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Table 2 Estimates of children living in households with alcohol misusing adults based on table 1

From: New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys

Category: living with

%

CI

Lower

CI

Upper

Estimate

Lower

Estimate

Upper

Estimate

GHS

      

at least one binge drinker (BD)

29.7

28.3

31.1

3,458,654

3,297,010

3,620,298

a BD who is the only adult in household

4.2

3.6

4.8

489,103

418,143

560,062

at least 2 binge drinkers

7.4

6.6

8.2

861,752

769,149

954,355

an adult with a mental health problem

2.5

2.0

3.0

291,133

235,902

346,363

a BD with a mental health problem

0.6

0.4

0.8

69,872

42,552

97,191

HSfE

      

at least one binge drinker (BD)

27.8

25.8

29.8

3,237,393

3,008,163

3,466,623

a BD who is the only adult in household

3.4

2.6

4.2

395,940

303,213

488,668

at least 2 binge drinkers

9.9

8.6

11.2

1,152,885

1,000,072

1,305,698

an adult with a mental health problem

18.9

17.2

20.6

2,200,962

2,000,643

2,401,280

a BD with a mental health problem

4.5

3.6

5.4

524,039

417,970

630,107

COMBINED GHS and HfSE

      

at least one binge drinker (BD)

29.1

28.0

30.2

3,388,782

3,256,612

3,520,952

a BD who is the only adult in household

3.9

3.4

4.4

458,014

401,454

514,575

at least 2 binge drinkers

8.2

7.5

8.9

957,666

877,727

1,037,606

an adult with a mental health problem

7.8

7.1

8.5

910,351

832,239

988,463

a BD with a mental health problem

1.9

1.6

2.2

221,437

181,695

261,178