.62 | 0.166 | 0.32 to 1.22 |
| Economically inactive | 799 | 92.2 | 90.2 to 93.9 | 67 | 7.8 | 6.1 to 9.8 | 1.10 | 0.654 | 0.73 to 1.66 |
| Retired | 1110 | 98.9 | 98.1 to 99.3 | 13 | 1.1 | 0.7 to 1.9 | 0.33 | 0.018 | 0.13 to 0.83 |
| AUDIT* | |||||||||
| Not hazardous/harmful drinking | 4038 | 96.5 | 95.7 to 97.1 | 149 | 3.6 | 2.9 to 4.3 | Reference | ||
| Hazardous/harmful drinking | 599 | 88.7 | 85.6 to 91.2 | 76 | 11.3 | 8.8 to 14.4 | 2.35 | <0.001 | 1.63 to 3.40 |
Weighted n=4874 (bivariate analyses) and 4698 (multivariate analysis). Bivariate totals that are 4875 not 4874 are due to rounding as the analyses use weighted data.
*Test of bivariate independence indicates significant difference (p<0.05).
†AB is higher managerial, administrative and professional and intermediate managerial, administrative and professional; C1 is supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional; C2 is skilled manual workers; D is semiskilled and unskilled manual workers; and E is state pensioners, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only.
AOR, adjusted OR; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.