Table 2.
Behavioral change characteristics of respondents who reported unhealthy drinking and completed the survey by age range
| Behavioral Change Characteristics | Total | Age 21–49 | Age 50–65 | Age 66–80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total items checked for “not good about drinking”, mean, SD (n=45,952)a | 4.97 (3.50) | 5.24 (3.57) | 4.20 (3.14) | 3.15 (2.52) |
| How important is it to change your drinking (scale of 0 to 10), mean, SD (n=55,331)b | 6.21 (3.39) | 6.15 (3.38) | 6.51 (3.38) | 5.86 (3.42) |
| If you did decide to change your drinking today, how confident are you that you could do it? (scale of 0 to 10) mean, SD (n=44,042) | 5.91 (3.10) | 5.84 (3.11) | 6.05 (3.09) | 6.59 (2.94) |
| Total items checked for “barriers to change”, mean, SD (n=42,096) | 2.18 (1.16) | 2.27 (1.19) | 1.93 (1.05) | 1.74 (0.90) |
a
18 total items
b
7 total items
P-value <0.001 for all characteristics between all age groups