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Table 1 Raw and weighted demographics

From: Temporal patterns of alcohol consumption and attempts to reduce alcohol intake in England

 

Raw data

Weighted sample

All participants

Higher Risk Drinkers

All participants

 

Higher Risk Drinkers

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

95 % CIf

N

%

95 % CIf

Complete Sample

    

38,624

100 %

    

Missing data alcohol consumption

    

252

0.7 %

    

Sample

38,624

100 %

  

38,372

99.3 %

 

10,334

26.9 % of total

 

Higher risk drinkersa

9717

25.2 %

9717

100 %

10,334

26.9 %

26.4–27.4

10,334

100 %

 

Sex (female)

18,777

48.6 %

3380

34.8 %

19,588

51.0 %

50.5–51.6

3705

35.8 %

34.8–36.9

Ethnicity (Caucasian)b

31,557

81.7 %

9252

95.2 %

33,080

86.5 %

86.2–86.9

9940

96.6 %

96.2–96.9

Age (16–24 years)

6136

15.9 %

2072

21.3 %

5490

14.3 %

13.9–14.7

1928

18.7 %

17.9–19.4

 25–34

5889

15.2 %

1414

14.6 %

6422

16.7 %

16.3–17.1

1732

16.8 %

15.9–17.6

 35–44

5654

14.6 %

1457

15.0 %

6417

16.7 %

16.3–17.1

1816

17.6 %

16.7–18.4

 45–54

5720

14.8 %

1721

17.7 %

6674

17.4 %

16.9–17.8

2107

20.3 %

19.5–21.3

 55–64

5774

14.9 %

1618

16.7 %

5394

14.0 %

13.7–14.4

1565

15.1 %

14.4–15.9

 65+

9199

23.8 %

1435

14.8 %

8005

20.8 %

20.4–21.3

1187

11.4 %

10.9–12.1

Life stage (single)c

5665

14.7 %

2120

21.8 %

5443

14.2 %

13.8–14.6

2133

20.6 %

19.8–21.5

 Pre-family

2069

5.4 %

680

7.0 %

2408

6.3 %

6.0–6.7

837

8.1 %

7.5–8.7

 Family

11,330

29.3 %

2441

25.1 %

11,925

30.6 %

30.6–31.6

2856

27.6 %

26.7–28.6

 Post family

19,259

49.9 %

4466

46.0 %

18,575

47.9 %

47.9–49.0

4502

43.6 %

42.5–44.7

NRS Social Graded

 AB

8131

21.1 %

2237

32.0 %

10.403

27.1 %

26.6–27.6

3304

32.0 %

30.9–33.0

 C1

11,854

30.7 %

2034

29.1 %

10,525

27.4 %

26.9–27.9

3025

29.3 %

28.3–30.2

 C2

7962

20.6 %

1594

22.8 %

8438

22.0 %

21.5–22.4

2235

22.5 %

21.6–23.4

 D

6123

15.9 %

723

10.3 %

5782

15.1 %

14.7–15.4

1075

10.4 %

9.8–11.0

 E

4302

11.1 %

406

5.8 %

3255

9.5 %

8.2–8.7

606

5.9 %

5.4–6.3

Government Regione

 East Midlands

3078

8.0 %

626

6.4 %

3334

8.7 %

8.4–9.0

723

7.0 %

6.4–7.6

 Eastern

3468

9.0 %

740

7.6 %

4319

11.2 %

10.9–11.6

992

9.6 %

8.9–10.3

 London

7176

18.6 %

1018

10.5 %

5648

14.7 %

14.4–15.0

885

8.6 %

8.0–9.1

 North East

1986

5.1 %

837

8.6 %

1945

5.1 %

4.8–5.3

851

8.2 %

7.7–8.8

 North West

5655

14.6 %

1883

19.4 %

5081

13.2 %

12.9–13.6

1748

16.9 %

16.2–17.7

 South East

4307

11.2 %

1302

13.4 %

6248

16.3 %

15.8–16.7

1937

18.7 %

17.8–19.7

 South West

3431

9.9 %

803

8.3 %

3950

10.3 %

9.9–10.6

1004

9.7 %

9.0–10.4

 Welsh border

74

0.2 %

12

0.1 %

66

0.2 %

0.1–0.2

12

0.1 %

0.0–0.2

 West Midlands

4429

11.5 %

804

8.3 %

3898

10.2 %

9.8–10.5

754

7.3 %

6.8–7.8

 Yorkshire and the Humber

4767

12.3 %

1692

17.4 %

3907

10.2 %

9.9–10.5

1428

13.8 %

13.2–14.5

  1. aAUDIT score ≥ 8 or AUDIT-C score ≥ 5
  2. bmissing n = 178
  3. cSingle is up to age 39, not married, and no children in household; Pre-family is aged up to 39, married or living with partner, no children in household; Family means children in household; Post-family is aged 40 and above and no children in household (missing n = 49)
  4. dNRS social grades: AB(upper middle and middle class), C1 (lower middle class), C2 (skilled working class), D (working class), E (non working)
  5. emissing: n = 1
  6. f95 % confidence limits