Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics and binge drinking of Inuit adolescents who reported alcohol use in the past year (NCDS)
| N | n (%) | M | Mdn | SD | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant characteristics | ||||||
| Sex (% female) | 174 | 90 (51.7) | ||||
| Age | 174 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 16–21.5 | |
| Living coast | 174 | |||||
| Ungava Bay | 72 (41.4) | |||||
| Hudson Bay | 102 (58.6) | |||||
| Schooling | 174 | |||||
| Presecondary school or less | 14 (8.0) | |||||
| Secondary school 1 or 2 | 60 (34.5) | |||||
| Secondary school 3 to 5 or Individualized Paths for Learning (IPL) | 97 (55.7) | |||||
| Attended college | 3 (1.7) | |||||
| Employed (% yes) | 174 | 96 (55.2) | ||||
| Binge drinking, last year | ||||||
| Binge drinking (% yes) | 174 | 166 (95.4) | ||||
| Number of binge drinking episodes | 174 | 39.1 | 12.5 | 45.1 | 0–175 | |
| 0 | 8 (4.6) | |||||
| 1–11 | 49 (28.2) | |||||
| 12–51 | 75 (43.1) | |||||
| 52+ | 42 (24.1) | |||||
Binge drinking corresponds to five drinks or more in a single occasion. Schooling refers to the highest level of schooling completed, further grouped as cohesive categories