Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Table 1 Demographic information

From: Prevalence and predictors of problematic alcohol use, risky sexual practices and other negative consequences associated with alcohol use among safety and security employees in the Western Cape, South Africa

	n	%
Gender
Male	281	87.0
Female	42	13.0
TOTAL	323*	100
Age in years
20-30 Years	55	17.0
31-40 Years	197	60.8
41-50 Years	61	18.8
51-60 Years	11	3.4
TOTAL	324*	100
Language
Afrikaans	134	41.2
Bilingual	1	0.3
English and Afrikaans	14	4.3
English	98	30.2
Sotho	4	1.2
Unknown	4	1.2
Xhosa	69	21.2
Zulu/Swazi	1	0.3
TOTAL	325	100
Education*
GR 7	1	0.3
GR 9	2	0.6
GR 10	14	4.4
GR 11	7	2.2
GR 12	235	74.4
Tertiary	57	18.0
TOTAL	316*	100
Marital status*
Single	72	22.5
Married	214	66.9
Divorced	32	10.0
Widowed	2	0.6
	320*	100
Length of employment*
6 months to 1 yr	1	0.3
1-5 years	46	14.4
5-10 years	151	47.2
10-15 years	64	20.0
More than 15 years	58	18.1
TOTAL	320*	100

*Gender missing cases 2; Age in years missing cases 1; Education missing cases 16; marital status missing cases 2; Length of employment missing cases 5.

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