Table 2.

Respondents’ knowledge of the risk associated between drinking more than the recommended low–risk number of standard drinks in a week and breast cancer (bivariate association) (N = 7,498) (All respondents)

Characteristic	Total	Breast cancer		P value
		Aware of risk associated with alcohol use N (%)	Not aware of risk associated with alcohol use N (%)
Sex				< 0.001
Male	3665 (48.9)	566 (15.4)	3100 (84.6)
Female	3833 (51.1)	1022 (26.7)	2811 (73.3)
Age group				< 0.001
15–24	1082 (14.4)	135 (12.5)	947 (87.5)
25–34	1364 (18.2)	288 (21.1	1077 (78.9)
35–44	1498 (20.0)	350 (23.4)	1148 (76.6)
45–54	1275 (17.0)	338 (26.5)	937 (73.5)
55–64	1019 (13.6)	231 (22.7)	788 (77.3)
65+	1259 (16.8)	245 (19.5)	1014 (80.5)
Education
No qualifications	2560 (34.1)	404 (15.8)	2155 (84.2)	< 0.001
Below degree	3156 (42.1)	659 (20.9)	2497 (79.1)
Degree or above	1782 (23.8)	524 (29.4)	1258 (70.6)
Employment status
Employed	3991 (53.2)	938 (23.5)	3053 (76.5)	< 0.001
Unemployed	468 (6.2)	77 (16.6)	390 (83.4)
Student	858 (11.4)	95 (11.1)	763 (88.9)
Home duties	946 (12.6)	249 (26.3)	697 (73.7)
Retired	904 (12.1)	168 (18.6)	736 (81.4)
Other	330 (4.4)	59 (17.9)	271 (82.1)
Region
Dublin	2142 (28.6)	443 (20.7)	1699 (79.3)	0.073
Rest of Leinster	2000 (26.7)	428 (21.4)	1572 (78.6)
Munster	2043 (27.2)	403 (19.7)	1641 (80.3)
Connacht/Ulster	1313 (17.5)	314 (23.9)	999 (76.1)
Deprivation category
1 (most deprived)	2405 (32.4)	462 (19.2)	1943 (80.8)	0.022
2	2989 (40.3)	646 (21.6)	2343 (78.4)
3 (least deprived)	2022 (27.3)	466 (23.0)	1557 (77.0)
Marital status
Single/never married	2551 (34.0)	435 (17.0)	2117 (83.0)	< 0.001
Married/civil partnership	4178 (55.7)	1006 (24.1)	3172 (75.9)
Widowed/separated/divorced	769 (10.3)	147 (19.1)	622 (80.9)
Drinker status				0.039
Non–drinker	1871 (25.2)	391 (20.9)	1480 (79.1)
AUDIT–C < 5	2653 (35.7)	608 (22.9)	2045 (77.1)
AUDIT–C 5+	2911 (39.2)	574 (19.7)	2337 (80.3)