Self-reported drunkenness among adolescents in four sub-Saharan African countries: associations with adverse childhood experiences

Table 1 Respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and exposure to adverse childhood experiences

	Male	Female	Total
	n = 4,968 (51%)	n = 4,851 (49%)	N = 9,819 (100%)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Mean age in years (standard deviation)	15.0 (2.19)	15.1 (2.23)	15.0 (2.21)
% In school	65.7	58.3	62.1
% Male-headed household	78.1	74.5	76.3
Living arrangements
Both parents ^a	50.0	43.2	46.7
Mother only ^a	16.7	15.8	16.3
Father only ^a	7.3	5.3	6.3
Neither parent ^a	26.0	35.7	30.8
% Urban residence	24.5	28.4	26.4
% Ever married	1.3	10.7	5.9
Country of residence
Burkina Faso ^a	28.6	28.9	28.7
Ghana ^a	24.2	25.7	24.9
Malawi ^a	23.8	22.7	23.2
Uganda ^a	23.4	22.8	23.1
Importance of religion in life
Very important ^a	81.5	82.3	81.9
Somewhat important ^a	13.1	13.0	13.1
Not important/no religion ^a	5.4	4.7	5.0
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences
Frequency with which family did not have enough food before respondent was 10 years
Very often ^a	11.1	10.3	10.7
Somewhat often ^a	25.5	25.7	25.6
Not often at all/Never ^a	63.4	64.0	63.7
% of respondents who lived in a household with a problem drinker before age 10 years	18.5	20.7	19.6
% of respondents who were physically abused before age 10	20.3	15.8	18.0
% of respondents whose first sex was coerced	1.8	5.6	3.7

ISSN: 1753-2000