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. 2020 Dec;11(6):365–372. doi: 10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.6.04

Table 4.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption.

Solitary drinker (n = 486) Social drinker (n = 1,940)


Frequency Quantity of alcohol consumption Frequency Quantity of alcohol consumption




R2 ß SEB R2 ß SEB R2 ß SEB R2 ß SEB
Demographic variables
 Gender 0.17*** 0.11** 0.10 0.20*** 0.19*** 0.41 0.09*** 0.14*** 0.04 0.15*** 0.19*** 0.19
 Age 0.18** 0.01 0.14** 0.02 −0.04 0.00 −0.06* 0.01
 Marital status −0.02 0.11 −0.06 0.45 0.04 0.05 0.02 0.23
 Education status −0.06 0.12 −0.03 0.48 0.03* 0.04 0.06* 0.23
 Job −0.09* 0.10 −0.06 0.40 −0.07 0.04 −0.07 0.18
 Household income 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.23 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.11
 Smoking 0.13** 0.11 0.19*** 0.47 0.09 0.05 0.15*** 0.23

Attitude variables 0.29*** 0.33*** 0.24*** 0.28***
 Drinking norms 0.07*** 0.11 0.09* 0.45 0.08 0.04 0.09*** 0.20
 Personal motives 0.38*** 0.10 0.35*** 0.41 0.33*** 0.04 0.31*** 0.18
 Social motives −0.06 0.09 −0.03 0.36 −0.04 0.04 0.05 0.16
 Environmental motives −0.03 0.08 −0.03 0.32 −0.00 0.03 −0.04 0.14

Gender (men=1, women=0), marital status (married=1, single/divorced/widow=0), job (No job=1, had a job=0).