Table 2.

Sociodemographic and health-related correlates of AUDIT score among men who drink alcohol in Chitwan District, Nepal, 2013–2017

	n	Mean AUDIT score	95% CI	p Value
All men who drink	618	5.5	4.9–6.1
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age (years)
18–29	130	3.5	2.9–4.2	0.001
30–39	218	5.6	4.4–6.9
40–49	146	6.9	5.5–8.4
50–59	133	6.2	5.0–7.4
60–88	81	6.0	4.6–7.7
Religion
Hindu	485	5.6	5.0–6.3	0.001
Buddhist	126	5.0	3.9–6.2
Other	7	5.1	2.2–8.9
Caste
Brahmin or Chhetri	217	4.5	3.7–5.3	0.001
Janajati	204	5.3	4.4–6.2
Dalit	125	6.1	4.9–7.4
Other	72	8.2	6.3–10.5
Marital status
Never married	91	3.1	2.4–4.0	0.001
Currently married	504	5.9	5.3–6.6
Separated, divorced or widowed	23	9.0	5.0–13.6
Education
Less than primary	282	7.0	6.1–8.1	0.001
Completed primary	274	4.7	4.0–5.4
Completed secondary	62	3.4	2.3–4.8
Occupation
Agriculture	285	6.2	5.4–7.2	0.001
Service or business	149	4.4	3.6–5.3
Non-agricultural	184	5.3	4.4–6.3
Household economic statusa
Lower	118	9.0	6.6–11.7	0.001
Middle	55	5.0	3.1–7.5
Higher	42	4.4	2.6–6.9
Health-related characteristics
Tobacco user
No	214	3.3	2.7–4.0	0.001
Yes	404	7.2	6.5–8.0
Depression screening
Negative	593	5.3	4.7–5.9	0.001
Positive	25	16.9	12.6–20.9
Functioninga
Higher	61	4.2	2.7–6.5	0.001
Average	56	5.7	4.3–7.7
Lower	98	8.7	6.0–11.7
Suicidal ideation
No	598	5.3	4.8–5.8	0.001
Yes	20	13.8	8.7–19.4
Use of inpatient servicesa
No	204	6.1	4.1–7.9	0.001
Yes	11	4.9	3.0–15.9

Counts reported as observed, while mean AUDIT scores, 95% CIs and p values were estimated with design-adjusted negative binomial regression.

There were no missing data.

^aAssessed 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.