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

Table 4 Binary multiple regression model: association between days having >5 drinks, age and length of employment to a >2 CAGE score

Independent variables	Model 1¹				Model 2²				Model 3³				Model 4⁴
Independent variables	Estimate	SE	t-value	p- value	Estimate	SE	t- value	p- value	Estimate	SE	t- value	p- value	Estimate	SE	t- value	p- value
Days having more than 5 drinks	0.134	0.029	20.14	<0.001									0.133	0.030	4.41	<0.001
Age					0.014	0.025	0.56	0.575					0.011	0.034	0.32	0.752
Length of employment (0–15 years)									0.176	0.358	0.49	0.624	0.152	0.431	0.35	0.726

¹Model 1: the association between days having more than 5 drinks and a >2 CAGE score.
²Model 2: the association between age and a >2 CAGE score.
³Model 3: the association between length of employment and a >2 CAGE score.
⁴Model 4: entered into the model were all three independent variables (more than five drinks, age, employment), and the association to a >2 CAGE score was explored.

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