Gunby et al. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:216 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/216 Page 4 of 12 Table 1 Bivariate comparison of male and female students’ alcohol consumption and sexual activity Variable Category Total Female Male N (%) N (%) N (%) AUDIT score Non- 305 (28.8) 246 (30.6) 59 (23.2) hazardous Hazardous 753 (71.2) 558 (69.4) 195 (76.8) Relevance of other person flirting with you when deciding whether they will Irrelevant 384 (35.7) 326 (39.9) 58 (22.4) agree to have sex with you X2 5.11 Undecided 136 (12.7) 104 (12.8) 32 (12.4) Relevance of the other person kissing you when deciding whether they will agree to have sex with you Relevance of the other person removing some of their clothes when deciding whether they will agree to have sex with you Relevance of the other person removing some of your clothes when deciding whether they will agree to have sex with you Relevance of the other person verbally agreeing to have sex with you when deciding whether they will agree to have sex with you Relevance of the other person agreeing to go back to your house when deciding whether they will agree to have sex with you Consent is about agreeing to sex through choice Consent is about having the freedom to choose to have sex Consent needs to be verbally agreed Being drunk affects one’s capacity to make reasonable decisions Being drunk affects one’s capacity to consent to sex A drunk person is unable to consent to sex If a person is drunk, as long as they remain physically conscious they will be capable of choosing to have sex Undecided Relevant Irrelevant Undecided Relevant Irrelevant Undecided Relevant Irrelevant Undecided Relevant Irrelevant Undecided Relevant Irrelevant Undecided Relevant No Unsure Yes No Unsure Yes No Unsure Yes Disagreee Undecided Agree Disagree Undecided Agree Disagree Undecided Agree Disagree 171 (15.9) 521 (48.4) 212 (19.8) 116 (10.8) 745 (69.4) 128 (12.0) 120 (11.2) 821 (76.8) 126 (11.8) 108 (10.1) 832 (78.0) 55 (5.1) 51 (4.8) 964 (90.1) 356 (33.1) 235 (21.9) 483 (45.0) 31 (2.9) 76 (7.1) 961 (90.0) 125 (11.7) 177 (16.6) 762 (71.6) 297 (27.8) 228 (21.4) 542 (50.8) 42 (3.9) 7 (0.7) 1023 (95.4) 165 (15.4) 44 (4.1) 862 (80.5) 755 (70.6) 130 (12.1) 185 (17.3) 716 (66.9) 123 (15.1) 368 (45.0) 192 (23.6) 90 (11.0) 533 (65.4) 118 (14.6) 105 (13.0) 587 (72.5) 118 (14.6) 91 (11.2) 600 (74.2) 49 (6.0) 42 (5.2) 722 (88.8) 289 (35.4) 184 (22.5) 343 (42.0) 17 (2.1) 61 (7.5) 733 (90.4) 90 (11.1) 123 (15.2) 595 (73.6) 201 (24.8) 176 (21.7) 433 (53.5) 26 (3.2) 4 (0.5) 783 (96.3) 105 (12.9) 34 (4.2) 673 (82.9) 552 (67.9) 110 (13.5) 151 (18.6) 565 (69.6) 48 (18.5) 153 (59.1) 26.38 20 (7.8) 26 (10.1) 212 (82.2) 32.89 10 (3.9) 15 (5.8) 234 (90.3) 35.95 8 (3.1) 17 (6.6) 232 (90.3) 32.34 6 (2.3) 9 (3.5) 242 (94.2) 67 (26.0) 51 (19.8) 140 (54.3) 12.49 14 (5.4) 15 (5.8) 228 (88.7) 8.39 35 (13.7) 54 (21.1) 167 (65.2) 7.01 96 (37.4) 52 (20.2) 109 (42.4) 15.91 16 (6.2) 3 (1.2) 240 (92.7) 6.06 60 (23.2) 10 (3.9) 189 (73.0) 15.80 203 (79.0) 20 (7.8) 34 (13.2) 11.94 151 (58.5) 6.94 0.031 P 0.024 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.002 0.015 0.030 < 0.001 0.048 < 0.001 0.003