Status and status inconsistency of parents on alcohol consumption of teenage children.

In a secondary analysis of data obtained from a national probability sample of junior and senior high school students, two hypotheses derived from previous research were tested. Significant support was found for the hypothesis that the educational and occupational status of working parents is inversely related to the quantity of alcohol consumed per drinking occasion by sons and daughters. The hypothesis that status inconsistency of working parents is positively associated with the quantity of alcohol consumed per drinking occasion by teenage children was found to be supported for sons only.