Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of men and women, and proportion with recent alcohol consumption, Chitwan District, Nepal, 2013–2017
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n in sample (%) | Of whom drink alcohol (%) | p Value | n in sample (%) | Of whom drink alcohol (%) | p Value | |
| Total | 1130 (100) | 53.7 | 2352 (100) | 13.3 | ||
| Socioeconomic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 254 (25.0) | 52.4 | 0.001 | 649 (31.9) | 6.8 | 0.001 |
| 30–39 | 195 (17.8) | 65.2 | 758 (25.4) | 12.1 | ||
| 40–49 | 228 (17.5) | 61.7 | 453 (20.5) | 16.9 | ||
| 50–59 | 206 (18.2) | 63.1 | 281 (13.3) | 21.9 | ||
| 60–88 | 247 (21.5) | 31.4 | 211 (8.9) | 18.4 | ||
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 927 (82.2) | 51.1 | 0.001 | 1916 (80.9) | 11.2 | 0.001 |
| Buddhist | 185 (16.3) | 68.4 | 377 (16.5) | 24.6 | ||
| Other | 18 (1.5) | 35.9 | 59 (2.6) | 6.4 | ||
| Caste | ||||||
| Brahmin or Chhetri | 577 (51.6) | 35.7 | 0.001 | 1142 (48.9) | 2.3 | 0.001 |
| Janajati | 300 (26.4) | 68.0 | 629 (26.4) | 24.8 | ||
| Dalit | 159 (13.2) | 80.0 | 378 (15.0) | 19.7 | ||
| Other | 94 (8.8) | 77.2 | 203 (9.8) | 26.9 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 184 (17.4) | 49.2 | 0.093 | 166 (9.2) | 4.9 | 0.001 |
| Currently married | 899 (79.0) | 55.4 | 1999 (83.9) | 13.5 | ||
| Separated, divorced or widowed | 47 (3.7) | 39.9 | 187 (6.9) | 21.5 | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Less than primary | 509 (43.5) | 54.3 | 0.001 | 1302 (53.7) | 18.5 | 0.001 |
| Completed primary | 470 (42.1) | 58.1 | 870 (37.0) | 7.9 | ||
| Completed secondary | 151 (14.4) | 39.1 | 180 (9.3) | 4.6 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Agriculture | 576 (50.1) | 48.6 | 0.008 | 1598 (65.4) | 14.2 | 0.142 |
| Service or business | 253 (22.1) | 57.5 | 247 (10.2) | 9.5 | ||
| Other | 301 (27.8) | 60.0 | 507 (24.4) | 12.2 | ||
| Economic groupa | ||||||
| Lower | 150 (30.3) | 52.4 | 0.830 | 195 (33.4) | 19.3 | 0.033 |
| Middle | 91 (37.3) | 45.3 | 159 (42.0) | 10.2 | ||
| Higher | 63 (32.3) | 48.8 | 107 (24.6) | 4.6 | ||
| Health-related characteristics | ||||||
| Tobacco user | ||||||
| No | 524 (48.1) | 41.7 | 0.001 | 1996 (86.1) | 9.1 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 606 (51.9) | 64.9 | 356 (13.9) | 39.0 | ||
| Depression screening | ||||||
| Negative | 1085 (96.4) | 53.9 | 0.499 | 2242 (95.6) | 12.5 | 0.001 |
| Positive | 45 (3.6) | 48.1 | 110 (4.4) | 30.4 | ||
| Functioninga | ||||||
| Higher | 81 (36.5) | 53.7 | 0.449 | 98 (31.6) | 6.6 | 0.343 |
| Average | 77 (30.7) | 39.4 | 101 (27.2) | 11.7 | ||
| Lower | 146 (32.9) | 51.6 | 262 (41.2) | 16.0 | ||
| Suicidal ideation | ||||||
| No | 1099 (97.5) | 53.5 | 0.356 | 2232 (94.9) | 12.7 | 0.003 |
| Yes | 31 (2.5) | 62.8 | 120 (5.1) | 23.5 | ||
| Use of inpatient servicesa | ||||||
| No | 282 (92.1) | 48.8 | 0.885 | 414 (92.9) | 11.5 | 0.627 |
| Yes | 22 (7.9) | 46.0 | 47 (7.1) | 16.5 | ||
Counts are reported as observed in the sample, while percentage figures and p values were estimated with design-adjusted Pearson χ2 test.
There were no missing data.
a
Assessed among participants who screened positive for depression or screened positive for alcohol use disorder, and a randomly selected 10% sub-sample of participants who screened negative for both.