Underage Binge Drinking Adolescents: Sociodemographic Profile and Utilization of Family Doctors

Table 1

Gender specific demographic, health and health care utilization characteristics by binge drinking status. Source: 15–17 years old subsample of the Canadian Community Health Survey 1.1 [20].

Variable	Male total; 𝑛	Male %; Binge drinker	Male; 𝑃 value	Female total; 𝑛	Female %; Binge drinker	Female; 𝑃 value
Gender^1	3311	16.0%		3296	10.9%
Demographic characteristics
Currently attending
School/college
Yes	2960	15.1%		3021	10.2%
No	343	23.6%	<.001	256	20.3%	<.001
Race
White	2681	18.7%		2719	12.4%
Visible minority	586	4.3%	<.001	524	3.4%	<.001
Living arrangement
Child with 2 parents	2224	15.3%		2267	8.5%
Child with single parent	577	15.9%		532	16.4%
Unattached	84	31.0%	.001	115	20.9%	<.001
Other	367	18.0%		346	15.3%
Socioeconomic characteristics
Income adequacy
Low	294	12.2%		346	14.5%
Middle	676	13.8%		671	12.2%
High	1789	17.0%	.05	1700	10.5%	.04
Missing data	553	17.2%		580	8.8%
Not enough to eat due to lack of money
Always enough food	3020	16.0%		2971	10.4%
Sometimes/often not enough	254	15.4%	.78	277	18.1%	<.001
Physical health characteristics
Self-reported health status
Fair/poor	152	23.7%		201	19.9%
Excellent/good	3160	15.6%	.008	3093	10.4%	<.001
Self-reported health decline (1 yr)
Much better/same	3125	15.2%		3015	9.6%
Somewhat/much worse	187	28.9%	<.001	281	26.0%	<.001
Activities prevented by pain
No activity prevented	3251	15.6%		3122	10.6%
Some activity prevented	58	34.5%	<.001	172	17.4%	.005
Chronic conditions
No chronic conditions	2558	15.9%		2279	9.4%
One chronic condition	631	15.8%	0.79	784	13.8%	<.001
Two+ chronic condition	121	18.2%		227	17.2%
Asthma
No	2873	16.6%		2828	10.6%
Yes	438	11.6%	.008	467	13.3%	.08
Back problems; (excluding arthritis)
No	3139	15.6%		2999	10.0%
Yes	173	22.0%	.026	297	20.2%	<.001
Migraines
No	3148	15.7%		2971	10.5%
Yes	163	20.9%	.08	325	15.1%	.01
Health behaviors
Sexual activity^2
Has had sexual intercourse	326	32.5%		338	23.7%
Never had sexual intercourse	1273	8.6%	<.001	1226	5.0%	<.001
Physical activity level^2
Active	1537	20.3%		1051	12.9%
Moderate	641	15.3%	<.001	754	10.7%	.37
Inactive	705	14.0%		1179	12.0%
Smoking status
Never smoked	2054	7.5%		1993	3.0%
Former or current smoker	1243	30.0%	<.001	1296	23.2%	<.001

¹𝑃<.001 for gender by binge drinking chi-square.
2Not all health districts included these questions in their survey; therefore, the sample size is lower.