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Table 1 Age and sex of participants, stratified by family role

From: Increases in alcohol consumption in women and elderly groups: evidence from an epidemiological study

 

N ind

% women

Mean age (sd)

Twins

8,093

68.8

33.5 (14.5)

Higher-order multiples (triplets/quadruplet)

155

70.3

25.9 (11.9)

Parents of twins

5,198

59.2

55.9 (8.1)

Spouses

875

38.7

44.3 (11.8)

Non-twin siblings

1,898

63.4

38.3 (13.9)

Other1

368

64.4

33.8 (10.1)

Total

16,587

63.5

41.6 (16.0)

  1. 1 includes multiples without information on co-multiples (N=35), participants registered without any family members (N=16), spouses of siblings of twins (N=28), children of twins/siblings (N=288), and a spouse of a child of a twin (N=1).