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Table 4 Prevalence of current alcohol use and its relationship with socio-demographic variables

From: Correlates of alcohol consumption in rural western Kenya: A cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Number of drinkers

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

P value

Age group

 18–29

18

1

 

1

 

 30–49

56

2.55 (1.46–4.46)

0.002

2.29 (0.78–6.71)

0.129

  > 49

59

3.02 (1.74–5.24)

<0.001

1.89 (0.68–5.23)

0.213

Sex

 Male

108

1

 

1

 

 Female

25

0.08 (0.05–0.15)

<0.001

0.07 (0.02–0.18)

<0.001

Education

 None

24

1

 

--

 

 Primary

63

0.62 (0.33–1.15)

0.127

--

 

 Secondary/higher

46

0.59 (0.30–1.18)

0.133

--

 

Wealth index tertile

 Rich

30

1

 

1

 

 Middle

43

1.71 (0.95–3.08)

0.074

1.45 (0.49–4.29)

0.492

 Poor

55

2.42 (1.31–4.46)

0.006

2.12 (0.78–5.72)

0.134

Household size

  > 6

49

1

 

--

 

 4–6

64

0.81 (0.50–1.33)

0.400

--

 

 1–3

20

0.74 (0.40–1.37)

0.324

--

 

Religion

 Other*

60

  

1

 

 Catholic

72

2.64 (1.63–4.28)

<0.001

2.01 (0.92–4.39)

0.079

Marital status

 Married/living together

96

1

 

--

 

 Not married

37

1.00 (0.60–1.64)

0.986

--

 

Uses tobacco (478)

 No

88

1

 

1

 

 Yes

45

6.92 (3.70–12.93)

<0.001

2.23 (0.63–7.68)

0.209

Sell/prepare alcohol at home

 No

36

1

 

1

 

 Yes

97

5.79 (3.28–10.20)

<0.001

1.72 (0.54–5.55)

0.351

Number of drinkers in family

 0

11

1

 

1

 

 1

64

20.64 (8.10–52.56)

<0.001

19.91 (6.88–57.65)

<0.001

  > 1

58

40.37 (16.38–99.50)

<0.001

35.11 (10.30–119.75)

<0.001

Number of friends who drink

 0

9

1

 

1

 

  ≤ 5

52

11.50 (5.99–22.09)

<0.001

3.68 (1.61–8.41)

0.003

  > 5

72

38.67 (18.98–78.76)

<0.001

5.49 (1.66–18.22)

0.007

Attitude score tertile

 1 (poor attitude)

12

1

 

1

 

 2

37

3.71 (1.64–8.37)

0.002

3.66 (1.16–11.51)

0.027

 3 (good attitude)

80

12.39 (5.38–28.50)

<0.001

7.73 (2.53–23.63)

0.001

  1. *The entire sample included 113 Protestants and only 2 Muslims