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Table 1 Demographics, lifetime abstinence, and frequency of current drinking a in the study sample

From: Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption

  

Total sample

Ever drank %

  

No

Yes

   

Last 12 months a

   

No

Yes

  

n

%

%

%

%

All

 

6,085

100.0

5.9

18.5

75.7

Sex

Male

2,160

35.5

4.8

15.3

79.9

 

Female

3,925

64.5

6.5

20.2

73.4

   

χ2 = 32.084, P <0.001

Age

16–24

310

5.1

12.3

8.1

79.7

 

25–34

463

7.6

7.8

10.4

81.9

 

35–44

668

11.0

6.9

17.1

76.0

 

45–54

1,043

17.1

4.9

14.7

80.4

 

55–64

1,298

21.3

3.6

17.5

78.9

 

65–74

1,370

22.5

3.8

22.0

74.2

 

75+

933

15.3

9.3

27.3

63.3

   

χ2 = 187.917, P <0.001

Deprivation tertile

Deprived

1,995

32.8

8.6

22.4

69.0

Mid

1,284

21.1

5.2

19.0

75.8

 

Affluent

2,806

46.1

4.2

15.4

80.4

   

χ2 = 90.886, P <0.001

Ethnicity b

White

5,660

93.0

3.8

18.3

78.0

 

Asian/Chinese

191

3.1

56.0

17.8

26.2

 

Black/Other

234

3.8

16.2

23.1

60.7

   

χ2 = 980.727, P <0.001

  1. aIndividuals who consumed alcohol in the last 12 months are considered current drinkers; bBlack/Other includes those who preferred not to give an ethnicity. Further details of ethnic categories are given in the methods.
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