Table 2 Selected sociodemographics by drinking status among women in 14 African contries
From: Alcohol abstinence and drinking among African women: data from the World Health Surveys
Country n | Age Mean (SD) | Any education (%) | Working for pay (%) | Married/ cohabitating (%) | Rural setting (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burkina Faso | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 669 | 39.6 (15.1) | 7.4 | 34.3 | 82.2 | 91.7 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1699 | 34.1 (13.6) | 9.8 | 34.6 | 88.7 | 82.3 |
Chad | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 358 | 35.6 (13.1) | 23.6 | 59.3 | 71.8 | 82.7 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1986 | 34.6 (14.8) | 14.4 | 49.3 | 77.1 | 80.2 |
Congo | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 248 | 33.4 (12.3) | 92.9 | 40.7 | 59.3 | 6.8 |
   lifetime abstainers | 721 | 35.3 (14.8) | 84.0 | 34.0 | 46.9 | 6.3 |
Cote d'Ivoire | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 146 | 38.2 (14.3) | 52.0 | 51.8 | 53.0 | 35.1 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1025 | 34.2 (14.0) | 53.9 | 48.6 | 56.2 | 30.3 |
Ethiopia | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 465 | 37.2 (15.6) | 19.4 | 39.9 | 68.7 | 90.6 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1655 | 34.8 (14.8) | 38.5 | 32.6 | 65.3 | 87.3 |
Ghana | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 303 | 42.7 (15.8) | 58.8 | 86.5 | 66.1 | 66.0 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1334 | 39.2 (16.6) | 61.2 | 77.0 | 59.1 | 53.4 |
Kenya | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 134 | 40.7 (17.1) | 66.5 | 64.1 | 58.0 | 67.3 |
   lifetime abstainers | 2216 | 34.6 (14.1) | 87.1 | 50.4 | 64.9 | 83.0 |
Malawi | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 45 | 52.0 (14.1) | 66.3 | 44.7 | 41.8 | 94.1 |
   lifetime abstainers | 2851 | 34.0 (15.5) | 68.4 | 33.1 | 69.2 | 91.4 |
Mauritius | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 244 | 42.9 (14.0) | 90.4 | 42.9 | 74.2 | 51.2 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1112 | 41.6 (15.9) | 88.3 | 31.4 | 66.0 | 55.5 |
Namibia | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 494 | 38.3 (16.4) | 73.2 | 25.0 | 31.0 | 70.9 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1681 | 38.2 (18.1) | 79.6 | 25.7 | 33.3 | 62.0 |
South Africa | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 168 | 42.3 (17.8) | 86.3 | 33.3 | 36.4 | 36.8 |
   lifetime abstainers | 999 | 37.7 (15.5) | 91.6 | 31.7 | 35.9 | 46.1 |
Swaziland | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 59 | 50.6 (14.9) | 33.3 | 10.6 | 70.4 | 85.9 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1108 | 37.5 (16.1) | 78.1 | 22.5 | 51.5 | 73.5 |
Zambia | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 115 | 42.2 (17.6) | 73.3 | 54.9 | 56.2 | 53.5 |
   lifetime abstainers | 1799 | 34.0 (15.5) | 79.3 | 45.7 | 58.2 | 65.5 |
Zimbabwe | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   current drinkers | 85 | 44.9 (15.3) | 82.0 | 20.0 | 68.3 | 61.2 |
   lifetime abstainers | 2346 | 35.9 (15.6) | 88.8 | 19.5 | 59.8 | 60.7 |