Table 2.
Country of survey, number and percent of participants in each survey who were drinkers/abstainers in past 12 months, and mean volume (and standard deviation) by survey, gender and whether the survey participant lived with children
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Drinker | Abstainer | Drinker | Abstainer | Average # drinks/year (SD) | Average # drinks/year (SD) |
| All countries | ||||||
| Lives with children | 9444 (80.41%) | 2301 (19.59%) | 10 609 (59.65%) | 7176 (40.35%) | 483.21 (823.36) | 167.26 (341.54) |
| Does not live with children | 13 340 (80.45%) | 3241 (19.55%) | 12 500 (70.22%) | 5300 (29.78%) | 515.08 (793.41) | 213.64 (370.70) |
| Argentina (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 128 (88.89%) | 16 (11.11%) | 230 (73.95%) | 81 (26.05%) | 510.30 (607.75) | 71.108 (150.87) |
| Does not live with children | 239 (93.00%) | 18 (7.00%) | 211 (73.52%) | 76 (26.48%) | 374.82 (552.55) | 132.24 (181.50) |
| Australia (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 390 (90.91%) | 39 (9.09%) | 671 (86.80%) | 102 (13.20%) | 529.03 (777.22) | 190.92 (302.15) |
| Does not live with children | 427 (89.14%) | 52 (10.86%) | 466 (84.27%) | 87 (15.73%) | 530.19 (850.48) | 225.05 (301.94) |
| Brazil (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 274 (65.87%) | 142 (34.13%) | 205 (32.64%) | 423 (67.36%) | 443.03 (695.15) | 108.39 (240.11) |
| Does not live with children | 203 (58.50%) | 144 (41.50%) | 140 (33.49%) | 278 (66.51%) | 453.75 (669.82) | 147.69 (457.66) |
| Canada (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 1491 (84.38%) | 276 (15.62%) | 2070 (76.89%) | 622 (23.11%) | 274.12 (402.34) | 131.44 (218.82) |
| Does not live with children | 2957 (82.64%) | 621 (17.36%) | 3240 (76.90%) | 973 (23.10%) | 388.97 (624.63) | 161.12 (259.57) |
| Chile (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 265 (80.79%) | 63 (18.21%) | 319 (68.16%) | 149 (31.84%) | 323.52 (537.37) | 121.91 (302.89) |
| Does not live with children | 239 (81.29%) | 55 (18.71%) | 178 (70.08%) | 76 (29.92%) | 346.63 (659.30) | 217.55 (440.43) |
| Costa Rica (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 106 (70.20%) | 45 (29.80%) | 206 (44.40%) | 258 (55.60%) | 256.80 (415.65) | 63.28 (106.34) |
| Does not live with children | 161 (69.70%) | 70 (30.30%) | 147 (47.42%) | 163 (52.58%) | 336.55 (510.12) | 113.53 (208.32) |
| Czech Republic (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 359 (93.25%) | 26 (6.75%) | 377 (82.31%) | 81 (17.69%) | 855.06 (861.15) | 235.47 (421.11) |
| Does not live with children | 760 (88.99%) | 94 (11.01%) | 635 (78.40%) | 175 (21.60%) | 898.85 (1061.53) | 296.88 (481.83) |
| Denmark (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 669 (95.98%) | 28 (4.02%) | 774 (91.49%) | 72 (8.51%) | 334.94 (365.19) | 157.17 (214.20) |
| Does not live with children | 1130 (95.60%) | 52 (4.40%) | 1225 (93.37%) | 87 (6.63%) | 486.52 (571.39) | 266.29 (323.37) |
| France (ECAS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 151 (86.78%) | 23 (13.22%) | 158 (69.30%) | 70 (30.70%) | 611.70 (1099.46) | 179.18 (299.33) |
| Does not live with children | 263 (87.67%) | 37 (12.33%) | 222 (75.25%) | 73 (24.75%) | 594.92 (704.06) | 230.59 (298.66) |
| India (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 295 (44.83%) | 363 (55.17%) | 20 (2.32%) | 842 (97.68%) | 1185.81 (1401.15) | 495.00 (748.76) |
| Does not live with children | 191 (28.85%) | 471 (71.15%) | 17 (4.70%) | 345 (95.30%) | 603.81 (911.40) | 334.45 (652.15) |
| Ireland 1 (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 146 (86.90%) | 22 (13.10%) | 185 (83.71%) | 36 (16.29%) | 929.76 (1174.38) | 421.43 (544.40) |
| Does not live with children | 183 (82.81%) | 38 (17.19%) | 144 (77.01%) | 43 (22.99%) | 1058.70 (1199.98) | 450.84 (535.21) |
| Ireland 2 (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 225 (83.03%) | 46 (16.97%) | 274 (87.3%) | 40 (12.7%) | 446.40 (510.12) | 194.1 (265.1) |
| Does not live with children | 443 (82.80%) | 92 (17.20%) | 432 (81.8%) | 96 (18.2%) | 709.75 (1109.28) | 225.9 (305.7) |
| Italy (ECAS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 132 (91.03%) | 13 (8.97%) | 147 (75.00%) | 49 (25.00%) | 493.02 (535.08) | 340.39 (587.68) |
| Does not live with children | 302 (88.56%) | 39 (11.44%) | 258 (81.13%) | 60 (18.87%) | 574.10 (598.84) | 294.57 (360.92) |
| Japan (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 402 (95.04%) | 21 (4.96%) | 337 (82.80%) | 70 (17.20%) | 606.45 (776.03) | 158.52 (290.03) |
| Does not live with children | 401 (90.93%) | 40 (9.07%) | 355 (76.84%) | 107 (23.16%) | 582.90 (777.05) | 196.42 (448.07) |
| Laos PDR (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 313 (86.9%) | 47 (13.1%) | 347 (68.31%) | 161 (31.69%) | 849.5 (1472.1) | 296.22 (574.04) |
| Does not live with children | 126 (87.5%) | 18 (12.5%) | 119 (59.50%) | 81 (40.50%) | 763.8 (1364.6) | 329.38 (727.37) |
| New Zealand (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 197 (92.06%) | 17 (7.94%) | 320 (91.95%) | 28 (8.05%) | 348.97 (455.01) | 194.08 (270.00) |
| Does not live with children | 416 (89.66%) | 48 (10.34%) | 506 (91.50%) | 47 (8.50%) | 439.78 (649.35) | 256.27 (305.95) |
| Nicaragua (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 115 (40.78%) | 167 (59.22%) | 92 (9.40%) | 887 (90.60%) | 504.47 (1230.43) | 418.79 (1235.44) |
| Does not live with children | 144 (47.52) | 159 (52.48%) | 56 (14.04%) | 343 (85.96%) | 766.12 (1317.70) | 233.57 (750.31) |
| Norway (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 362 (96.02%) | 15 (3.98%) | 473 (94.60%) | 27 (5.40%) | 253.75 (266.39) | 131.31 (163.46) |
| Does not live with children | 423 (92.56%) | 34 (7.44%) | 387 (92.58%) | 31 (7.42%) | 505.16 (803.01) | 170.49 (259.22) |
| Peru (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 200 (84.03%) | 38 (15.97%) | 395 (60.12%) | 262 (39.88%) | 118.23 (190.84) | 44.75 (91.80) |
| Does not live with children | 194 (81.51%) | 44 (18.49%) | 166 (64.84%) | 90 (35.16%) | 190.07 (450.51) | 42.65 (84.79) |
| Spain (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 143 (73.33%) | 52 (26.67%) | 117 (48.75%) | 123 (51.25%) | 703.44 (860.67) | 205.89 (282.42) |
| Does not live with children | 398 (73.43%) | 144 (26.57%) | 266 (53.96%) | 227 (46.04%) | 615.01 (725.04) | 257.36 (349.21) |
| Sri Lanka 1 (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 176 (61.32%) | 111 (38.68%) | 20 (5.25%) | 361 (94.75%) | 796.51 (1327.67) | 34.85 (99.83) |
| Does not live with children | 100 (54.35%) | 84 (45.65%) | 8 (8.79%) | 83 (91.21%) | 531.98 (1330.63) | 47.13 (108.58) |
| Sri Lanka 2 (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 360 (67.92%) | 170(32.08%) | 20 (2.79%) | 696 (97.21%) | 407.12 (574.33) | 166.00 (278.80) |
| Does not live with children | 376 (65.51%) | 198 (34.49%) | 25 (5.36%) | 441 (94.64%) | 485.39 (704.53) | 123.64 (360.40) |
| Sweden (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 720 (93.14%) | 53 (6.86%) | 723 (83.39%) | 144 (16.61%) | 219.59 (279.59) | 104.33 (129.98) |
| Does not live with children | 1304 (90.87%) | 131 (9.13%) | 1208 (86.22%) | 193 (13.78%) | 275.69 (351.35) | 132.55 (169.07) |
| Thailand (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 231 (65.81%) | 120 (34.19%) | 154 (27.16%) | 413 (72.84%) | 730.37 (1370.31) | 129.64 (382.69) |
| Does not live with children | 213 (69.61%) | 93 (30.39%) | 128 (33.77%) | 251 (66.23%) | 654.63 (1236.63) | 179.65 (422.36) |
| Uganda (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 234 (62.57%) | 140 (37.43%) | 203 (41.94%) | 281 (58.06%) | 1273.04 (1525.60) | 398.60 (925.56) |
| Does not live with children | 124 (42.47%) | 168 (57.53%) | 74 (33.18%) | 149 (66.82%) | 1015.72 (1318.32) | 636.41 (1629.43) |
| United Kingdom 1 (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 294 (93.33%) | 21 (6.67%) | 383 (85.87%) | 63 (14.13%) | 466.35 (672.91) | 216.66 (402.55) |
| Does not live with children | 449 (90.34%) | 48 (9.66%) | 344 (82.49%) | 73 (17.51%) | 617.39 (751.61) | 287.98 (392.21) |
| United Kingdom 2 (ECAS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 134 (88.16%) | 18 (11.84%) | 229 (87.74%) | 32 (12.26%) | 892.87 (1300.51) | 332.24 (444.35) |
| Does not live with children | 227 (90.44%) | 24 (9.56%) | 269 (84.06%) | 51 (15.94%) | 1100.40 (1351.48) | 456.93 (681.58) |
| United Kingdom 3 (GENACIS, Isle of Man) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 137 (96.48%) | 5 (3.52%) | 142 (91.03%) | 14 (8.97%) | 810.04 (1163.25) | 331.35 (435.60) |
| Does not live with children | 201 (94.37%) | 12 (5.63%) | 215 (86.35%) | 34 (13.65%) | 860.56 (1105.15) | 321.69 (401.03) |
| United States 1 (GENACIS, females only) | ||||||
| Lives with children | — | — | 380 (78.19%) | 106 (21.81%) | — | 133.38 (239.91) |
| Does not live with children | — | — | 414 (79.77%) | 105 (20.23%) | — | 259.72 (452.03) |
| United States 2 (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 185 (68.27%) | 86 (31.73%) | 275 (65.48%) | 145 (34.52%) | 163.77 (247.68) | 106.56 (227.57) |
| Does not live with children | 431 (73.42%) | 156 (26.58%) | 422 (63.84%) | 239 (36.16%) | 390.45 (562.37) | 171.38 (352.08) |
| Uruguay (GENACIS) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 106 (79.10%) | 28 (20.90%) | 174 (59.18%) | 120 (40.82%) | 410.66 (1023.77) | 88.22 (151.12) |
| Does not live with children | 199 (82.23%) | 43 (17.77%) | 202 (61.21%) | 128 (38.79%) | 459.13 (763.74) | 156.40 (324.33) |
| Vietnam (GENAHTO) | ||||||
| Lives with children | 504 (84.85%) | 90 (15.15%) | 189 (31.14%) | 418 (68.86%) | 349.76 (642.96) | 109.19 (239.58) |
| Does not live with children | 116 (89.23%) | 14 (10.77%) | 21 (18.10%) | 95 (81.90%) | 344.13 (574.05) | 75.79 (161.11) |
ECAS, European Comparative Alcohol Study; GENACIS, Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An International Study; GENAHTO, Gender and Alcohol’s Harm to Others: Multinational Cultural Contexts and Policy Implications.