Table 1

General sample characteristics and comparisons between those that do and do not consume alcohol



Drink alcohol


All
 No
 Yes
 Statistic

n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
 Chi Square
 P
Sex







Female
 5366
 52.2
 515
 9.6
 4826
 90.4

Male
 4905
 47.8
 676
 13.9
 4203
 86.1
 43.96
 < 0.001
Age







15
 4834
 47.1
 593
 12.3
 4217
 87.7

16
 5437
 52.9
 598
 11.1
 4812
 88.9
 4.02
 < 0.05
North West deprivation quintile







(Least deprived) 1
 2560
 24.9
 172
 6.7
 2384
 93.3

2
 2324
 22.6
 338
 14.6
 1975
 85.4

3
 1472
 14.3
 148
 10.1
 1317
 89.9

4
 2354
 22.9
 317
 13.6
 2019
 86.4

(Most deprived) 5
 1561
 15.2
 216
 13.9
 1334
 86.1
 99.48
 < 0.001
Ethnicity







White
 8606
 87.5
 507
 5.9
 8077
 94.1

Black/Black British
 151
 1.5
 26
 17.7
 121
 82.3

Chinese/Chinese British
 84
 0.9
 22
 26.2
 62
 73.8

Asian/Asian British
 701
 7.1
 546
 78.9
 146
 21.1

Mixed Race
 239
 2.4
 17
 7.1
 221
 92.9

Other
 49
 0.5
 19
 39.6
 29
 60.4
 3389.43
 < 0.001
Spending money (£/week)







< = 10
 3633
 38.7
 546
 15.1
 3070
 84.9

11 to 20
 3047
 32.4
 307
 10.1
 2733
 89.9

21 to 30
 1247
 13.3
 85
 6.8
 1160
 93.2

> 30
 1470
 15.6
 111
 7.6
 1354
 92.4
 102.27
 < 0.001
Ever buy alcohol







No
 6450
 65.2
 1191
 18.5
 5259
 81.5

Yes
 3449
 34.8
 0
 0.0
 3449
 100
 723.97
 < 0.001
Member of youth club, group or team







No
 6411
 63.4
 774
 12.1
 5608
 87.9

Yes
 3706
 36.3
 397
 10.7
 3297
 89.3
 4.34
 < 0.05

Analyses utilise chi squared. Samples sizes vary slightly between analyses due to some respondents not completing all questions.

Bellis et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:15   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-2-15

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