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Table 1 Demographic variables in the reference and exposure groups

From: Changes in alcohol consumption after a natural disaster: a study of Norwegian survivors after the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami

 

Total sample

Not exposed, reference

Non-danger exposed

Danger exposed

(N = 883)

(n = 149, 16.9%)

(n = 444, 50.3%)

(n = 290, 32.8%)

Age, years

    

  Mean (SD)

43.6 (12.9)

46.91 (12.6)

42.71 (12.6)

43.51 (13.4)

  Range

18–82

21–82

18–79

18–78

Sex, n (%)

    

  Female

465 (52.7)

65 (43.6)2

246 (55.4)2

154 (53.1)2

  Male

418 (47.3)

84 (56.4)2

198 (44.6)2

136 (46.9)2

Education, n (%)

    

  ≤ 12 years

328 (40.4)

49 (37.4)

172 (41.7)

107 (39.8)

  > 12 years

484 (59.6)

82 (62.6)

240 (58.3)

162 (60.2)

Employed, n (%)

    

  Yes

652 (73.8)

114 (76.5)

323 (72.7)

215 (74.1)

  No

231 (26.2)

35 (23.5)

121 (27.3)

75 (25.9)

Married or cohabiting, n (%)

    

  Yes

583 (70.0)

94 (70.7)

295 (69.6)

194 (70.3)

  No

250 (30.0)

39 (29.3)

129 (30.4)

82 (29.7)

  1. Tests and values are only reported when a significant difference was found.
  2. 1ANOVA: F(df = 2, n = 872) = 5.78, p = 0.003, η2 = 0.01.
  3. 2Chi-square test: χ2 = 6.25, p = 0.044.