Table 3.

Crude and Adjusted Odds Ratios of Alcohol Use among Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Kampala

	Crude OR (95 % CI)		Adjusted OR (95 % CI)	p-value
Variable
School-going status
In-school	1.0		1.0
Out-of-school	3.94 (3.03–5.12)	< 0.05	1.55 (1.09–2.20)	0.014
Age category
10–14	1.0		1.0
15–19	5.62 (2.43–12.98)	< 0.05	0.62 (0.22–1.73)	0.363
20–24	21.54 (9.47-49.00)	< 0.05	1.15 (0.41–3.19)	0.800
Parents or guardians that drink alcohol
Neither/ Don’t know	1.0		1.0
Both	6.15 (4.26–8.87)	< 0.05	2.24 (1.38–3.64)	0.001
Father or male guardian	2.62 (1.91–3.60)	< 0.05	1.29 (0.86–1.92)	0.212
Mother or female guardian	3.38 (2.18–5.25)	< 0.05	1.95 (1.11–3.41)	0.020
Any siblings that drink alcohol
None/ No siblings/ Don’t know	1.0		1.0
Yes	7.52 (5.72–9.88)	< 0.05	2.25 (1.80–3.52)	< 0.05
Number of alcohol adverts seen on TV in past 30 days
None	1.0		1.0
A few	1.09 (0.71–1.67)	0.694	0.82 (0.47–1.43)	0.486
A lot	1.46 (0.98–2.18)	0.063	0.71 (0.42–1.23)	0.223
Number of alcohol adverts seen on billboards in past 30 days
None	1.0		1.0
A few	1.46 (1.07–1.99)	0.017	0.95 (0.64–1.42)	0.816
A lot	2.46 (1.76–3.45)	< 0.05	1.09 (0.70–1.70)	0.706
Possess items with alcohol brand logo
No	1.0		1.0
Yes	4.23 (3.11–5.74)	< 0.05	2.00 (1.33–3.01)	0.001
Personal certainty about limiting alcohol consumption
Highly certain	1.0		1.0
Moderately certain	3.01 (2.18–4.16)	< 0.05	2.47 (1.74–3.51)	< 0.05
Cannot at all	3.15 (1.70–5.83)	< 0.05	2.32 (1.19–4.51)	0.013
Obesity risk score	0.99 (0.97–1.02)	0.635		Omitted