Risky Alcohol Consumption and Heavy Episodic Drinking among Parents in Germany: Results of a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Associations between heavy episodic drinking and selected covariates among mothers and fathers (logistic regression; odds ratios; and figures in bold print, p value <0.05), n = 15,547.

	Mothers^a				Fathers^a
	Age-adjusted		All-adjusted		Age-adjusted		All-adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age group
18–29	1		1		1		1
30–39	0.97	(0.69–1.35)	0.84	(0.59–1.19)	0.89	(0.62–1.28)	0.89	(0.62–1.28)
40–49	1.32	(0.96–1.83)	0.91	(0.63–1.31)	0.91	(0.64–1.28)	0.87	(0.60–1.27)
50+	1.16	(0.75–1.81)	0.74	(0.45–1.24)	0.82	(0.55–1.21)	0.79	(0.51–1.23)
Education^b
Low	1		1		1		1
Middle	1.28	(0.98–1.68)	1.12	(0.85–1.48)	1.45	(1.19–1.77)	1.38	(1.12–1.69)
High	1.05	(0.78–1.41)	0.94	(0.69–1.28)	1.16	(0.94–1.42)	1.07	(0.86–1.33)
Income^c
Low	1		1		1		1
Middle	1.56	(1.16–2.10)	1.43	(1.05–1.97)	1.37	(1.02–1.85)	1.25	(0.90–1.72)
High	1.57	(1.12–2.19)	1.49	(1.03–2.15)	1.48	(1.07–2.03)	1.39	(0.97–1.99)
Employment status
Nonemployed	1		1		1		1
Part time	1.46	(1.17–1.82)	1.25	(0.98–1.59)	0.80	(0.49–1.32)	0.74	(0.44–1.23)
Full time	1.37	(1.05–1.80)	1.10	(0.81–1.48)	1.14	(0.78–1.66)	0.99	(0.66–1.48)
Experienced unemployment^d
No	1		1		1		1
Yes	0.69	(0.50–0.94)	0.77	(0.56–1.08)	0.76	(0.51–1.13)	0.91	(0.60–1.40)
Migration background
No	1		1		1		1
Yes	0.75	(0.59–0.96)	0.81	(0.63–1.05)	0.82	(0.66–1.02)	0.93	(0.75–1.16)
Living with partner
Yes	1		1		1		1
No	1.18	(0.96–1.45)	1.21	(0.97–1.50)	1.23	(0.85–1.78)	1.25	(0.85–1.83)
Children in household
1	1		1		1		1
2	0.86	(0.71–1.03)	0.91	(0.75–1.10)	1.03	(0.88–1.20)	1.08	(0.92–1.26)
3+	0.72	(0.53–0.98)	0.88	(0.64–1.22)	0.79	(0.60–1.02)	0.88	(0.67–1.15)
Age of the youngest child
0–6	1		1		1		1
7–13	1.44	(1.16–1.79)	1.36	(1.07–1.71)	1.02	(0.85–1.21)	0.99	(0.83–1.19)
14–17	1.61	(1.21–2.13)	1.45	(1.06–1.97)	1.15	(0.91–1.45)	1.13	(0.88–1.44)

^a≥6 alcoholic drinks on a single occasion at least once a month; ^baccording to the CASMIN classification; ^cnet equivalent income compared with the median net equivalent income (low: under 60%, middle: 60–150%, high: >150%); ^d12 months or more in the last 5 years.