Examining characteristics of recorded and unrecorded alcohol consumers in Kenya

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample (n = 718) (to be presented in page 6)

	Proportion	SE	95% CI
Sex
Male	85.71%	0.02	0.81	0.90
Female	14.29%	0.02	0.10	0.19
Age in years
18–29	35.45%	0.03	0.29	0.42
30–44	41.22%	0.03	0.36	0.47
45–59	16.61%	0.02	0.13	0.21
60–69	6.72%	0.01	0.05	0.10
Marital Status
Cohabitating	1.00%	> 0.003	> 0.003	0.03
Married	64.42%	0.03	0.59	0.69
Divorced	0.08%	> 0.003	>.003	0.02
Never Married	20.46%	0.03	0.16	0.26
Separated	8.68%	0.02	0.06	0.13
Widowed	4.75%	0.02	0.02	0.09
Education
No formal Schooling	7.10%	0.02	0.04	0.12
Primary Incomplete	29.59%	0.04	0.22	0.38
Primary Complete	24.86%	0.03	0.19	0.31
Secondary and above	38.45%	0.06	0.28	0.50
Wealth Index
Poorest	17.97%	0.04	0.12	0.26
Poor	18.06%	0.03	0.14	0.24
Middle	16.65%	0.02	0.12	0.22
Richer	18.42%	0.04	0.11	0.28
Richest	28.90%	0.06	0.19	0.42
Residence
Rural	54.48%	0.05	0.44	0.65
Urban	45.52%	0.05	0.35	0.56
Region
Nairobi	12.81%	0.06	0.04	0.32
Rift Valley	26.36%	0.05	0.18	0.37
Western	13.10%	0.04	0.07	0.22
Eastern	13.40%	0.04	0.08	0.22
Central	14.22%	0.05	0.07	0.27
Nyanza	9.96%	0.03	0.06	0.17
Coast	10.14%	0.03	0.05	0.19
Homebrew Consumers	37.37%	0.05	0.28	0.47
Current Smoker	29.35%	0.03	0.24	0.35
Binge Drinkers	70.22%	0.03	0.64	0.76
	Mean	SE	95% CI
Age	36.64	0.74	35.18	38.11
# Drinking Occasions past month	2.56	0.11	2.33	2.78
# Binge Drinking Occasions past month	4.27	0.48	3.32	5.22

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