Table 3:
Relative Importance of Caregiver Characteristics for Predicting Underage Drinking
| Proportions of Explained Variance in Future Drinking (Percent) | |
|---|---|
| Importance of Composite Predictor Variables |
|
| Caregiver-Youth Relational Quality | 41.19 |
| Caregiver-Youth Communications | 27.35 |
| Caregivers’ Own Alcohol Use | 29.35 |
| Caregiver Monitoring | 2.11 |
| R2 (Cumulative Explained Variance) | 38.71 |
| Importance of Disaggregated Items | |
| Caregiver Trusts Adolescent | 18.02 |
| Caregiver Helps Adolescent a Lot | 38.76 |
| Caregiver and Adolescent Talked about Dating | 38.11 |
| Caregiver and Adolescent Talked about School | 1.3 |
| Lack of Supervision | 2.78 |
| R2 (Cumulative Explained Variance) | 39.44 |