Various forms of alcohol use and their predictors among pregnant women in post conflict northern Uganda: a cross sectional study

Table 1 Showing demographic characteristics of respondents and their drinking patterns

		ALCOHOL DRINKING								Chi-square/fishers test	p-value
		Never drank		Ever drank		Currently consuming Alcohol		Total		Chi-square/fishers test	p-value
Age Group	15–20	67	60.9%	22	20.0%	21	19.1%	110	100.0%
	21–25	59	46.8%	43	34.1%	24	19.0%	126	100.0%	26.018^a	.001
	26–30	39	37.1%	40	38.1%	26	24.8%	105	100.0%
	31–35	22	38.6%	18	31.6%	17	29.8%	57	100.0%
	36–45	6	27.3%	5	22.7%	11	50.0%	22	100.0%
Highest Level of Education Attained	No formal education	18	41.9%	8	18.6%	17	39.5%	43	100.0%	17.996^a	.006
	Primary	119	50.2%	70	29.5%	48	20.3%	237	100.0%
	Secondary	47	46.5%	31	30.7%	23	22.8%	101	100.0%
	Higher	9	23.1%	19	48.7%	11	28.2%	39	100.0%
	Total	75	47.8%	61	38.9%	21	13.4%	420	100.0%
Marital Status	Married	7	25.0%	3	10.7%	18	64.3%	157	100.0%
	Single/separated/divorced	98	46.0%	56	26.3%	59	27.7%	28	100.0%	43.825	<.000
	Cohabiting	13	59.1%	8	36.4%	1	4.5%	213	100.0%
	Other	109	43.3%	81	32.1%	62	24.6%	22	100.0%
	Total	44	41.9%	33	31.4%	28	26.7%	420	100.0%
Religion	Catholic	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	252	100.0%
	Protestant	30	61.2%	12	24.5%	7	14.3%	105	100.0%	9.389	.146
	Muslim	112	46.1%	65	26.7%	66	27.2%	14	100.0%
	Pentecostal	71	45.5%	60	38.5%	25	16.0%	49	100.0%
	Total	10	47.6%	3	14.3%	8	38.1%	420	100.0%
Residence	Rural	84	45.2%	51	27.4%	51	27.4%	243	100.0%
	urban	55	64.7%	20	23.5%	10	11.8%	147	100.0%	13.245	.009
	Small town/village	26	37.7%	26	37.7%	17	24.6%	21	100.0%
	Big town/city	28	35.0%	31	38.8%	21	26.3%	9	100.0%
Occupation	Farmer	84	43.5%	51	39.8%	51	51.5%	186	100.0%
	Housewife	55	28.5%	20	15.6%	10	10.1%	85	100.0%	21.01	.002
	Retail business	26	13.5%	26	20.3%	17	17.2%	69	100.0%
	Other	25	13.0%	21	16.4%	18	18.2%	64	100.0%

^athird of the respondents were aged 21–25 About a half had attained primary level education. Majority were either married or cohabiting Two thirds belonged to the Catholic religion

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