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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample population

From: Factors associated with alcohol use disorder: the role of depression, anxiety, stress, alexithymia and work fatigue- a population study in Lebanon

 

Alcohol use disorder

p-value

Low risk

High risk

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Gender

 Male

173 (41.2%)

247 (58.8%)

< 0.001

 Female

216 (61.9%)

133 (38.1%)

Education level

 Illiterate

4 (33.3%)

8 (66.7%)

< 0.001

 Primary

9 (23.1%)

30 (76.9%)

 Complementary

18 (34.6%)

34 (65.4%)

 Secondary

57 (51.8%)

53 (48.2%)

 University

258 (55.8%)

204 (44.2%)

 higher education

36 (56.3%)

28 (43.8%)

Socioeconomic status

 <  1000 $

195 (51.9%)

181(48.1%)

0.446

 1000–2000 $

126 (48.8%)

132 (51.2%)

 >  2000 $

47 (45.2%)

57 (54.8%)

Marital status

 Single

257 (52.9%)

229 (47.1%)

0.001

 Married

124 (52.8%)

111 (47.2%)

 Widowed

3 (15.8%)

16 (84.2%)

 Divorced

8 (26.7%)

22 (73.3%)

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

Age (in years)

30.27 ± 13.14

30.33 ± 11.90

0.945

Number of kids

0.91 ± 1.62

0.62 ± 1.28

0.008

  1. Bold numbers indicate significant p-values