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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the PART study (1998-2000) and the Stockholm Public Health Cohort (2002)

From: Stability and change in alcohol habits of different socio-demographic subgroups - a cohort study

Variables*

Level

Subgroups

PART N = 5 227

SPHC N = 19 327

 

n

%

n

%

Educational level

Men

Low

260

12.3

1 356

16.4

  

Intermediate

886

42.0

3 378

40.7

  

High

960

45.5

3 217

38.8

  

Missing

2

0.1

339

4.1

 

Women

Low

455

14.6

1 664

15.1

  

Intermediate

1 139

36.5

4 440

40.2

  

High

1 520

48.7

4 455

40.4

  

Missing

5

0.2

478

4.3

Occupational class

Men

Unskilled workers

200

9.5

1 487

17.9

  

Skilled workers

169

8.0

829

10.0

  

Lower non-manual employees

193

9.2

763

9.2

  

Intermediate non-manual employees

443

21.0

1 907

23.0

  

Higher non-manual employees

682

32.4

2 068

24.9

  

Self-employed

185

8.8

852

10.3

  

Missing

236

11.2

384

4.6

 

Women

Unskilled workers

321

10.3

1 781

16.1

  

Skilled workers

127

4.1

1 007

9.1

  

Lower non-manual employees

586

18.8

2 127

19.3

  

Intermediate non-manual employees

792

25.4

3 045

27.6

  

Higher non-manual employees

686

22.0

2 055

18.6

  

Self-employed

127

4.1

465

4.2

  

Missing

480

15.4

557

5.0

Abstainers last 12 months

Men

76

3.6

515

6.2

  

Missing

4

0.2

62

0.7

  

Women

170

5.5

1 168

10.6

  

Missing

4

0.1

130

1.2

Risk consumers

Men

421

20.0

2 279

27.5

  

Missing

23

1.1

270

3.3

  

Women

501

16.1

2 703

24.5

  

Missing

59

1.9

318

2.9

  1. *Variables: Educational level is defined as highest finished education, from the questionnaires in PART and from Statistics Sweden registers, in SPHC. Occupational class is current or previous occupation, self-reported in the questionnaires, and categorized according to Swedish socio-economic classification (29). Abstainers last 12 months are from a dichotomous question in the questionnaires. A risk consumer is defined as men with 8+ points in AUDIT score and women with 6+ points in AUDIT score in PART and defined as drinking 14 or more standard glasses (> = 168 grams 100% alcohol) for men and 9 standard glasses (> = 108 grams 100% alcohol) for women per week in SPHC.