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. 2016 Jun 9;18(4):495–517. doi: 10.1007/s10198-016-0805-2

Table 1.

Variable means by sample

Variable Definition Whole sample Beer drinkers Wine drinkers Spirit drinkers
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
DRINKER 1 = Drank alcohol in last 30 days 0.82 0.73
DRINK_BEER 1 = Drank beer in last 30 days 0.60 0.25
DRINK_WINE 1 = Drank wine in last 30 days 0.54 0.62
DRINK_SPIRIT 1 = Drank spirits in last 30 days 0.53 0.26
BINGE DRINKER 1 = Binged in last 30 days 0.37 0.16
FREQUENCY No. of days drank in last 30 5.17 3.30 5.50 5.33 3.68 2.51
INTENSITY Average grams pure alcohol/occasion 5.51 3.25 4.27 3.97 4.52 2.95
INCOME1 1 = Monthly income less than 10,000 sek 0.11 0.19 0.09 0.15 0.05 0.13 0.08 0.17
INCOME2 1 = Monthly income 10,000–14,999 sek 0.10 0.18 0.06 0.12 0.07 0.15 0.07 0.14
INCOME3 1 = Monthly income 15,000–19,999 sek 0.14 0.20 0.12 0.21 0.12 0.20 0.13 0.20
INCOME4 1 = Monthly income 20,000–29,000 sek 0.37 0.31 0.41 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.39 0.34
INCOME5 1 = Monthly income 30,000–39,999 sek 0.16 0.08 0.19 0.10 0.21 0.10 0.19 0.10
INCOME6 1 = Monthly income 40,000 sek+ 0.12 0.04 0.13 0.05 0.18 0.05 0.14 0.05
COMPULSORY SCHOOL 1 = Left school after compulsory education (aged 16 years) 0.28 0.26 0.22 0.17 0.19 0.20 0.24 0.21
COLLEGE 1 = Finished college education (aged 19 years) 0.40 0.35 0.45 0.40 0.38 0.35 0.42 0.36
UNIVERSITY 1 = Finished University education 0.32 0.38 0.33 0.43 0.42 0.45 0.34 0.43
AGE Age in years 47.85 49.40 44.69 44.70 49.30 49.26 47.22 46.81
COHABIT 1 = Cohabits with one or more adults 0.74 0.69 0.75 0.73 0.78 0.71 0.75 0.71
EMP 1 = Currently employed 0.68 0.63 0.77 0.75 0.74 0.69 0.73 0.68
UNEMP 1 = Currently unemployed 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03
STUDENT 1 = Currently studying full-time 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.11
INACTIVE 1 = Currently inactive (not seeking work, retired) 0.22 0.26 0.13 0.12 0.20 0.22 0.19 0.19
N 59,251 67,601 35,649 17,144 31,927 42,217 31,243 17,731

Monitor project data, 2004–2011. 10,000 sek in 2014 was roughly equivalent to $1600 or €1150