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Table 1 Characteristics of participants and comparison by drinking level

From: Heavy drinking and contextual risk factors among adults in South Africa: findings from the International Alcohol Control study

 

Not Heavy Drinker

(n = 319)

% (95% CI)

Heavy Drinker

(n = 394)

% (95% CI)

P-Value

Total

(n = 713)

% (95% CI)

Gender

0.06

 

 Male

60.9 (53.4, 67.9)

70.3 (63.8, 76.1)

 

65.8 (61.0, 70.4)

 Female

39.1 (32.1, 46.6)

29.7 (23.9, 36.2)

 

34.2 (29.6, 39.0)

Age

0.37

 

 18–19

3.1 (1.0, 8.9)

1.5 (0.5, 4.2)

 

2.3 (0.9, 5.3)

 20–24

18.1 (12.2, 26.0)

18.1 (13.5, 23.9)

 

18.1 (14.3, 22.7)

 25–34

26.1 (20.1, 33.2)

34.4 (27.3, 42.2)

 

30.5 (26.2, 35.1)

 35–44

23.6 (18.3, 30.0)

22.4 (17.6, 28.1)

 

23.0 (19.2, 27.3)

 45–54

19.2 (11.6, 30.1)

12.4 (8.3, 18.1)

 

15.6 (11.3, 21.1)

 55–65

9.9 (5.9, 16.0)

11.3 (6.4, 19.1)

 

10.6 (7.3, 15.2)

Race/Ethnicity

0.10

 

 Black African

74.3 (62.4, 83.5)

83.4 (74.7, 89.5)

 

79.1 (72.3, 84.5)

 Coloured

3.6 (2.2, 5.8)

6.0 (3.5, 10.0)

 

4.8 (3.2, 7.3)

 White

21.6 (12.6, 34.4)

9.4 (4.0, 20.8)

 

15.2 (9.7, 23.0)

 Asian/Indian

0.5 (< 0.01, 03.1)

1.3 (0.4, 4.4)

 

0.9 (0.3, 2.4)

Marital Status

0.04

 

 Married

49.7 (39.8, 59.7)

30.8 (24.3, 38.1)

 

39.7 (33.6, 46.2)

 Co-habitating

8.1 (4.2, 14.9)

6.4 (4.4, 9.3)

 

7.2 (5.0, 10.3)

 Never married

38.1 (30.5, 46.4)

55.6 (46.6, 64.3)

 

47.3 (41.3, 53.5)

 Divorced

2.8 (1.2, 6.1)

3.7 (0.9, 13.9)

 

3.3 (1.5, 6.8)

 Separated

0.8 (0.3, 1.9)

1.7 (0.8, 3.5)

 

1.3 (0.7, 2.4)

 Widowed

0.6 (0.2, 2.2)

1.8 (0.6, 5.3)

 

1.2 (0.5, 3.1)

Total Annual Personal Income

0.87

 

 Low

77.6 (68.5, 84.7)

76.4 (69.2, 82.4)

 

77.0 (71.9, 81.4)

 Medium

14.7 (9.3, 22.5)

16.6 (11.8, 23.0)

 

15.7 (12.8, 19.2)

 High

7.7 (4.4, 13.1)

7.0 (4.1, 11.6)

 

7.3 (4.9, 10.7)

Container Size

< 0.001

 

 Below Average

13.1 (7.2, 22.8)

2.8 (1.1, 6.6)

 

7.7 (4.3, 13.3)

 Average

52.6 (44.5, 60.6)

17.2 (12.4, 23.5)

 

34.0 (28.9, 39.6)

 Above Average

34.3 (24.9, 45.1)

80.0 (72.5, 85.8)

 

58.3 (50.6, 65.7)

Primary Location

0.02

 

 Home

67.8 (58.3, 76.1)

52.8 (44.3, 61.2)

 

59.9 (52.7, 66.8)

 Someone Else’s Home

10.7 (6.3, 17.5)

18.5 (12.7, 26.1)

 

14.8 (10.4, 20.6)

 Nightclub

0.9 (0.3, 2.8)

3.3 (1.7, 6.3)

 

2.2 (1.2, 3.9)

 Sports Club

< 0.01 (< 0.01, 0.5)

1.1 (0.3, 4.2)

 

0.6 (0.2, 2.3)

 Other Club

0.6 (0.2, 2.4)

1.9 (0.9,4.2)

 

1.3 (0.7, 2.3)

 Restaurant

1.8 (0.6, 5.0)

0.4 (< 0.01, 2.2)

 

1.1 (0.4, 2.5)

 Motor

< 0.01 (< 0.01, 0.6)

0.6 (< 0.01, 4.6)

 

0.3 (< 0.1, 2.2)

 Outdoors

2.5 (1.0, 6.2)

1.4 (0.4, 5.3)

 

1.9 (0.9, 4.0)

 Shebeen

1.4 (0.5, 3.8)

2.0 (0.8, 4.8)

 

1.7 (0.9, 3.2)

 Pub

13.8 (8.7, 21.2)

16.7 (11.7, 23.3)

 

15.3 (12.0, 19.5)

 Special Events

0.1 (< 0.01, 1.2)

1.4 (0.2, 9.1)

 

0.8 (0.1, 4.4)

 Other

0.2 (< 0.01, 1.2)

0

 

< 0.01 (0.0, 0.6)

Primary Beverage

0.10

 Beer

38.4 (30.9, 46.5)

57.5 (47.4, 67.0)

 

48.4 (42.1, 54.9)

 Low Alcohol Beer

5.8 (2.4, 13.4)

1.1 (0.2, 7.1)

 

3.3 (1.5, 7.1)

 Home Brew Beer

1.2 (0.4, 3.9)

0.8 (0.1, 4.3)

 

1.0 (0.4, 2.3)

 Stout

0.5 (0.1, 2.2)

0.9 (0.4, 2.3)

 

0.7 (0.3, 1.6)

 Wine

15.0 (8.5, 25.0)

13.9 (9.4, 20.1)

 

14.4 (10.8, 19.0)

 Spirits

15.3 (8.0, 27.2)

10.2 (4.7, 21.0)

 

12.6 (6.9, 22.1)

 Cocktails

< 0.01 (< 0.01, 0.5)

a

 

< 0.1 (< 0.1, 0.2)

 Liqueur

0.6 (< 0.01, 4.2)

a

 

0.3 (< 0.1, 2.0)

 Shooters

0.6 (< 0.01, 4.4)

a

 

0.3 (< 0.1, 2.1)

 Cider

20.5 (12.8, 31.1)

15.6 (11.0, 21.6)

 

17.9 (12.9, 24.3)

 Alcopops

2.3 (0.4, 10.9)

a

 

1.1 (0.2, 5.4)

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. a All of the participants who primarily drink cocktails, liqueur, shooters, and alcopops were not heavy drinkers