Table 3.
Trends in alcohol use behaviors by sexes, Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2014–2016.
| 2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Change 2014–2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | β | p | |
| Female | ||||||||
| Age in first drink of alcohol (years) | ||||||||
| First drink < 13 years | 147 | 20.6 | 123 | 23.7 | 101 | 19.2 | −0.006 | 0.943 |
| At least one drink of alcohol during the past 30 days | ||||||||
| Yes | 202 | 28.2 | 190 | 36.5 | 171 | 32.5 | 0.141 | 0.024 |
| Drinking in binge during the past 30 days | ||||||||
| Yes | 134 | 25.3 | 132 | 18.7 | 122 | 23.2 | −0.163 | 0.019 |
| At least one drink of alcohol during the past 30 days on school | ||||||||
| Yes | 15 | 2.1 | 33 | 6.4 | 26 | 5.0 | 0.350 | 0.016 |
| Male | ||||||||
| Age in first drink of alcohol (years) | ||||||||
| First drink < 13 years | 136 | 24.5 | 102 | 24.9 | 73 | 17.7 | −0.216 | 0.014 |
| At least one drink of alcohol during the past 30 days | ||||||||
| Yes | 155 | 27.7 | 102 | 24.8 | 102 | 24.5 | −0.073 | 0.340 |
| Drinking in binge during the past 30 days | ||||||||
| Yes | 117 | 20.9 | 70 | 17.0 | 84 | 20.2 | −0.005 | 0.951 |
| At least one drink of alcohol during the past 30 days on school | ||||||||
| Yes | 24 | 4.4 | 28 | 6.9 | 21 | 5.1 | 0.100 | 0.491 |
All analyses above controlled for age, race/ethnicity and grade school.
* Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).