Table 4 Prevalence of current and hazardous alcohol consumption by the level of education, occupation and income

Education

≤ 5 years

363

43.4 (36.1-50.7)

8.5 (4.9-12.1)

709

0.7 (0.1-1.4)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

6 – 11 years

1094

50.7 (46.1-55.3)

5.3 (3.8-6.8)

1575

1.1 (0.4-1.8)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

≥ 12 years

320

45.0 (37.7-52.4)

1.1 (0.0-2.2)

427

2.6 (1.0-4.2)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Occupation

Senior officials and managers

10

79.8 (59.5-100.0)

11.1 (0.3-32.0)

7

41.3 (12.7-69.9)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Professionals

51

41.1 (23.3-59.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

57

2.5 (0.2-6.2)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Technical and associated professionals

76

69.0 (57.0-81.0)

4.5 (0.2-9.1)

18

4.8 (0.3-14.3)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Clerks

28

54.8 (33.4-76.3)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

42

1.6 (-1.5-4.6)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Sale and service workers

223

52.0 (42.0-62.0)

3.9 (1.3-6.4)

78

4.3 (-1.0-9.6)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

225

37.2 (27.9-46.5)

4.7 (2.3-7.1)

86

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Craft and related workers

59

41.1 (27.9-54.4)

6.3 (0.2-12.3)

48

5.6 (1.0-13.7)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Plant and mechanic operators and assemblers

100

64.6 (53.9-75.4)

6.1 (1.9-10.4)

13

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Elementary occupations

480

56.8 (50.3-63.4)

7.3 (4.2-10.5)

364

1.6 (0.3-3.4)

0.1 (0.01-0.4)

Armed Forces

11

56.7 (24.8-88.5)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

3

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

No regular employment or unemployed

514

36.1 (31.0-41.3)

4.5 (2.3-6.3)

1997

0.7 (0.3-1.1)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

Income category (LKR 000)

< 7.0

866

43.2 (37.3-49.1)

5.6 (3.6-7.6)

1645

0.3 (0.1-0.7)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

7.0 – 13.0

465

51.6 (45.8-57.4)

5.7 (3.5-7.8)

590

1.4 (0.1-2.6)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

13.1 – 25.0

301

54.6 (48.4-60.9)

3.9 (1.4-6.3)

342

2.1 (0.7-3.5)

0.2 (0.01-0.5)

25.1 – 50.0

105

56.9 (46.3-67.5)

3.5 (0.2-7.2)

103

9.0 (1.2-16.9)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

>50.0

24

60.2 (34.8-85.6)

5.7 (0.5-16.9)

26

17.2 (0.5-34.0)

0.0 (0.0-0.0)