Table 1.
Participants’ demographic characteristics by drinking type (N = 3,015).
| N | Abstainers (n = 589) % | Solitary (n = 486) % | Social (n = 1,940) % | X2 | ||
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| Gender | Men | 1,546 (100.0) | 15.8 | 17.5 | 66.8 | 43.21*** |
| Women | 1,469 (100.0) | 23.5 | 14.7 | 61.8 | ||
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| Age (y) | 19–29 | 670 (100.0) | 24.5 | 11.5 | 64.0 | 43.21*** |
| 30–39 | 670 (100.0) | 23.3 | 18.5 | 58.2 | ||
| 40–49 | 797 (100.0) | 17.4 | 16.9 | 65.6 | ||
| 50–60 | 878 (100.0) | 14.8 | 17.1 | 68.1 | ||
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| Marital status | Never married | 1,238 (100.0) | 24.3 | 16.6 | 59.0 | 44.01*** |
| Married | 1,672 (100.0) | 16.3 | 15.1 | 68.7 | ||
| Divorced/widowed | 105 (100.0) | 15.2 | 26.7 | 58.1 | ||
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| Education | < Senior high school graduates | 617 (100.0) | 23.3 | 16.9 | 59.8 | 14.71* |
| 2-year college graduates | 498 (100.0) | 20.9 | 15.7 | 63.5 | ||
| 4-year college graduates | 1,576 (100.0) | 18.1 | 16.7 | 65.2 | ||
| Graduate school graduates | 324 (100.0) | 17.0 | 12.7 | 70.4 | ||
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| Job status | Employed | 1,772 (100.0) | 17.4 | 15.1 | 67.5 | 42.01*** |
| Temporarily employed | 332 (100.0) | 21.1 | 17.5 | 61.4 | ||
| Self-employed | 268 (100.0) | 14.9 | 23.5 | 61.6 | ||
| Unemployed | 643 (100.0) | 26.6 | 15.1 | 58.3 | ||
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| Occupation | Professionals | 1,614 (100.0) | 17.6 | 15.1 | 67.3 | 66.65*** |
| Managers | 209 (100.0) | 10.5 | 13.4 | 76.1 | ||
| Service/sales workers | 212 (100.0) | 23.6 | 19.3 | 57.1 | ||
| Laborers/transportation | 66 (100.0) | 22.7 | 18.2 | 59.1 | ||
| Self-employed | 190 (100.0) | 13.2 | 26.3 | 60.5 | ||
| Unemployed (including students and housewives) | 724 (100.0) | 26.7 | 15.5 | 57.9 | ||
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| Smoking | Yes | 609 (100.0) | 14.0 | 20.5 | 65.5 | 21.51*** |
| No | 2,406 (100.0) | 20.9 | 15.0 | 64.0 | ||
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| Total | 3,015 (100.0) | 19.5 | 16.1 | 64.3 | ||
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001.