Table 2 Participant characteristics (N = 1545)

Age – median years (IQ range)

44 (31–56)

43 (30–53)

43 (30–54)

   [Missing data]

[Nil]

[Nil]

[Nil]

Born in Australia

338 (78 %)

887 (80 %)

1110 (72 %)

   [Missing data]

[2 (1 %)]

[Nil]

[2 (0 %)]

 Indigenous Australian^a

12 (3 %)

14 (2 %)

26 (2 %)

Tertiary educated

312 (72 %)

892 (81 %)

1204 (78 %)

   [Missing data]

[3 (1 %)]

[4 (0 %)]

[7 (1 %)]

 Education and training

117 (27 %)

421 (38 %)

538 (35 %)

 Health

48 (16 %)

256 (23 %)

304 (20 %)

 Social Welfare

38 (9 %)

173 (16 %)

211 (14 %)

 Retail

50 (12 %)

156 (14 %)

206 (13 %)

In alcohol-related industry^b

65 (15 %)

164 (15 %)

229 (15 %)

   [Missing data]

[Nil]

[Nil]

[Nil]

Current alcohol consumption

393 (92 %)

1006 (91 %)

1399 (91 %)

   [Missing data]

[9 (2 %)]

[7 (1 %)]

[16 (1 %)]

 AUDIT-C score ≥ 4^c

288 (74 %)

491 (49 %)

779 (56 %)

   [Missing data]

[4 (1 %)]

[5 (1 %)]

[9 (1 %)]