Mid-Adolescent Predictors of Adult Drinking Levels in Early Adulthood and Gender Differences: Longitudinal Analyses Based on the South Australian School Leavers Study
Table 2
Comparative characteristics of alcohol consumption groups.
Lower consumption
Higher consumption
Alcohol group comparisons
Men (%)
Women (%)
Men (%)
Women (%)
Men
Women
Overall
Demographics
Parents live together (Yes)
108 (85.0)
331 (80.9)
34 (82.9)
27 (61.4)
<1
9.18
4.81
Family unemployment (Yes)
26 (20.8)
87 (21.6)
3 (7.3)
10 (22.2)
3.89
<1
1.81
Aboriginal (Yes)
a
12 (2.9)
a
0 (0.0)
a
1.36
a
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
Financial wellbeing scale
34.9 (6.06)
34.2 (4.15)
34.7 (5.0)
32.2 (5.76)
<1
2.49
1.67
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Health-related behaviours
Heath poor
a
11 (2.7)
a
0 (0.0)
a
1.21
<1
Overweight
19 (15.1)
77 (18.8)
8 (19.5)
12 (26.7)
<1
1.58
1.38
Physical health problems (Yes)
25 (19.8)
73 (18.0)
10 (24.4)
10 (22.2)
<1
<1
1.10
Smoker (Yes)
6 (4.8)
18 (4.4)
8 (19.5)
18 (40.0)
8.76
70.17
66.18
Marijuana (Yes)
5 (4.0)
7 (1.7)
9 (22.0)
13 (28.9)
13.03
71.10
77.98
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
M (SD)
Personality
Extraversion
43.3 (6.56)
43.4 (6.19)
41.5 (5.95)
42.4 (6.09)
<1
<1
1.81
Neuroticism
30.3 (7.02)
34.4 (7.92)
31.9 (5.36)
38.3 (8.74)
1.33
2.96
1.88
Family and peer relations
Family functioning
33.9 (5.76)
32.6 (6.62)
31.5 (6.96)
29.6 (7.35)
2.05
2.72
2.96
Number of close friends
12.7 (8.36)
11.8 (7.85)
14.6 (9.54)
13.1 (1.31)
1.56
<1
1.86
Kids not liked
5.2 (5.84)
4.4 (5.03)
6.3 (6.19)
5.0 (5.38)
<1
<1
1.69
Kids not like you
4.0 (4.96)
3.3 (4.94)
4.7 (4.91)
5.7 (5.88)
<1
2.42
2.56
Bullied by peers
6.4 (2.55)
5.6 (1.87)
6.33 (2.34)
5.8 (2.28)
<1
<1
1.11
Psychological wellbeing
Self-esteem
33.6 (4.80)
30.3 (5.33)
31.4 (4.07)
27.4 (5.74)
2.53
3.40
2.86
GHQ-12
1.6 (1.82)
3.0 (2.49)
2.9 (2.23)
4.2 (3.25)
3.58
2.42
2.70
Social alienation
3.5 (2.13)
3.3 (2.03)
4.7 (2.18)
4.0 (1.95)
3.06
2.07
3.95
Life-satisfaction
26.9 (3.81)
26.4 (4.03)
24.6 (4.39)
24.2 (4.44)
3.21
3.18
4.27
, , and ; male lower group ( = 124–127); male higher group ( = 39–41); female lower group (n = 380–409); female higher group ( = 41–45); a = sample size too small to allow valid analysis.
