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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Mar 15;132(0):295–300. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.022

Table 1.

Description of the study population.

n
missing
Men
n (%)
Women
n (%)
10 223 (18.7) 44 555 (81.3)
Married/cohabiting 325 8344 (82.2) 32 893 (74.2)
SES, by occupation 920
  High 4266 (42.5) 12 986 (29.6)
  Intermediate 2745 (27.3) 25 086 (57.3)
  Low 3031 (30.2) 5744 (13.1)
Sub-optimal health a 205 3097 (30.4) 12 589 (28.4)
Heavy alcohol use - 1093 (10.7) 4004 (9.00)
Distance to beer outlet
  Remained long b 3539 (34.6) 15 691 (35.2)
  Increased c 1089 (10.7) 4677 (10.5)
  Remained short d 4755 (46.5) 20 460 (45.9)
  Decreased e 840 (8.22) 3727 (8.36)
Distance to liquor outlet
  Remained long f 4743 (46.4) 21 305 (47.8)
  Increased g 104 (1.02) 355 (0.80)
  Remained short h 829 (8.11) 2644 (5.93)
  Decreased i 4547 (44.5) 20 251 (45.5)
Number of beer outlets
  Remained low j 3996 (39.1) 17 408 (39.1)
  Decreased k 1046 (10.2) 4431 (9.95)
  Remained high l 4332 (42.4) 18 670 (41.9)
  Increased m 849 (8.30) 4046 (9.08)
a

Self-rated health of fairly poor or poor vs. other

b

≥500m;

c

change from <500m to ≥500m;

d

<500m;

e

change from ≥500m to <500m

f

≥2 km;

g

change from <2 km to ≥2 km;

h

<2 km;

i

change from≥2 km to <2 km

j

≤3;

k

change from >3 to ≤3;

l

>3;

m

>change from ≤3 to >3