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. 2016 Jan 8;38(2):106–112. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1574

Table 3. Characteristics of drivers who reported having driven under the influence of alcohol in the preceding year, Curitiba, 2012 (n=200).

Description n (%) p-value
Male gender 178 (89.0) < 0.001
Age 18 to 29 years 99 (49.5) 0.29
Single marital status 121 (60.5) 0.01
Education, 12 years or more 105 (52.5) 0.39
Drinking frequency, often 92 (46.0) < 0.001
Was fined in the preceding year* 81 (64.8) < 0.001
Was the passenger of a driver who drank and drove 122 (61.0) < 0.001
Knows the penalties for drinking and driving 158 (79.4) 0.78
Intercepted at a roadblock in the past year 74 (36.7) 0.11
Subjected to a Breathalyzer test 31 (15.5) 0.49
Worries about being pulled over at a roadblock 110 (55.0) < 0.001
*

Was fined for at least one of the five following traffic violations: speeding, running a red light, drinking and driving, talking on a phone while driving, not wearing a seatbelt.