Table 7.
Introduction into alcohol consumption among the respondents
| Characteristic | Introduced to take alcohol by | Total | Fisher's Exact Test |
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| Friends | Own initiative |
Siblings | Relatives | |||
| Age | 18.55 | |||||
| Less than 30 years | 99(90.0) | 2(1.8) | 2(1.8) | 7(6.4) | 110(100) | |
| 31 – 40 years | 62(82.7) | 6(8.0) | 1(1.3) | 6(8.0) | 75(100) | |
| Over 40 years | 16(59.3) | 2(7.4) | 4(14.8) | 5(18.5) | 27(100) | |
| Marital status | 16.56 | |||||
| Single | 81(92.0) | 2(2.3) | 1(1.1) | 4(4.5) | 88(100) | |
| Married | 76(83.5) | 4(4.4) | 4(4.4) | 7(7.7) | 91(100) | |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 20(60.6) | 4(12.1) | 2(6.1) | 7(21.2) | 33(100) | |
| Employment status | 15.28 | |||||
| Casual laborer | 27(87.1) | 2(6.5) | 1(3.2) | 1(3.2) | 31(100) | |
| Employed | 9(52.9) | 2(11.8) | 3(17.6) | 3(17.6) | 17(100) | |
| Self-employed | 140(85.9) | 6(3.7) | 3(1.8) | 14(8.6) | 163(100) | |
| Total | 177(83.5) | 10(4.7) | 7(3.3) | 18(8.5) | 212(100) | |