TABLE 3.
Alcohol consumption by education and ethnicity
| Education | Ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤Middle school | ≥High school | Han | Non-Han | |
| N | 640 (63%) | 369 (37%) | 853 (84%) | 158 (16%) |
| Age of onset (SD) | 18.64 (4.47) | 18.27 (3.69) | 18.63 (4.21) | 17.88 (3.97)* |
| Setting of onset | ||||
| With family | 197 (33%) | 127 (35%) | 275 (34%) | 49 (31%) |
| With coworkers | 92 (16%) | 38 (11%) | 111 (14%) | 19 (12%) |
| With friends | 230 (39%) | 15 (42%) | 308 (38%) | 74 (47%) |
| With others | 75 (13%) | 44 (12%) | 108 (14%) | 14 (9%) |
| Type of alcohol consumed at onset | ||||
| Beer | 457 (77%) | 268 (74%) | 615 (77%) | 109 (70%) |
| Wine | 45 (8%) | 35 (10%) | 67 (8%) | 13 (8%) |
| Liquor | 83 (14%) | 52 (14%) | 108 (13%) | 32 (21%) |
| Other | 10 (2%) | 5 (1%) | 13 (2%) | 2 (1%) |
| Drunk at onset | 127 (22%) | 74 (21%) | 168 (21%) | 39 (25%) |
| Sex at onset | 24 (4%) | 9 (3%) | 30 (4%) | 5 (3%) |
| Drug use at onset | 9 (2%) | 5 (1%) | 12 (2%) | 3 (2%) |
| General setting of alcohol use | ||||
| Alone | 26 (4%) | 14 (4%) | 31 (4%) | 9 (6%) |
| At work | 256 (44%) | 197 (55%) | 383 (48%) | 70 (45%) |
| With friends | 225 (38%) | 116 (32%) | 278 (35%) | 64 (41%) |
| With family | 64 (11%) | 25 (7%) | 81 (10%) | 9 (6%) |
| Other | 18 (3%) | 8 (2%) | 24 (3%) | 3 (2%) |
| Alcohol usually consumed | ||||
| Beer | 546 (93%) | 329 (91%) | 735 (92%) | 142 (91%) |
| Wine | 143 (24%) | 110 (31%)* | 211 (27%) | 43 (28%) |
| Liquor | 46 (8%) | 27 (8%) | 62 (8%) | 13 (8%) |
| Maximum amount consumed | ||||
| Beer | 13.80 (20.06) | 15.50 (19.29) | 14.16 (18.85) | 16.77 (25.04) |
| Wine | 5.64 (11.96) | 5.84 (8.72) | 5.65 (7.97) | 6.27 (19.73) |
| Liquor | 2.31 (2.63) | 2.38 (2.32) | 2.18 (2.06) | 3.15 (3.99)** |
| Frequency of intoxication | ||||
| Everyday | 60 (10%) | 47 (13%) | 78 (10%) | 16 (10%) |
| Once/2–3 days | 54 (9%) | 41 (11%) | 83 (11%) | 26 (17%) |
| Once/week | 84 (14%) | 42 (12%) | 113 (14%) | 13 (8%) |
| ≤Once/month | 181 (31%) | 125 (35%) | 253 (32%) | 54 (35%) |
| Never | 207 (35%) | 104 (29%) | 265 (34%) | 46 (30%) |
| Intoxication at least weekly | 198 (34%) | 130 (36%) | 274 (35%) | 55 (36%) |
| AUDIT score | ||||
| 0–7 | 290 (48%) | 142 (39%) | 375 (46%) | 59 (38%) |
| 8–15 | 192 (32%) | 136 (37%) | 268 (33%) | 61 (39%) |
| 16–19 | 76 (13%) | 45 (12%) | 97 (12%) | 24 (15%) |
| 20–0 | 45 (8%) | 44 (12%) | 76 (9%) | 13 (8%) |
| Ever had sex with intoxicated clients | 127 (21%) | 89 (26%) | 181 (23%) | 35 (24%) |
| Drink alcohol prior to sex | 223 (36%) | 138 (38%) | 296 (35%) | 67 (43%) |
| Ever had sex with clients after drinking | 152 (35%) | 103 (36%) | 211 (35%) | 46 (40%) |
| Had sex with clients during recent three times | 66 (16%) | 34 (12%) | 78 (13%) | 24 (21%)* |
| Number of sex trade during recent three times (SD) | 1.21 (0.56) | 1.17 (0.53) | 1.18 (0.52) | 1.31 (0.68)* |
Note. The number of participants for some of the variables did not add up to the total sample size because of missing data.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01.