Table 5.
Relationship between presence of a drinking family member and alcohol use
| Family member drinks alcohol |
Drinks per day | AOR (95% CI) | Drinking days per week |
t | df | P | ||
| More than 3 drinks |
1 – 3 drinks |
Mean | SD | |||||
| Father | 2.284 | 140 | 0.024 | |||||
| Yes | 10 (10.3) |
87 (89.7) | Reference | 3.29 | 2.679 | |||
| No | 17 (38.6) |
27 (61.4) | 5.5 (2.2 – 13.4)* | 4.41 | 2.781 | |||
| Mother | 0.702 | 140 | 0.484 | |||||
| Yes | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | Reference | 3.14 | 2.507 | |||
| No | 26 (20.5) |
101 (79.5) | 3.3 (0.4 – 26.8) | 3.69 | 2.78 | |||
| Siblings | 5.859 | 140 | 0.000 | |||||
| Yes | 20 (64.5) |
11 (35.5) | Reference | 5.94 | 2.081 | |||
| No | 7 (6.4) | 103 (93.6) | 0.04 (0.01 – 0.11)* | 2.99 | 2.571 | |||
| Wife | 1.132 | 140 | 0.260 | |||||
| Yes | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | Reference | 5 | 2.739 | |||
| No | 25 (18.4) |
111 (81.6) | 0.3 (0.05 – 2.13) | 3.58 | 2.748 | |||
| Children | 1.299 | 140 | 0.196 | |||||
| Yes | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | Reference | 5.2 | 2.49 | |||
| No | 24 (17.6) |
112 (82.4) | 0.14 (0.02 – 0.90)* | 3.58 | 2.751 | |||
| Total | 27 (19.1) |
114 (80.9) | 3.63 | 2.751 | ||||
AOR – Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI - Confidence Interval
*
p-value < 0.05