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Table 5 Multiple logistic regression predicting heavy drinking by beverage type

From: Heavy drinking and contextual risk factors among adults in South Africa: findings from the International Alcohol Control study

 

Beer

(n = 384)

Wine

(n = 74)

Spirits

(n = 70)

Cider

(n = 140)

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

Age

 18–19

1.10

0.01, 86.52

0.61

0.01, 44.26

d

 

2.04

0.08, 53.06

 20–24

0.76

0.24, 2.43

4.57

0.12, _e

< 0.01*

< 0.01, 0.63

0.12

0.01, 2.40

 25–34

0.97

0.35, 2.67

1.33

0.13, 13.34

0.01

< 0.01, 6.54

0.14

0.01, 2.00

 35–44

0.88

0.29, 2.69

5.93*

1.09, 32.28

0.01

< 0.01, 2.25

0.06

< 0.01, 1.00

 45–54

0.94

0.28, 3.17

0.88

0.06, 13.16

0.03

< 0.01, 3.35

0.04*

< 0.01, 0.89

 55–65

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

Race/Ethnicity

 Black African

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

 Coloured

2.12

0.66, 6.85

0.32

0.11, 1.00

3097.26

0.89, _e

2.52

0.64, 9.98

 White

1.17

0.18, 7.42

0.18*

0.04, 0.95

0.14

0.01, 1.35

1.32

0.29, 5.97

 Asian/Indian

2.45

0.39, 15.24

b

 

253.88*

1.08, _e

d

 

Marital Status

 Married

(ref)

 

(ref)

   

(ref)

 

 Co-habitating

1.24

0.53, 2.91

2.87

0.22, 38.00

7.68

0.59, 99.50

3.35

0.46, 24.25

 Never married

2.44*

1.11, 5.38

2.45

0.21, 28.61

6.87

0.45, _e

2.25

0.65, 7.82

 Divorced

0.12

0.01, 1.69

12.63

0.54, _e

0.88

< 0.01, _e

0.06

< 0.01, 1.04

 Separated

9.27

0.94, 91.38

d

 

d

 

2.38

0.13, 45.32

 Widowed

8.52

0.28, _e

5.53

0.31, 97.87

  

d

 

Total Annual Personal Incomeb

 Low

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

 Medium

2.00

0.83, 4.80

0.02

< 0.01, 1.57

1314.09

0.35, _e

3.61

0.87, 14.89

 High

7.71*

1.57, 37.81

0.09*

0.02, 0.55

5.42

0.81, 36.39

0.86

0.11, 6.60

Container Sizec

 Below Average

4.02*

1.03, 15.64

c

 

18.01

0.40, 820.20

0.80

0.06, 10.05

 Average

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

(ref)

 

 Above Average

6.94***

3.07, 15.67

38.26***

8.44, _e

14,657.39*

6.15, _e

7.52**

2.23, 25.35

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. aNo participants drink below average sized containers of wine
  3. bAll participants in this cell are heavy drinkers
  4. cNo observations in this cell
  5. dAll participants in this cell are heavy drinkers
  6. eUpper confidence interval > 100 probably due to small numbers of participants in a given response category for a particular beverage