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Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents who were drinkers (weighted)

From: Drinking abstinence during a 3-month abstinence campaign in Thailand: weighted analysis of a national representative survey

Characteristic

%

95% CI

Gender

 Man

69.8

66.6–73.1

 Woman

30.2

26.9–33.4

Age (years)

  ≤ 20

10.9

8.7–13.1

 21–30

19.8

17.2–22.4

 31–45

37.1

33.3–40.8

 46–60

27.4

24.0–30.9

  > 60

4.8

3.6–6.1

Religion

 Buddhism

99.4

99.0–99.7

 Islam

0.2

0.0–0.4

 Others

0.4

0.1–0.7

SES index

 0 (lowest SES)

6.8

5.1–8.5

 1

18.0

14.9–21.2

 2

23.7

20.7–26.7

 3

29.7

26.0–33.3

 4 (highest SES)

21.8

18.9–24.7

Occupation

 Public employee

8.4

5.9–11.0

 Business owner

29.6

25.9–33.3

 Private employee

15.1

12.6–17.5

 Worker in the informal sector

31.3

28.1–34.6

 Unemployed/retired

5.0

3.6–6.3

 Student

10.6

8.4–12.9

Drinking frequency prior to the campaign

 Weekly

33.5

29.9–37.0

 Monthly

31.2

27.7–34.8

 Occasionally

35.3

31.7–38.9

Type of beverages consumed prior to the campaign

 Spirits

60.2

56.5–63.9

 Beer

76.6

73.2–80.1

 Wine

7.2

5.5–8.9

 Ready to drink (RTD)

5.2

3.7–6.6

 Thai frappe cocktail

6.3

4.4–8.2

 Locally made alcohol

14.1

11.6–16.5

Perceived harm from alcohol

 Very harmful

83.3

80.7–85.9

 Little or no harm

16.7

14.1–19.3

Perceived impacts of abstinence

 Save money

80.7

77.0–84.5

 Improve physical health

79.6

75.5–83.7

 Improve mental health

46.6

41.9–51.2

 Decrease problems in family

30.3

26.0–34.5

Exposure to campaign media

 No exposure

15.5

13.1–17.8

 Yes, and forwarding the message to others

68.7

65.2–72.2

 Yes, but not forwarding the message to others

15.8

12.8–18.9

Making a public commitment

 Yes

17.1

13.9–20.3

 No

47.2

43.4–50.9

 Not available

35.8

32.2–39.3