Table 1.
Raw and weighted demographics
| Raw data | Weighted sample | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants | Higher Risk Drinkers | All participants | Higher Risk Drinkers | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | 95 % CIf | N | % | 95 % CIf | |
| Complete Sample | 38,624 | 100 % | ||||||||
| Missing data alcohol consumption | 252 | 0.7 % | ||||||||
| Sample | 38,624 | 100 % | 38,372 | 99.3 % | 10,334 | 26.9 % of total | ||||
| Higher risk drinkersa | 9717 | 25.2 % | 9717 | 100 % | 10,334 | 26.9 % | 26.4–27.4 | 10,334 | 100 % | |
| Sex (female) | 18,777 | 48.6 % | 3380 | 34.8 % | 19,588 | 51.0 % | 50.5–51.6 | 3705 | 35.8 % | 34.8–36.9 |
| Ethnicity (Caucasian)b | 31,557 | 81.7 % | 9252 | 95.2 % | 33,080 | 86.5 % | 86.2–86.9 | 9940 | 96.6 % | 96.2–96.9 |
| Age (16–24 years) | 6136 | 15.9 % | 2072 | 21.3 % | 5490 | 14.3 % | 13.9–14.7 | 1928 | 18.7 % | 17.9–19.4 |
| 25–34 | 5889 | 15.2 % | 1414 | 14.6 % | 6422 | 16.7 % | 16.3–17.1 | 1732 | 16.8 % | 15.9–17.6 |
| 35–44 | 5654 | 14.6 % | 1457 | 15.0 % | 6417 | 16.7 % | 16.3–17.1 | 1816 | 17.6 % | 16.7–18.4 |
| 45–54 | 5720 | 14.8 % | 1721 | 17.7 % | 6674 | 17.4 % | 16.9–17.8 | 2107 | 20.3 % | 19.5–21.3 |
| 55–64 | 5774 | 14.9 % | 1618 | 16.7 % | 5394 | 14.0 % | 13.7–14.4 | 1565 | 15.1 % | 14.4–15.9 |
| 65+ | 9199 | 23.8 % | 1435 | 14.8 % | 8005 | 20.8 % | 20.4–21.3 | 1187 | 11.4 % | 10.9–12.1 |
| Life stage (single)c | 5665 | 14.7 % | 2120 | 21.8 % | 5443 | 14.2 % | 13.8–14.6 | 2133 | 20.6 % | 19.8–21.5 |
| Pre-family | 2069 | 5.4 % | 680 | 7.0 % | 2408 | 6.3 % | 6.0–6.7 | 837 | 8.1 % | 7.5–8.7 |
| Family | 11,330 | 29.3 % | 2441 | 25.1 % | 11,925 | 30.6 % | 30.6–31.6 | 2856 | 27.6 % | 26.7–28.6 |
| Post family | 19,259 | 49.9 % | 4466 | 46.0 % | 18,575 | 47.9 % | 47.9–49.0 | 4502 | 43.6 % | 42.5–44.7 |
| NRS Social Graded | ||||||||||
| AB | 8131 | 21.1 % | 2237 | 32.0 % | 10.403 | 27.1 % | 26.6–27.6 | 3304 | 32.0 % | 30.9–33.0 |
| C1 | 11,854 | 30.7 % | 2034 | 29.1 % | 10,525 | 27.4 % | 26.9–27.9 | 3025 | 29.3 % | 28.3–30.2 |
| C2 | 7962 | 20.6 % | 1594 | 22.8 % | 8438 | 22.0 % | 21.5–22.4 | 2235 | 22.5 % | 21.6–23.4 |
| D | 6123 | 15.9 % | 723 | 10.3 % | 5782 | 15.1 % | 14.7–15.4 | 1075 | 10.4 % | 9.8–11.0 |
| E | 4302 | 11.1 % | 406 | 5.8 % | 3255 | 9.5 % | 8.2–8.7 | 606 | 5.9 % | 5.4–6.3 |
| Government Regione | ||||||||||
| East Midlands | 3078 | 8.0 % | 626 | 6.4 % | 3334 | 8.7 % | 8.4–9.0 | 723 | 7.0 % | 6.4–7.6 |
| Eastern | 3468 | 9.0 % | 740 | 7.6 % | 4319 | 11.2 % | 10.9–11.6 | 992 | 9.6 % | 8.9–10.3 |
| London | 7176 | 18.6 % | 1018 | 10.5 % | 5648 | 14.7 % | 14.4–15.0 | 885 | 8.6 % | 8.0–9.1 |
| North East | 1986 | 5.1 % | 837 | 8.6 % | 1945 | 5.1 % | 4.8–5.3 | 851 | 8.2 % | 7.7–8.8 |
| North West | 5655 | 14.6 % | 1883 | 19.4 % | 5081 | 13.2 % | 12.9–13.6 | 1748 | 16.9 % | 16.2–17.7 |
| South East | 4307 | 11.2 % | 1302 | 13.4 % | 6248 | 16.3 % | 15.8–16.7 | 1937 | 18.7 % | 17.8–19.7 |
| South West | 3431 | 9.9 % | 803 | 8.3 % | 3950 | 10.3 % | 9.9–10.6 | 1004 | 9.7 % | 9.0–10.4 |
| Welsh border | 74 | 0.2 % | 12 | 0.1 % | 66 | 0.2 % | 0.1–0.2 | 12 | 0.1 % | 0.0–0.2 |
| West Midlands | 4429 | 11.5 % | 804 | 8.3 % | 3898 | 10.2 % | 9.8–10.5 | 754 | 7.3 % | 6.8–7.8 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4767 | 12.3 % | 1692 | 17.4 % | 3907 | 10.2 % | 9.9–10.5 | 1428 | 13.8 % | 13.2–14.5 |
aAUDIT score ≥ 8 or AUDIT-C score ≥ 5
bmissing n = 178
cSingle is up to age 39, not married, and no children in household; Pre-family is aged up to 39, married or living with partner, no children in household; Family means children in household; Post-family is aged 40 and above and no children in household (missing n = 49)
dNRS social grades: AB(upper middle and middle class), C1 (lower middle class), C2 (skilled working class), D (working class), E (non working)
emissing: n = 1
f95 % confidence limits