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. 2021 Dec 15;10(2):e236–e245. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00506-4

Table 2.

Country-specific alcohol consumption in controls, overall and by sociodemographic factors

Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Ever consumed alcohol (n=191) Never consumed alcohol (n=249) p value Ever consumed alcohol (n=142) Never consumed alcohol (n=171) p value Ever consumed alcohol (n=252) Never consumed alcohol (n=341) p value
Sex .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. <0·0001
Male 148/272 (54%) 124/272 (46%) <0·0001 114/237 (48%) 123/237 (52%) 0·086 217/335 (65%) 118/335 (35%) ..
Female 43/168 (26%) 125/168 (74%) .. 28/76 (37%) 48/76 (63%) .. 35/258 (14%) 223/258 (86%) ..
Age, years .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·60
18–34 9/30 (30%) 21/30 (70%) 0·092 4/11 (36%) 7/11 (64%) 0·80 19/49 (39%) 30/49 (61%) ..
35–44 24/71 (34%) 47/71 (66%) .. 13/27 (48%) 14/27 (52%) .. 41/107 (38%) 66/107 (62%) ..
45–54 43/94 (46%) 51/94 (54%) .. 26/56 (46%) 30/56 (54%) .. 54/134 (40%) 80/134 (60%) ..
55–64 47/105 (45%) 58/105 (55%) .. 41/80 (51%) 39/80 (49%) .. 54/129 (42%) 75/129 (58%) ..
65–74 37/86 (43%) 49/86 (57%) .. 33/81 (41%) 48/81 (59%) .. 56/117 (48%) 61/117 (52%) ..
75+ 31/54 (57%) 23/54 (43%) .. 25/58 (43%) 33/58 (57%) .. 28/57 (49%) 29/57 (51%) ..
Ethnicity .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·29
Kalenjin 102/233 (44%) 131/233 (56%) 0·81 .. .. <0·0001 .. .. ..
Luhya 43/95 (45%) 52/95 (55%) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Luo 11/32 (34%) 21/32 (66%) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Kikuyu 14/29 (48%) 15/29 (52%) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Other 21/51 (41%) 30/51 (59%) .. 13/53 (25%) 40/53 (75%) .. 25/69 (36%) 44/69 (64%) ..
Chagga .. .. .. 119/227 (52%) 108/227 (48%) .. .. .. ..
Pare .. .. .. 10/33 (30%) 23/33 (70%) .. .. .. ..
Lomwe .. .. .. .. .. .. 80/171 (47%) 91/171 (53%) ..
Ngoni .. .. .. .. .. .. 43/99 (43%) 56/99 (57%) ..
Yao .. .. .. .. .. .. 28/86 (33%) 58/86 (67%) ..
Chewa .. .. .. .. .. .. 30/60 (50%) 30/60 (50%) ..
Sena .. .. .. .. .. .. 23/53 (43%) 30/53 (57%) ..
Mang'anja .. .. .. .. .. .. 23/55 (42%) 32/55 (58%) ..
Religion .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·036
Christian 178/422 (42%) 244/422 (58%) 0·025 89/201 (44%) 112/201 (56%) <0·0001 230/526 (44%) 296/526 (56%)
Muslim 2/4 (50%) 2/4 (50%) .. 1/33 (3%) 32/33 (97%) .. 13/50 (26%) 37/50 (74%)
Other 11/14 (79%) 3/14 (21%) .. 52/79 (66%) 27/79 (34%) .. 9/17 (53%) 8/17 (47%)
Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0·12
None 46/100 (46%) 54/100 (54%) 0·28 11/21 (52%) 10/21 (48%) 0·38 31/96 (32%) 65/96 (68%) ..
Some primary 39/110 (35%) 71/110 (65%) .. 29/69 (42%) 40/69 (58%) .. 101/229 (44%) 128/229 (56%) ..
Completed primary 43/91 (47%) 48/91 (53%) .. 69/162 (43%) 93/162 (57%) .. 33/82 (40%) 49/82 (60%) ..
Secondary or higher 63/139 (45%) 76/139 (55%) .. 33/61 (54%) 28/61 (46%) .. 87/186 (47%) 99/186 (53%) ..
Tobacco use (men) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. <0·0001
Ever 92/108 (84%) 18/108 (16%) <0·0001 51/58 (88%) 7/58 (12%) <0·0001 108/126 (86%) 18/126 (14%) ..
Never 56/162 (35%) 106/162 (65%) .. 63/179 (35%) 116/179 (65%) 109/209 (52%) 100/209 (48%) ..
Tobacco use (women) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. <0·0001
Ever 21/27 (78%) 6/27 (22%) <0·0001 5/8 (62%) 3/8 (38%) 0·14 13/31 (42%) 18/31 (58%) ..
Never 22/141 (16%) 119/141 (84%) .. 23/68 (34%) 45/68 (66%) .. 22/227 (10%) 205/227 (90%) ..