Table 3

Adjusted odds ratio estimates of self-reported past-year drunkenness in the last 12 months, by gender

Male

Female


OR

95% CI for OR

OR

95% CI for OR

OR

95% CI for OR

OR

95% CI for OR


Adverse childhood experiences

Frequency of food shortage (ref. not often/never)

Very often

0.98

[0.68,1.41]

0.81

[0.54,1.23]

1.2

[0.73,1.95]

1.25

[0.74,2.11]

Somewhat often

1.12

[0.84,1.48]

1.01

[0.74,1.38]

0.98

[0.64,1.50]

0.97

[0.64,1.49]

Lived in a house with an alcoholic before age 10 years

2.54**

[1.95,3.31]

2.33**

[1.74,3.11]

3.07**

[2.18,4.32]

2.68**

[1.89,3.80]

Physically abused before age 10 years

1.53**

[1.17,2.00]

1.49**

[1.13,1.97]

2.08**

[1.44,3.00]

1.94**

[1.35,2.80]

Coerced into having first sex

1.26

[0.50,3.16]

1.03

[0.39,2.72]

1.91*

[1.14,3.20]

1.67

[0.93,3.00]

Sociodemographics

Age

1.24**

[1.17,1.32]

1.03

[0.93,1.13]

Importance of religion (ref. very important)

Somewhat important

1.51*

[1.05,2.18]

0.93

[0.57,1.51]

Not important/no religion

1.35

[0.79,2.33]

1.33

[0.67,2.65]

In school (ref. out of school)

0.56**

[0.41,0.77]

0.51**

[0.33,0.78]

Female-headed household (ref. male-headed household)

0.8

[0.54,1.18]

1.31

[0.87,1.97]

Living arrangements (ref. both parents)

Mother only

1.18

[0.77,1.83]

0.75

[0.44,1.28]

Father only

0.82

[0.53,1.26]

0.92

[0.39,2.19]

Neither parent

1.07

[0.77,1.49]

0.79

[0.49,1.28]

Rural resident (ref. urban resident)

0.68

[0.47,1.00]

1.26

[0.81,1.95]

Ever married (ref. never married)

1.78

[0.77,4.13]

1.01

[0.54,1.89]

Country of survey (ref. Burkina Faso)

Ghana

2.41**

[1.52,3.81]

2.35**

[1.47,3.76]

Malawi

2.00*

[1.17,3.41]

0.69

[0.28,1.70]

Uganda

3.73**

[2.44,5.70]

2.81**

[1.70,4.63]

Constant

0.07**

[0.06,0.09]

0.00**

[0.00,0.02]

0.03**

[0.02,0.04]

0.01**

[0.00,0.07]

N

4,968

4,943

4,851

4,832


Sample sizes are weighted and coefficients provided are odds ratios

p < 0.10; *p < .05; ** p < .01

Kabiru et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4:17   doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-17

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