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Table 2 Selected sociodemographic characteristics by drinking status among community dwelling adults in South Sudan

From: Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events

 

No current drinking

Low risk drinking

Harmful/hazardous drinking

p-value

n = 329

n = 70

n = 66

 

n (%)

 

Gender

 Female

184 (55.9)

33 (47.8)

30 (45.5)

0.19

 Male

145 (44.1)

36 (52.2)

36 (54.5)

Age

 18–25

106 (32.2)

11 (16.2)

15 (22.7)

0.002

 26–35

138 (42.0)

23 (33.8)

24 (36.4)

 36–50

67 (20.4)

27 (39.7)

19 (28.8)

  > 50

18 (4.4)

7 (10.3)

8 (12.1)

Setting

 Urban

160 (48.6)

46 (67.7)

37 (56.1)

0.014

 Rural

169 (51.4)

22 (32.3)

29 (43.9)

Marital status

 Single

89 (27.4)

16 (24.2)

15 (23.1)

0.71

 Married

236 (72.6)

50 (75.8)

50 (76.9)

Education

 No formal education

146 (44.4)

26 (38.2)

34 (51.6)

0.340

 Primary school

100 (30.4)

18 (26.5)

16 (24.2)

 Secondary or higher

83 (25.2)

24 (35.3)

16 (24.2)

Employment

 Employed

246 (78.6)

51 (79.7)

36 (64.3)

0.001

 Student

43 (13.7)

10 (15.6)

4 (7.1)

 Unemployed

24 (7.7)

3 (4.7)

16 (28.6)

Regular monthly income

 Yes

204 (62.4)

49 (73.1)

29 (44.6)

0.003

 No

123 (37.6)

18 (26.9)

36 (55.4)

Psychological distress

 (mean, SE)

20.8 (0.78)

21.2 (1.71)

32.7 (1.84)

0.001

Traumatic events

 (mean, SE)

1.5 (0.09)

0.74 (0.16)

2.4 (0.18)

0.001

  1. Note: Not all frequency sums across sociodemographics are equal due to missing data