Table 4.
Reasons for stopping drinking by socio-demographic characteristics and health factors among previous weekly drinkers at resurvey (2013–2014)
| Characteristics* | N | Reasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Existing illness (%) | Money (%) | Future health^ (%) | Other# (%) | ||
| Overall | 1166 | 51.9 | 23.6 | 5.8 | 18.7 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 970 | 53.1 | 24.3 | 6.3 | 16.3 |
| Women | 196 | 45.9 | 19.9 | 3.6 | 30.6 |
| Birth cohorts | |||||
| < 1940 | 174 | 56.9 | 17.8 | 5.7 | 19.5 |
| 1940–1949 | 408 | 57.4 | 21.1 | 5.4 | 16.2 |
| 1950–1959 | 381 | 47.2 | 27.3 | 7.1 | 18.4 |
| ≥ 1960 | 203 | 45.3 | 26.6 | 4.4 | 23.6 |
| Area | |||||
| Rural | 687 | 60.3 | 21.5 | 6.3 | 11.9 |
| Urban | 479 | 39.9 | 26.5 | 5.2 | 28.4 |
| Highest education | |||||
| Primary or below | 589 | 60.1 | 20.4 | 7.0 | 12.6 |
| Middle or above | 577 | 43.5 | 26.9 | 4.7 | 25.0 |
| Household income (yuan/year) | |||||
| < 35,000 | 487 | 58.5 | 23.2 | 5.3 | 12.9 |
| 35,000+ | 679 | 47.1 | 23.9 | 6.2 | 22.8 |
| Health factors | |||||
| Self-reported health statusa | |||||
| Good | 408 | 42.9 | 26.0 | 7.1 | 24.0 |
| Poor | 758 | 56.7 | 22.3 | 5.1 | 15.8 |
| Prior diseaseb | |||||
| No | 618 | 44.8 | 27.0 | 6.5 | 21.7 |
| Yes | 548 | 59.9 | 19.7 | 5.1 | 15.3 |
*Except for age and regions, characteristics were based on the characteristics of the participants collected at the resurvey
^Included health concerns about future illness and doctor’s advice
#Included family disapproval and other reasons apart from health and financial concern
aPoor self-reported health status include those who reported fair or poor self-rated health; Good self-reported health status include those who reported good or excellent self-rated health
bDiagnosed with one or more of: coronary heart disease, stroke, transient ischaemic attack, diabetes, cancer, tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis/cirrhosis, rheumatoid arthritis, peptic ulcer, chronic respiratory disease, gallstone/gallbladder disease, kidney disease