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Table 3 Mean factor based scores by variables of interest

From: Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies

Sample Characteristic	Factor Score
	Price and Availability		Marketing and Information		Harm Reduction		Drink driving
	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd
Age
18–34	− 0.08	0.98	− 0.14	0.94	0.07	0.99	−0.11	0.95
35–49	− 0.06	0.97	− 0.08	0.98	0.01	0.98	0.03	0.97
50–64	− 0.01	1.02	0.11	0.98	− 0.01	0.99	0.07	1.05
65+	0.18	1.02	0.13	1.09	−0.09	1.04	0.01	1.03
Gender
Male	−0.11	1.00	−0.15	1.02	−0.14	1.04	−0.16	1.05
Female	0.11	0.99	0.15	0.96	0.14	0.94	0.16	0.93
IMD quintile
Least deprived	−0.04	0.93	−0.01	0.97	0.11	0.89	−0.06	0.95
Low deprivation	−0.01	0.99	−0.03	1.02	− 0.05	1.03	−0.00	1.03
Average	0.03	1.00	0.04	0.98	−0.01	0.95	0.07	0.98
High Deprivation	−0.02	1.02	0.01	0.99	−0.02	1.08	−0.03	1.01
Most Deprived	0.02	1.04	−0.02	1.03	− 0.03	1.01	0.02	1.02
Qualification
None	0.16	1.10	0.14	1.18	−0.14	1.11	0.18	1.06
Below degree	−0.06	0.97	− 0.05	0.96	−0.05	0.98	− 0.06	0.99
Above degree	0.02	1.00	0.02	0.98	0.14	0.97	0.02	0.99
Smoking Status
Non smoker	0.10	0.99	0.07	0.94	0.09	0.98	0.01	0.99
Ex Smoker	0.01	0.94	0.09	1.00	−0.06	0.97	0.09	0.97
Smoker	−0.14	1.05	−0.15	1.05	−0.07	1.04	−0.08	1.03
Alcohol Consumption
None	0.86	0.92	0.59	0.92	0.38	0.95	0.36	0.97
Lower risk	0.15	0.92	0.13	0.96	0.07	0.96	0.10	0.95
Increasing risk	−0.35	0.91	−0.27	0.95	− 0.13	0.97	− 0.20	1.00
Highest risk	−0.49	0.95	−0.36	1.02	−0.30	1.17	−0.21	1.06
Cancer knowledge
None	−0.06	0.99	−0.08	0.99	−0.15	0.98	−0.06	0.98
Prompted	0.04	1.03	0.01	1.03	0.08	1.01	0.02	1.04
Unprompted	0.13	0.96	0.26	0.89	0.36	0.94	0.16	0.97

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