Cancer-related health behaviours of young people not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’): a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Odds ratios and 95% CIs for effect of NEET status on Heavy Drinking^a,b

Variable	All NEETs Included	Economically Inactive NEETs Excluded
Variable	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
UNIVARIATE^c
NEET
No	1.00*	1.00
Yes	0.73 (0.59–0.90)	0.90 (0.69–1.19)
FULLY ADJUSTED^c
NEET
No	1.00*	1.00
Yes	0.71 (0.56–0.91)	0.91 (0.68–1.22)
Sex
Male	0.71 (0.60–0.85)	0.69 (0.58–0.82)
Female	1.00**	1.00**
Ethnicity
White UK & Irish	1.00**	1.00**
Other (incl. gypsy/traveller)	0.43 (0.33–0.56)	0.41 (0.31–0.54)
Access to car/van
Yes	1.00*	1.00*
No	1.24 (1.03–1.49)	1.29 (1.06–1.56)
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	0.65 (0.53–0.80)	0.67 (0.54–0.83)
Other (incl. single/separated/divorced)	1.00**	1.00**
Receipt of means-tested benefits
No	1.00*	1.00*
Yes	0.80 (0.67–0.95)	0.80 (0.67–0.96)
NSSEC
Managerial & professional	1.00*	1.00*
Intermediate	1.06 (0.78–1.45)	1.07 (0.78–1.46)
Routine & manual	1.40 (1.08–1.83)	1.40 (1.07–1.84)
Other or never worked/long-term unemployed	1.13 (0.80–1.61)	1.18 (0.82–1.70)

*p < 0.05
**p < 0.001
^aThe outcome is whether the respondent was defined as being a heavy drinker (yes/no). Heavy drinking refers to consuming >14 units of alcohol per week for females and >21 units for males
^bAs the legal minimum age for buying alcohol in Scotland and England is 18 years of age, 16 and 17 year-olds have been excluded from analysis
^cUnivariate refers to the model containing NEET status only and fully adjusted is the model containing all significant socio-demographic and health-related characteristics

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