Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate comparisons of aggressive harm versus no aggressive harm from another’s drinking in past 12 months, weighted data

Independent variable	Bivariate comparisons						Multivariate comparisons
	No aggressive harm			Aggressive harm			Multivariate comparisons
	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	AOR	P value	95% CI
Sex*
Male	2242	94.7	93.5 to 95.6	127	5.3	4.4 to 6.5	Reference
Female	2407	96.1	95.1 to 96.8	99	4.0	3.2 to 4.9	0.74	0.086	0.53 to 1.04
Age band*
16–24	646	91.7	89.1 to 93.6	59	8.4	6.4 to 10.9	Reference
25–44	1539	94.4	92.9 to 95.6	91	5.6	4.4 to 7.1	0.84	0.510	0.49 to 1.43
45–64	1454	95.8	94.4 to 96.9	64	4.2	3.1 to 5.6	0.43	0.024	0.20 to 0.89
65+	1010	98.8	98.0 to 99.3	12	1.2	0.7 to 2.0	0.29	0.044	0.09 to 0.97
Broad ethnic group*
White British	3605	94.8	93.8 to 95.5	200	5.3	4.5 to 6.2	Reference
Other white groups	384	97.7	95.6 to 98.8	9	2.3	1.2 to 4.4	0.30	0.002	0.14 to 0.64
Black groups	176	97.6	95.1 to 98.8	4	2.4	1.2 to 4.9	0.37	0.020	0.16 to 0.86
Asian groups	411	97.5	95.4 to 98.7	11	2.5	1.4 to 4.7	0.43	0.023	0.21 to 0.89
Other groups	52	97.5	88.7 to 99.5	1	2.5	0.5 to 11.3	0.36	0.217	0.07 to 1.83
Life stage*
Single	629	91.5	88.9 to 93.6	58	8.5	6.4 to 11.1	Reference
Prefamily	286	92.9	88.2 to 95.9	22	7.1	4.2 to 11.8	1.23	0.573	0.60 to 2.50
Family	1519	95.9	94.7 to 96.9	65	4.1	3.1 to 5.3	0.89	0.684	0.52 to 1.55
Postfamily	2213	96.5	95.5 to 97.3	81	3.5	2.7 to 4.6	1.80	0.097	0.90 to 3.60
Education*
No qualifications	739	97.5	96.0 to 98.4	19	2.6	1.6 to 4.0	Reference
GCSE/O-level/CSE	911	94.6	92.6 to 96.1	52	5.4	3.9 to 7.4	1.75	0.069	0.96 to 3.21
A-level/vocational	1242	93.6	91.9 to 94.9	86	6.5	5.1 to 8.1	1.69	0.077	0.95 to 3.01
Degree/higher degree	1396	95.8	94.3 to 96.9	62	4.2	3.1 to 5.7	1.94	0.042	1.02 to 3.69
Other/still studying	337	97.9	95.8 to 99.0	7	2.1	1.0 to 4.2	0.88	0.788	0.36 to 2.16
Social grade†
AB	1265	95.9	94.2 to 97.1	54	4.1	2.9 to 5.8	Not entered into the model
C1	1267	95.8	94.6 to 96.8	55	4.2	3.2 to 5.4
C2	1016	94.6	92.5 to 96.0	59	5.5	4.0 to 7.5
D	718	96.4	94.5 to 97.6	27	3.6	2.4 to 5.5
E	382	92.6	89.8 to 94.7	30	7.4	5.3 to 10.2
Tenure*
Owned outright	1648	97.7	96.7 to 98.3	40	2.4	1.7 to 3.3	Reference
Bought on a mortgage	1386	96.0	94.5 to 97.2	57	4.0	2.8 to 5.5	1.03	0.918	0.57 to 1.88
Rented from local authority	405	93.5	90.4 to 95.6	28	6.5	4.4 to 9.6	2.58	0.006	1.31 to 5.09
Rented from private landlord	885	91.5	89.3 to 93.3	82	8.5	6.7 to 10.7	2.33	0.003	1.34 to 4.05
Other	287	94.0	91.0 to 96.0	18	6.0	4.0 to 9.0	2.04	0.039	1.04 to 4.02
Disability*
Considers self disabled	477	91.4	88.4 to 93.7	45	8.6	6.3 to 11.7	Reference
Not disabled	4086	95.8	95.1 to 96.5	178	4.2	3.5 to 4.9	0.37	<0.001	0.24 to 0.59
Employment status*
Employed	2535	95.0	93.8 to 95.9	135	5.0	4.1 to 6.2	Reference
Unemployed	204	95.0	91.3 to 97.2	11	5.0	2.8 to 8.7	0.62	0.166	0.32 to 1.22
Economically inactive	799	92.2	90.2 to 93.9	67	7.8	6.1 to 9.8	1.10	0.654	0.73 to 1.66
Retired	1110	98.9	98.1 to 99.3	13	1.1	0.7 to 1.9	0.33	0.018	0.13 to 0.83
AUDIT*
Not hazardous/harmful drinking	4038	96.5	95.7 to 97.1	149	3.6	2.9 to 4.3	Reference
Hazardous/harmful drinking	599	88.7	85.6 to 91.2	76	11.3	8.8 to 14.4	2.35	<0.001	1.63 to 3.40

Weighted n=4874 (bivariate analyses) and 4698 (multivariate analysis). Bivariate totals that are 4875 not 4874 are due to rounding as the analyses use weighted data.
↵*Test of bivariate independence indicates significant difference (p<0.05).
↵†AB is higher managerial, administrative and professional and intermediate managerial, administrative and professional; C1 is supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional; C2 is skilled manual workers; D is semiskilled and unskilled manual workers; and E is state pensioners, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only.
AOR, adjusted OR; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.