Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of respondents from respondent family units (RFUs)
| Country (survey year) | Participant n | Response rate, % | RFUs n | Wtd. % of RFUs that are nonrural living | Wtd. % of RFUs in income category |
Wtd. % of RFUs reporting HD in household or that the respondent is an HED monthly or more frequently | Wtd. % of single parent/sole carer RFUs | ||
| Low | Middle | High | |||||||
| Australia (2008) | 2,649 | 35 | 1,142 | 85.4 | 16.4 | 36.8 | 25.2 | 41.4 | 7.0 |
| Irelanda (2010) | 1,008 | b | 694 | 63.3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chile (2012–2013) | 1,500 | 72 | 409 | 81.8 | 35.2 | 25.1 | 19.2 | 42.7 | 3.8 |
| Thailand (2012–2013) | 1,695 | 94 | 937 | 62.1 | 23.2 | 26.8 | 29.2 | 34.9 | 1.0 |
| Sri Lanka (2013–2014) | 2,475 | 93 | 1,251 | 26.7 | 26.4 | 31.6 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 2.4 |
| Nigeria (2012–2013) | 2,270 | b | 1,659 | 30.6 | 34.4 | 24.2 | 33.7 | 17.7 | 9.1 |
| Vietnam (2012–2013) | 1,501 | 99 | 961 | 29.9 | 33.4 | 31.8 | 28.7 | 38.6 | 3.2 |
| LaoPDR (2013) | 1,257 | 99 | 795 | 51.5 | 41.9 | 24.4 | 31.3 | 33.0 | 9.1 |
Notes: Wtd. = weighted; HD = heavy drinker; HED = heavy episodic drinker.
a
Weighted percentages are reported for all countries except Ireland.
b
Response rates were not calculable for Ireland because it was a panel sample nor for Nigeria, where information on nonrespondents was not collected.