Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants for each drinking status and sex
| Â | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy drinker (N = 703) | Moderate drinker (N = 2763) | Abstainer (N = 2151) | Heavy drinker (N = 139) | Moderate drinker (N = 1703) | Abstainer (N = 4262) | |
Age | ||||||
 20-29 years | 15 (2.1) | 281 (10.2) | 322 (15.0) | 9 (6.5) | 202 (11.9) | 459 (10.8) |
 30-39 years | 118 (16.8) | 412 (14.9) | 382 (17.8) | 29 (20.9) | 282 (16.6) | 675 (15.8) |
 40-49 years | 151 (21.5) | 473 (17.1) | 373 (17.3) | 51 (36.7) | 385 (22.6) | 639 (15.0) |
 50-59 years | 170 (24.2) | 531 (19.2) | 275 (12.8) | 27 (19.4) | 352 (20.7) | 687 (16.1) |
 60-69 years | 191 (27.2) | 634 (22.9) | 450 (20.9) | 21 (15.1) | 324 (19.0) | 986 (23.1) |
 70-79 years | 58 (8.3) | 432 (15.6) | 349 (16.2) | 2 (1.4) | 158 (9.3) | 816 (19.1) |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 560 (79.7) | 2066 (74.8) | 1327 (61.7) | 104 (74.8) | 1128 (66.2) | 2899 (68.0) |
 Never-married | 97 (13.8) | 548 (19.8) | 685 (31.8) | 16 (11.5) | 337 (19.8) | 711 (16.7) |
 Divorced or Widowed | 46 (6.5) | 149 (5.4) | 139 (6.5) | 19 (13.7) | 238 (14.0) | 652 (15.3) |
Living arrangements | ||||||
 Living with others | 621 (88.3) | 2530 (91.6) | 1938 (90.1) | 129 (92.8) | 1552 (91.1) | 3878 (91.0) |
 Living alone | 82 (11.7) | 233 (8.4) | 213 (9.9) | 10 (7.2) | 151 (8.9) | 384 (9.0) |
Educational levela | ||||||
 High | 185 (26.3) | 964 (34.9) | 613 (28.5) | 24 (17.3) | 559 (32.8) | 1042 (24.4) |
 Middle | 112 (15.9) | 299 (10.8) | 305 (14.2) | 9 (6.5) | 137 (8.0) | 599 (14.1) |
 Low | 343 (48.8) | 1270 (46.0) | 1055 (49.0) | 97 (69.8) | 852 (50.0) | 2255 (52.9) |
 Unknown | 63 (9.0) | 230 (8.3) | 178 (8.3) | 9 (6.5) | 155 (9.1) | 366 (8.6) |
Household income quantile | ||||||
 4th (highest) quantile | 159 (22.6) | 548 (19.8) | 576 (26.8) | 32 (23.0) | 390 (22.9) | 1200 (28.2) |
 3rd quantile | 179 (25.5) | 692 (25.0) | 562 (26.1) | 38 (27.3) | 399 (23.4) | 1061 (24.9) |
 2nd quantile | 194 (27.6) | 708 (25.6) | 533 (24.8) | 36 (25.9) | 417 (24.5) | 1021 (24.0) |
 1st (lowest) quantile | 171 (24.3) | 815 (29.5) | 480 (22.3) | 33 (23.7) | 497 (29.2) | 980 (23.0) |
Employment typeb | ||||||
 Large-scale company | 110 (15.6) | 520 (18.8) | 289 (13.4) | 16 (11.5) | 171 (10.0) | 232 (5.4) |
 Middle-scale company | 176 (25.0) | 638 (23.1) | 439 (20.4) | 24 (17.3) | 352 (20.7) | 620 (14.5) |
 Small-scale company | 88 (12.5) | 297 (10.7) | 244 (11.3) | 15 (10.8) | 208 (12.2) | 381 (8.9) |
 Self-employed | 116 (16.5) | 328 (11.9) | 265 (12.3) | 18 (12.9) | 111 (6.5) | 317 (7.4) |
 Others | 90 (12.8) | 358 (13.0) | 280 (13.0) | 25 (18.0) | 279 (16.4) | 600 (14.1) |
 Unemployed | 123 (17.5) | 622 (22.5) | 634 (29.5) | 41 (29.5) | 582 (34.2) | 2112 (49.6) |
Smoking status | ||||||
 Non-smoker | 337 (47.9) | 1788 (64.7) | 1499 (69.7) | 84 (60.4) | 1445 (84.9) | 3888 (91.2) |
 Smoker | 366 (52.1) | 975 (35.3) | 652 (30.3) | 55 (39.6) | 258 (15.1) | 374 (8.8) |