Table 1.
12-month prevalence of consumption of alcoholic beverages and alcohol in general: urban-rural comparison
| Beverage | 12-month-prevalence | N | Large city (%) |
Urban district (%) |
Rural district (%) |
p (Chi2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Never | 8668 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 17.3 | < .001 |
| 1-12 times/year | 16458 | 37.5 | 38.8 | 38.0 | ||
| Several times/month | 9135 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 22.4 | ||
| 1 or several times/week | 8527 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 21.2 | ||
| daily | 456 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Wine/ Sparkling Wine |
Never | 12058 | 33.7 | 30.4 | 26.2 | < .001 |
| 1-12 times/year | 20834 | 54.8 | 56.6 | 59.9 | ||
| Several times/month | 4102 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 10.0 | ||
| 1 or several times/week | 1600 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| daily | 82 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||
| Alcopops | Never | 17406 | 43.0 | 43.7 | 39.0 | < .001 |
| 1-12 times/year | 15699 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 36.8 | ||
| Several times/month | 6442 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 15.8 | ||
| 1 or several times/week | 3441 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.0 | ||
| daily | 158 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
| Hard liquor |
Never | 20999 | 60.8 | 54.3 | 44.9 | < .001 |
| 1-12 times/year | 14868 | 27.9 | 32.1 | 36.3 | ||
| Several times/month | 4653 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 1 or several times/week | 2537 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.5 | ||
| daily | 103 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Alcohol in general | Never | 5557 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 10.7 | < .001 |
| 1-12 times/year | 17755 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 39.8 | ||
| Several times/month | 10301 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 25.0 | ||
| 1 or several times/week | 9488 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 23.1 | ||
| daily | 540 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | ||