Table 1 Demographics, quality of life and social engagement scores by drinking pattern among 50+ South African men and women
| Â | Lifetime abstainers Mean (SE) or Proportion | Low risk drinkers Mean (SE) or Proportion | At risk drinkers Mean (SE) or Proportion | Statistic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Women n=1643 | Men n=929 | Total n=2572 | Women n=100 | Men N=208 | Total N=308 | Women n=68 | Men N=99 | Total n=167 | Within women | Within men | Within totals |
Age | 62.1 (0.40) | 61.4 (0.56) | 61.9 (0.36) | 59.9 (0.97) | 59.2 (0.80) | 59.4 (0.60) | 59.3 (1.92) | 59.4 (0.99) | 59.4 (1.02) | F=2.50, p=0.08 | F=3.41, p<.05 | F=6.9, p≤.001 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 African/Black | 73.8 | 70.2 | 72.1 | 72.6 | 65.4 | 66.8 | 64.7 | 83.6 | 75.8 |  |  |  |
 White | 7.8 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 7.0 | 8.7 |  |  |  |
 Coloured | 13.8 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 19.7 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 7.4 | 13.9 |  |  |  |
 Indian/Asian | 4.5 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | F=0.31, p=0.74 | F=2.10, p=0.05 | F=1.98, p=0.07 |
Married | 36.3 | 80.6 | 53.5 | 45.0 | 73.2 | 65.7 | 42.5 | 73.4 | 60.4 | F=0.85, p=0.43 | F=1.33, p<0.05 | F = 2.27, p=0.11 |
Ever schooled | 77.6 | 77.7 | 77.6 | 57.9 | 83.3 | 76.5 | 73.1 | 75.9 | 74.7 | F=3.62, p<0.05 | F=0.87, p=0.42 | F=0.16, p=0.85 |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None/other | 6.5 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 15.6 | 14.0 |  |  |  |
 Christianity | 88.1 | 86.2 | 87.4 | 91.6 | 83.5 | 85.7 | 83.0 | 76.2 | 79.1 |  |  |  |
 Islam | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.7 |  |  |  |
 Primal indigenous | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 6.2 | F=13.0, p<0.01 | F=4.00, p≤.001 | F=4.91, p≤.001 |
Currently working | 23.4 | 39.0 | 29.5 | 24.1 | 41.9 | 37.2 | 17.4 | 42.0 | 31.5 | F=0.36, p=0.70 | F=0.10, p=0.90 | F=0.87, p=0.42 |
Rural setting | 35.9 | 32.4 | 34.6 | 29.1 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 47.9 | 21.7 | 32.9 | F=1.16, p=0.32 | F=1.52, p=0.22 | F=0.05, p=0.95 |
Chronic illness <12 mo. | 50.0 | 41.4 | 46.7 | 46.0 | 50.3 | 49.2 | 39.3 | 58.5 | 50.3 | F=0.65, p=0.52 | F=3.24, p<0.05 | F=0.26, p=0.77 |
Current smoker | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 40.6 | 68.5 | 61.0 | 64.6 | 68.6 | 66.9 | F=18.3, p≤.001 | F=51.5, p<.001 | F=80.4, p≤.001 |
Quality of life score | 27.0 (0.26) | 28.1 (0.23) | 27.4 (0.21) | 27.3 (0.68) | 27.5 (0.77) | 27.4 (0.61) | 27.4 (1.04) | 26.6 (0.64) | 26.9 (0.58) | F=0.14, p=0.87 | F=2.98, p=0.05 | F=0.43, p=0.65 |
Social engagement score | 20.9 (0.28) | 21.9 (0.38) | 21.3 (0.25) | 19.8 (0.69) | 21.1 (0.52) | 20.8 (0.42) | 20.5 (0.94) | 21.8 (0.91) | 21.3 (0.69) | F=1.20, p=0.30 | F=0.60, p=0.55 | F=0.57, p=0.56 |