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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Perceived driving safety and estimated blood alcohol concentration (BAC) the morning after drinking amongst young Australians attending a music festival: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

Participants (n = 409)

Age, years

Median (min,max)

21 (18, 40)

18–19 (%)

113 (27.6)

20–21 (%)

123 (30.1)

22–23 (%)

89 (21.8)

24–29 (%)

71 (17.4)

30–40 (%)

13 (3.2)

Gender

Male (%)

247 (60.4)

Female (%)

162 (39.6)

Work Hours

Median (min, max)

30 (0, 85)

Study Hours

Median (min, max)

5 (0, 60)

Licence

No licence (%)

6 (1)

Learner (%)

9 (2)

Provisional driver level 1 (%)

39 (10)

Provisional driver level 2 (%)

147 (36)

Full licence (%)

208 (51)

Intention to Drive

Yes (%)

184 (45)

No (%)

225 (55)

Number of passengers

Median (min, max)

2 (0, 5)

Audit-C Screening Score

Median (min, max)

7 (2, 12)

Risk of Harm from Audit-C screen

Low (%)

3 (1)

High (%)

406 (99)

Sleep hours

Mean (SD)

5.97 (1.87)

Units of alcohol last 24 h

Median range = (min, max)

12 (0–40)

BAC Estimate

0.000 (%)

174 (43)

0.001–0.049 (%)

149 (36)

0.05–0.079 (%)

28 (7)

0.08–0.149 (%)

6 (1)

> 0.150 (%)

28 (7)

Missing

24 (6)

Perception of safety to drive

Not safe at all (%)

37 (9)

Fairly unsafe (%)

66 (16)

Fairly safe (%)

224 (55)

Completely safe (%)

82 (20)

Change of intention to drive

Yes (%)

85 (21)

- Earlier (%)

- 33 (39)

- Later (%)

- 40 (47)

- Missing (%)

- 12 (14)

 

No (%)

121 (30)

Not driving (%)

201 (49)