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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2021 Feb 10;68(4):816–818. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.010

Table 1.

Predictors of parents allowing adolescents to drink at home during the COVID-19 shutdown: Odds ratios

Gross/Total Effects Final Model
OR [CI] OR [CI]
Adolescent sociodemographics
Male (vs. female) .98 [.66, 1.44] .98 [.63, 1.52]
Age 1.19*** [1.08, 1.32] 1.09 [.83, 1.44]
Older sibling (vs. younger) 1.48*** [1.21, 1.80] .94 [.48, 1.87]
Parent sociodemographicsa
Male (vs. female) 1.95* [1.06, 3.59] 1.84 [.90, 3.77]
Black (vs. white) .10* [.01, .69] .09 [.01, .68]
Latino (vs. white) .60 [.21, 1.71] .34 [.10, 1.19]
College education (vs. not) 1.17 [.66, 2.08] 1.53 [.70, 3.39]
Employed (vs. not) 1.32 [.75, 2.34] 1.17 [.60, 2.28]
Family annual incomeb .98 [.92, 1.06] .90 [.81, 1.01]
Parent alcohol use and risk perceptionsa
Light drinker (vs. abstainer)c 2.02** [1.19,3.42] 4.26* [1.60,11.37]
Heavy drinker (vs. abstainer)c 1.54 [.87, 2.73] 3.93* [1.29, 11.94]
Perceived alcohol risk 1.16*** [1.06, 1.26] 1.10 [.98, 1.24]
Prior adolescent alcohol used
Ever drank alcohol (vs. not) 6.87*** [3.87, 11.83] 5.72*** [3.19, 10.28]

N=456 families (456 parents, 911 adolescents). OR=odds ratio; CI=95% confidence interval. All variables obtained from shutdown survey, unless noted.

a

Refers to parent survey respondent, except income.

b

Combined annual family income: 14-level ordinal variable, 1 (<$10,000) through 14 ($250,000+).

c

Light drinking = 7 (14) drinks or less per week for women (men); Heavy drinking = >7 (>14) drinks per week for women (men).

d

Adolescent report at prior wave of ever drinking alcohol, including sips of someone else’s drink.