Table 2.
Socio-demographic factors associated with drinking pattern
| Usual quantity (%) (n = 742)a | Frequency of heavy drinking: (5+ drinks) (%) (n = 741) | Monthly frequency of drunkenness (%) (n = 737) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low risk | Moderate risk | High risk | P value | Never | Less than monthly | At least once a month | P value | Less than monthly | Monthly but not weekly | At least once a week | P value | |
| 18–29 | 193 (72.9) | 37 (15.4) | 33 (11.7) | χ2 4, P 0.4 | 154 (57.3) | 50 (19.6) | 59 (23.2) | χ2 14.2, P 0.01 | 173 (63.3) | 73 (31.3) | 16 (5.6) | χ2 2.4, P 0.7 |
| 30–39 | 210 (73.4) | 31 (10.2) | 47 (16.4) | 160 (58.2) | 39 (13.3) | 38 (28.6) | 194 (66.9) | 71 (25.6) | 21 (7.5) | |||
| 40–49 | 131 (67.3) | 29 (16) | 31 (16.8) | 106 (55.1) | 18 (8.6) | 67 (36.3) | 134 (69.8) | 41 (21.6) | 14 (8.7) | |||
| Area | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 245 (69.1) | 45 (14.2) | 60 (16.8) | χ2 2.5, P 0.3 | 200 (57.1) | 44 (11.9) | 105 (31) | χ2 1.9, P 0.38 | 245 (69.4) | 71 (21.5) | 33 (9.1) | χ2 12.6, P 0.002 |
| Urban | 282 (73.1) | 58 (13.3) | 51 (13.6) | 220 (57) | 63 (15.8) | 109 (27.2) | 256 (64.4) | 114 (29.7) | 18 (5.8) | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Goan | 433 (73.4) | 75 (13.2) | 92 (13.4) | χ2 1.1, P 0.6 | 339 (58.6) | 88 (14.5) | 172 (27) | χ2 0.2, P 0.92 | 409 (68.2) | 151 (26.1) | 37 (5.7) | χ2 2.5, P 0.28 |
| Non-Goan | 101 (63.7) | 22 (15.7) | 19 (20.6) | 81 (50.4) | 19 (13.8) | 42 (35.8) | 92 (58.1) | 34 (28.9) | 14 (13) | |||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 318 (71.5) | 56 (12.9) | 69 (15.6) | Exact P 0.15 | 244 (55.8) | 57 (12.5) | 141 (31.7) | Exact P 0.01 | 307 (69.1) | 101 (23.5) | 31 (7.4) | Exact P 0.46 |
| Separated | 4 (57.1) | 3 (22) | 3 (20.9) | 4 (57.1) | 0 | 6 (42.9) | 6 (75.7) | 2 (16) | 1 (8.3) | |||
| Single | 212 (72.2) | 38 (14.3) | 39 (13.5) | 172 (58.7) | 50 (17.2) | 67 (24.1) | 188 (62.4) | 82 (31) | 19 (6.6) | |||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| High school | 404 (76.7) | 62 (12.0) | 64 (15.5) | χ2 22.1, P < 0.001 | 324 (62.2) | 84 (15.9) | 121 (22) | Exact P < 0.001 | 364 (67.5) | 130 (27.4) | 30 (5.2) | Exact P 0.16 |
| Prim/middle | 118 (61.7) | 28 (14.8) | 39 (22.8) | 85 (44.7) | 21 (10.8) | 79 (44.5) | 122 (63.7) | 42 (24.6) | 18 (11.7) | |||
| No education | 12 (29.2) | 7 (40.6) | 8 (30.2) | 11 (31.1) | 2 (5.6) | 14 (63.3) | 15 (58.6) | 9 (25.1) | 3 (16.2) | |||
| SLI | ||||||||||||
| Upper three quintile | 361 (73.9) | 50 (11.6) | 62 (14.5) | χ2 12.7, P 0.002 | 285 (59.9) | 72 (14.6) | 115 (25.5) | χ2 12.9, P 0.002 | 319 (65.1) | 123 (28.2) | 27 (6.7) | χ2 3.2, P 0.205 |
| Lowest two quintile | 173 (66.3) | 47 (18.3) | 49 (15.4) | 135 (50.3) | 35 (13.9) | 99 (35.8) | 182 (69.2) | 62 (23) | 24 (7.8) | |||
aWeighted percentage