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. 2012 May 4;23(2):332–339. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cks044

Table 2.

Multilevel logistic models (random intercept) for drinking status and monthly RSOD for men and women separately

Drinking status
Monthly RSOD
Fixed effects Men (33 countries/46 254 individuals) Women (33 countries/55 269 individuals) Men (28 countries/36 259 individuals) Women (27 countries/43 124 individuals)
Individual level OR (95%CI) OR (95%CI)
education
Low (≤10 years) 1 1 1 1
Middle (>10 and <13 years 1.52 (1.42–1.63) 1.90 (1.80–2.01) 0.97 (0.90–1.04) 0.98 (0.88–1.10)
High (bachelor, Master, PhD) 1.84 (1.70–2.00) 2.89 (2.68–3.11) 0.77 (0.71–0.83) 0.92 (0.80–1.05)
Age (in decades) 0.88 (0.85–0.90) 0.95 (0.93–0.96) 0.79 (0.77–0.81) 0.72 (0.69–0.75)
Age squared 0.96 (0.94–0.98) 0.92 (0.91–0.93) 0.97 (0.95–0.98)
Country level
    GNI (in ten thousand) 1.38 (1.01–1.89) 1.86 (1.23–2.80) 0.79 (0.61–1.03) 0.89 (0.61–1.31)
    Gini (in tens)a 0.65 (0.45–0.95) 0.74 (0.45–1.21) 0.65 (0.49–0.87) 0.64 (0.43–0.95)
    Gender Gap Index (in 1/10)b 1.10 (0.60–2.01) 1.60 (0.73–3.51) 1.01 (0.60–1.70) 1.25 (0.59–2.67)
Cross level interaction
    Education*GNI 1.21 (1.15–1.27) 1.09 (1.04–1.14) 1.06 (1.00–1.12) 0.88 (0.79–0.98)
    Random effects Beta (SE) Beta (SE)
    Variance between countries 0.51 (0.13) 0.88 (0.22) 0.30 (0.08) 0.51 (0.15)

a: That means if the Gini coefficient was for example 30.0 we used a value of 3.0 in the regression to get better interpretable ORs

b: That means if the Gender Gap Index was for example 0.60 we used a value of 6.0 in the regression to get better interpretable ORs