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Table 3 Alcohol consumption status (percentage and corresponding standard error) by socio-demographic characteristics and health factors in women

From: Alcohol consumption and associated factors among middle-aged and older adults: results from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

 

Alcohol drinking category

 

N

lifetime abstainer

Former drinkers

Occasional drinkers

0~ 6.9dks/wk

≥7.0 dks/wk

χ2

P value

Age (years)

  45~49

1836

88.48 (1.61)

7.86 (1.58)

0.68 (0.19)

2.18 (0.36)

0.81 (0.20)

80.62

<0.001

  50~54

1290

86.54 (1.68)

8.22 (1.65)

1.44 (0.43)

2.64 (0.47)

1.16 (0.42)

  

  55~59

1746

89.79 (0.93)

3.73 (0.58)

2.25 (0.42)

2.57 (0.40)

1.66 (0.29)

  

  60~64

1402

88.31 (1.08)

4.25 (0.64)

2.8 (0.50)

2.42 (0.46)

2.21 (0.42)

  

  65~69

864

88.77 (1.24)

4.36 (0.92)

3.08 (0.57)

2.54 (0.58)

1.25 (0.35)

  

  70~74

637

90.21 (1.33)

3.76 (0.97)

2.54 (0.64)

2.34 (0.62)

1.14 (0.38)

  

  ≥75

783

91.19 (1.17)

2.99 (0.63)

2.66 (0.69)

1.35 (0.46)

1.81 (0.56)

  

Rural-urban status

  Rural

6740

88.96 (0.66)

5.07 (0.48)

1.87 (0.21)

2.43 (0.23)

1.68 (0.20)

7.50

0.112

  Urban

1760

88.81 (1.41)

6.24 (1.26)

2.34 (0.50)

1.92 (0.36)

0.69 (0.19)

  

Marital status

  Separated/divorced/widowed/

never been married

1403

89.43 (1.02)

3.9 (0.59)

2.93 (0.64)

1.93 (0.39)

1.81 (0.40)

13.02

0.011

  Married

7155

88.75 (0.64)

5.71 (0.55)

1.8 (0.18)

2.4 (0.23)

1.33 (0.16)

  

Living alone

  No

6617

88.58 (0.68)

5.8 (0.60)

1.85 (0.19)

2.38 (0.24)

1.38 (0.17)

7.88

0.096

  Yes

1940

89.74 (0.94)

4.14 (0.52)

2.47 (0.50)

2.11 (0.34)

1.53 (0.33)

  

Education

  Illiteracy

3512

89.02 (0.87)

4.58 (0.71)

2.35 (0.30)

2.32 (0.30)

1.74 (0.27)

66.84

<0.001

  Primary or junior high school

2948

89.4 (0.76)

4.9 (0.50)

1.85 (0.29)

2.38 (0.31)

1.46 (0.24)

  

  Senior high school

776

92.48 (0.85)

3.87 (0.75)

1.23 (0.37)

1.65 (0.36)

0.77 (0.20)

  

  Graduate

8547

81.35 (2.41)

11.9 (2.56)

2.5 (0.69)

3.11 (0.68)

1.14 (0.39)

  

Smoking

  No

7868

89.53 (0.60)

5.43 (0.50)

1.86 (0.21)

2.12 (0.20)

1.06 (0.14)

109.68

<0.001

  Yes

689

80.78 (1.71)

4.67 (0.91)

3.99 (0.82)

4.67 (0.90)

5.89 (1.02)

  

Self- Comment of Your Health

  Excellent

227

87.6 (2.50)

4.98 (1.37)

3.07 (1.75)

2.15 (0.95)

2.21 (0.88)

37.47

0.002

  Very good

930

88.89 (1.18)

5.69 (0.87)

1.34 (0.38)

2.13 (0.44)

1.96 (0.43)

  

  Good

2576

86.73 (1.41)

7.36 (1.37)

1.76 (0.36)

2.67 (0.33)

1.48 (0.28)

  

  Fair

3212

89.83 (0.76)

4.8 (0.52)

1.98 (0.29)

2.33 (0.34)

1.06 (0.22)

  

  Poor

1609

90.65 (0.93)

3.14 (0.52)

2.8 (0.46)

1.83 (0.35)

1.58 (0.36)

  

Region

  Central

1311

89.65 (1.00)

4.35 (0.75)

2.62 (0.51)

2.45 (0.59)

0.94 (0.33)

64.53

<0.001

  East

2593

86.27 (1.35)

6.18 (1.14)

2.7 (0.44)

2.68 (0.37)

2.16 (0.34)

  

  North-central

1190

91.83 (1.27)

3.96 (0.68)

1.08 (0.47)

1.77 (0.53)

1.36 (0.43)

  

  North-east

653

90.48 (1.55)

4.89 (1.48)

1.09 (0.60)

2.55 (0.65)

0.99 (0.37)

  

  North-west

608

92.09 (1.69)

5.79 (1.39)

0.99 (0.41)

0.71 (0.33)

0.42 (0.24)

  

  South

780

91.18 (1.69)

6.94 (1.61)

0.98 (0.58)

0.78 (0.29)

0.12 (0.12)

  

  South-west

1423

86.66 (1.39)

4.57 (0.78)

2.72 (0.53)

3.82 (0.71)

2.23 (0.52)

  

Depression

  No

4303

88.19 (0.89)

6.11 (0.82)

1.93 (0.28)

2.35 (0.28)

1.42 (0.21)

7.84

0.098

  Yes

3261

88.98 (0.73)

4.46 (0.47)

2.42 (0.32)

2.61 (0.32)

1.52 (0.22)

  

Working status

        

  NO

3447

91.85 (0.59)

3.45 (0.40)

2.29 (0.33)

1.55 (0.27)

0.86 (0.18)

52.90

<0.001

  Yes

5111

86.45 (0.87)

6.95 (0.78)

1.79 (0.21)

2.94 (0.29)

1.88 (0.24)

  

Social activities

  No

4097

89.51 (0.98)

4.68 (0.89)

2.19 (0.31)

2.20 (0.26)

1.42 (0.20)

3.88

0.423

  Yes

4461

88.33 (0.69)

5.98 (0.49)

1.86 (0.25)

2.41 (0.26)

1.42 (0.20)

  

Sleep time

  <6.0 h

2336

89.63 (0.84)

4.10 (0.56)

2.51 (0.39)

2.39 (0.36)

1.37 (0.26)

9.75

0.283

  6.0~7.9 h

2847

87.81 (0.89)

6.26 (0.79)

2.04 (0.33)

2.44 (0.34)

1.46 (0.24)

  

  ≥8.0 h

2894

88.46 (1.14)

5.49 (1.05)

1.72 (0.29)

2.61 (0.33)

1.72 (0.28)

  
  1. Drs/wk: drinks/week