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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample

From: Correlation between driving-related skill and alcohol use in young-adults from six European countries: the TEN-D by Night Project

 

Before (n = 4534)

After (n = 3019)

No response (n = 1515)

 
 

%

%

%

P*

Male gender

68.3

70.3

64.4

< 0.001

Age class, y

    

16-19

23.1

24.5

20.5

 

20-24

46.2

45.0

48.8

 

25-29

20.8

20.0

22.2

 

30-35

9.9

10.5

8.5

0.001

Educational level

    

None

3.0

2.8

3.2

 

Mandatory school

14.6

13.9

16.1

 

High school

52.8

57,2

44.1

 

Diploma

29.6

26.1

36.5

< 0.001

Occupation

    

Student

47.2

47.1

47.3

 

Employed

45.1

45.1

45.0

 

Unemployed

7.7

7.8

7.7

0.9

Driving licence years

    

No licence

10.8

13.2

6.1

 

< = 2

26.7

26.7

26.6

 

3-5

25.0

24.1

26.8

 

> 5

37.5

36.0

40.5

< 0.001

Declaring alcohol assumption

58.3

77.0

69.5 φ

0.015 §

Number of alcohol units declared **

    

0

44.6

23.0

34.2 φ

--

1-2

26.3

36.3

23.3 φ

--

> = 3

29.1

40.7

42.5 φ

0.011 §

Type of drinks declared

    

None

41.7

23.0

30.5 φ

--

Beer (only beer)

27.6 (16.1)

--

28.2 (9.7) φ

--

Wine (only)

12.2 (4.9)

--

18.1 (5.7) φ

--

Super alcoholics (only)

21.4 (9.8)

--

24.7 (6.8) φ

--

Cocktails (only)

7.8 (2.8)

--

11.5 (2.9) φ

--

Pops (only)

15.0 (6.6)

--

32.9 (13.8) φ

--

Mixing alcoholics

18.1

--

30.7 φ

< 0.001 §

Alcohol test: BAC, g/l

    

0.0

45.3

28.3

35.8 φ

--

0.01-0.19

12.5

10.4

13.2 φ

--

0.20-0.49

16.3

18.1

17.1 φ

--

0.50-0.99

17.1

26.3

21.5 φ

--

> = 1.00

8.8

16.9

12.4 φ

0.009 §

Declaring (any) drug assumption

7.5

4.5

13.7 φ

< 0.001 §

Drug type declared

    

Cannabis

6.3

3.3

11.6 φ

0.004 §

Cocaine

1.0

0.8

2.2 φ

--

Amphetamines

0.4

0.8

0.5 φ

--

Benzodiazepine

0.2

0.1

0.1 φ

--

Opiates

0.1

0.0

0.3 φ

--

Other

0.1

0.2

0.2 φ

--

Drug test: any drug (missing = 273)

--

6.3

--

--

Cannabis

--

4.3

--

--

Cocaine

--

1.4

--

--

Amphetamines

--

1.1

--

--

Benzodiazepine

--

0.4

--

--

Opiates

--

0.4

--

--

Mean age in years (SD)

23.1 (4.2)

23.1 (4.3)

23.0 (4.1)

0.9 §

  1. BAC = Blood Alcohol concentration. * Chi-squared test to compare the sample who answered and did not answer after the stay inside the local. ** One alcohol unit = 125 ml of wine or 330 ml of beer or 40 ml of spirit. φ Referred to the data before the entrance in the local only. § p-values are referred to the comparison between those refusing the second evaluation (n = 1515) and those accepting it (n = 3019), and are based upon the parameters of the first assessment.