Table 3.

Association between socio demographic variables and alcohol use (n=1545 )

Variables	Alcohol Use		Total	Chi Square value	P
	Ever user	Never user
Age group in years
20 -30	8	347	355	66.66	<0.001
31-40	24	248	272
41-50	53	257	310
51-60	39	222	261
61-70	52	184	236
>70	20	91	111
Gender
Male	191	589	780	198.06	<0.001
Female	5	759	764
Religion
Hindu	182	1103	1285	16.63	0.001
Muslim	12	181	193
Christian	2	65	67
Socio economic status
Class I	5	26	31	6.92	0.14
Class II	41	365	406
Class III	43	332	375
Class IV	103	586	689
Class V	4	39	43
Education
Illiterate	1	21	22	53.67	<0.001
Primary	24	128	152
Middle	27	133	160
High School	89	340	429
Higher Secondary	25	283	308
Graduate	27	380	407
Post Graduate	3	64	67
Marital status
Married	66	528	594	12.58	0.006
Unmarried	129	751	880
Widowed	0	5	5
Divorced	1	65	66
Smoking status
Smokers	115	75	190	268.89	<0.001
Non smokers	81	1274	1355