Table 1.
Characteristics of students who self-reported as drinking alcohol in the past year
| Characteristics, N (%) or median (IQR) | Total | Australia | USA | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 407(%) | N = 122 (%) | N = 285 (%) | ||
| Gendera | 0.127j | |||
| Male | 103 (25.31) | 37 (30.33) | 66 (23.16) | |
| Female | 304 (74.69) | 85 (69.67) | 219 (76.84) | |
| Year of Programb | < 0.001k | |||
| 1st Year | 127 (31.28) | 54 (44.26) | 73 (25.7) | |
| 2nd Year | 75 (18.47) | 30 (24.59) | 45 (15.85) | |
| 3rd Year | 113 (27.83) | 29 (23.77) | 84 (29.58) | |
| 4th Year + | 91 (22.41) | 9 (7.38) | 82 (28.87) | |
| Program Typec | < 0.001k | |||
| Undergraduate | 401 (98.53) | 116 (95.08) | 285 (100.00) | |
| Postgraduate | 6 (1.47) | 6 (4.92) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Type of Drinkerd | 0.005k | |||
| Occasional drinker | 108 (26.54) | 41 (33.61) | 67 (23.51) | |
| Light drinker | 29 (7.13) | 13 (10.66) | 16 (5.61) | |
| Party/Social drinker | 259 (63.64) | 63 (51.54) | 196 (68.77) | |
| Heavy drinker | 9 (2.21) | 5 (4.10) | 4 (1.40) | |
| Ex-drinker | 2 (0.49) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.70) | |
| Agee - mean (SD) | 20.98 (3.47) | 22.25 (4.25) | 20.43 (2.92) | < 0.001l |
| Age of first drinkf – mean (SD) | 16 .37 (1.82) | 16.24 (1.76) | 16.43 (1.82) | 0.346l |
| AUDIT-Cg - mean (SD) | 4.53 (2.78) | 4.43 (2.78) | 4.58 (2.04) | 0.544l |
| Type of drinkh | ||||
| Full strength beer | 146 (35.87) | 38 (31.15) | 108 (37.89) | 0.215k |
| Low strength beer or Wine-cooler | 66 (16.22) | 5 (4.10) | 61 (21.4) | < 0.001k |
| Wine | 143 (35.14) | 61 (50.00) | 82 (28.77) | < 0.001k |
| Champagne | 61 (14.99) | 27 (22.13) | 34 (11.93) | 0.010k |
| Cider | 102 (25.06) | 52 (42.62) | 50 (17.54) | < 0.001k |
| Soda or Premix | 139 (34.15) | 43 (35.25) | 96 (33.68) | 0.820k |
| Spirits | 228 (56.02) | 63 (51.64) | 165 (57.89) | 0.276k |
| Liquers | 49 (12.04) | 14 (11.48) | 35 (12.28) | 0.870k |
| Other | 8 (91.97) | 3 (2.46) | 5 (1.75) | 0.701k |
| Location where drink consumedi | ||||
| Home | 188 (46.19) | 188 (59.84) | 115 (40.35) | < 0.001k |
| Friend’s place | 223 (54.79) | 72 (59.02) | 151 (52.98) | 0.278k |
| House party | 247 (60.69) | 75 (61.48) | 172 (60.35) | 0.912k |
| Rave party | 95 (23.34) | 30 (24.59) | 65 (22.81) | 0.703k |
| Cafe | 89 (21.87) | 43 (35.25) | 46 (16.14) | < 0.001k |
| Licensed premises | 157 (38.57) | 89 (72.95) | 68 (23.86) | < 0.001k |
| University | 116 (28.50) | 16 (13.11) | 100 (35.09) | < 0.001k |
| Workplace | 9 (2.21) | 5 (4.10) | 4 (1.40) | 0.135k |
| Public place | 24 (5.90) | 7 (5.74) | 17 (5.96) | 1.000k |
| Car | 10 (2.46) | 2 (1.64) | 8 (2.81) | 0.730k |
| Other | 5 (1.23) | 2 (1.64) | 3 (1.05) | 0.638k |
an(Gender) = 407; bn(Year of Program) = 406; cn(Program Type) = 407; dn(Type of Drinker) = 407; en(Age) = 407; fn(Drinking Age Commencement) = 407; gn(AUDIT-C) = 405; hn(Type of drink) = 407; in(Location where Drink consumed) = 407; jPearson’s Chi-squared test; kFisher’s exact test; lMann-Whitney U-test; jlIndependent t-test