Table I.

Prevalence of lifetime alcohol consumption (%) in Inuit population aged 15 years or over in Nunavik, 2004

	EPa	Partial non-response (%)	Consumers		pb
			%	95% CI
Gender					0.005
Men	2,710	3.4	89.6	86.5–92.1
Women	2,420	5.9	84.0	81.3–86.7
Age group					<0.0001
15–24 years	1,670	4.0	87.9	83.9–91.2
25–44 years	2,380	2.9	91.2	88.1–93.7
45 years +	1,070	8.5	77.0	71.7–82.3
Marital status					0.059
Single	2,010	4.7	87.2	83.4–90.5
Married or common law	2,750	4.4	88.2	85.3–90.6
Separated, divorced or widowed	300	6.5	77.4	64.2–87.6
Education levelc					<0.0001
Completed elementary school or less	900	10.6	71.9	65.1–78.0
Incomplete secondary school	2,930	3.2	89.7	87.5–92.0
Completed secondary school or higher	1,150	1.0	93.4	89.2–96.3
Income					0.002
Less than $20,000	2,500	4.6	85.4	82.2–88.2
$20,000–39,999	1,100	4.3	92.5	88.0–95.6
$40,000 and over	870	1.7	92.7	88.2–95.9
Occupation					<0.0001
Work	3,580	3.1	90.8	88.5–92.8
Otherd	1,340	6.0	79.8	75.3–84.2
Region					0.002
Hudson	2,840	6.7	84.2	80.7–87.3
Ungava	2,290	1.8	90.4	87.8–92.5
Type of community					<0.0001
Dry communities	3,800	5.9	84.5	82.1–87.0
Alcohol sales permitted	1,320	0.5	94.0	90.2–96.7

^aEstimated number of Nunavik residents in this situation, according to prevalence rates and the sampling methods used.

^bChi-square test with p values.

^cThe number of people with post-secondary education is likely to be overestimated.

^dOther: hunter support program, housework, retired or on pension, unemployment insurance, social welfare, student or other (disability, maternity leave, etc.).

Source: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004.