[Table/Fig-1]:

Association between various factors and alcoholism

No.	Various factors	Total no of participants n=157	Number of persons taking alcohol	%	Chi-Square	p-value
1.	Age of the participants
	≤ 30	35	18	51.43%	4.875	0.027
	>30	122	38	31.15%
2.	Standard of living
	Low	61	26	42.6%	2.103	0.147
	Medium and high	96	30	31.2%
3.	Education
	Up to middle school	109	43	39.4%	1.755	0.185
	More than middle school	46	13	28.2%
4.	Occupation
	Unskilled and semiskilled	114	43	37.72%	0.611	0.435
	Skilled and professional	42	13	30.95%
5.	Marital status
	Married	138	49	35.51%	0.013	0.909
	Unmarried/ widow/divorced	19	7	36.84%