Parental Factors Associated with Mexican American Adolescent Alcohol Use

Table 2

Parenting characteristics of Mexican American families (𝑛=956).

Parenting characteristic	Frequency	(%)
Parental warmth
Very low warmth	28	3%
Low warmth	186	19%
Average warmth	142	15%
High warmth	296	31%
Very high warmth	304	32%
Parental control
Not controlling	168	18%
Slightly controlling	595	62%
Very controlling	178	19%
Totally controlling	15	2%
Parent-youth relationship
Get along well (PY1)
Never	3	0.3%
Seldom	13	1%
Sometimes	101	11%
Often	314	33%
Always	525	55%
Make decisions together (PY2)
Never	23	2%
Seldom	38	4%
Sometimes	230	24%
Often	316	33%
Always	349	37%
Trust them (PY3)
Never	7	1%
Seldom	25	3%
Sometimes	117	12%
Often	218	23%
Always	589	62%