Kick back and destroy the ride: Alcohol-related violence and associations with drinking patterns and delinquency in adolescence

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables included in the analyses

	Alcohol-related violence
	Never		1 time		2 times		3 or more times
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
- Boys	612	64.8	141	14.9	68	7.2	123	13.0
- Girls	692	74.9	124	13.4	41	4.4	67	7.3
Frequency of binge drinking
Never	164	90.6	12	6.6	0	0.0	5	2.8
- Once a year or less often	223	85.4	22	8.4	7	2.7	9	3.4
- A few times per year	343	78.3	50	11.4	15	3.4	30	6.8
- Once a month	340	67.9	83	16.6	33	6.6	45	9.0
- Couple of times per month	159	50.5	66	21.0	31	9.8	59	18.7
- At least once a week	46	33.3	29	21.0	20	14.5	43	31.2
Frequency of drinking full strength beer
- Less than once a month	742	79.9	101	10.9	33	3.6	53	5.7
- Once a month ore more often	564	59.7	164	17.4	77	8.2	139	14.7
Frequency of drinking distilled spirits
- Less than once a month	666	83.1	79	9.9	17	2.1	39	4.9
- Once a month ore more often	640	59.7	186	17.4	93	8.7	153	14.3
Usual volume of full strength beer
- 2 cans or less (1000 ml)	726	78.3	108	11.7	34	3.7	59	6.4
- 3 cans or more	371	56.5	115	17.5	61	9.3	110	16.7
Usual volume of distilled spirits
- 3 shots (120 ml) or less	756	81.9	98	10.6	27	2.9	42	4.6
- More than 3 shots	496	56.8	156	17.9	76	8.7	145	16.6
Delinquency the last 12 months
- No	466	85.7	52	9.6	13	2.4	13	2.4
- Yes	787	64.6	194	15.9	86	7.1	151	12.4