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Table 6 The effect of study year and socio-demographic factors on pure alcohol consumption (g) during the previous week (respondents who had drunk at least one portion of alcohol) by country and gender, 1994-2006

From: Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994-2006

Characteristic

Estonia

Finland

 

Crude estimate

Adjusted estimate*

Crude estimate

Adjusted estimate*

 

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

β

(95% CI)

Men

Study year

        

   1994

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   1996

-16

(-40, 8)

-13

(-37, 12)

-6

(-18, 6)

-6

(-18, 6)

   1998

-4

(-29, 21)

-2

(-26, 23)

7

(-5, 18)

6

(-6, 18)

   2000

22

(-3, 47)

27

(2, 52)

1

(-11, 13)

0

(-12, 12)

   2002

16

(-9, 42)

18

(-7, 43)

2

(-10, 15)

2

(-10, 14)

   2004

36

(15, 57)

38

(17, 59)

7

(-5, 20)

8

(-5, 20)

   2006

37

(16, 58)

43

(22, 64)

8

(-5, 21)

7

(-5, 20)

   p-value for linear trend

 

<0.001

 

<0.001

 

0.054

 

0.065

Age group

        

   25-34

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   35-44

0

(-15, 16)

3

(-13, 19)

0

(-9, 10)

3

(-7, 13)

   45-54

-5

(-22, 11)

-6

(-22, 11)

4

(-5, 14)

10

(0, 20)

   55-64

-42

(-60, -25)

-44

(-62, -25)

-22

(-32, -12)

-14

(-25, -3)

Ethnicity

        

   ethnic majority

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   ethnic minority

-7

(-20, 6)

-5

(-18, 7)

-35

(-48, -21)

-31

(-44, -17)

Marital status

        

   married/cohabiting

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   single

24

(6, 42)

13

(-6, 31)

38

(29, 48)

36

(27, 46)

   divorced/separated

45

(24, 66)

43

(23, 64)

61

(49, 73)

61

(48, 73)

   widowed

-46

(-98, 6)

-28

(-80, 24)

12

(-26, 50)

23

(-15, 61)

Education

        

   higher

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   secondary

21

(6, 37)

18

(3, 33)

5

(-3, 13)

3

(-4, 11)

   basic or less

16

(-3, 36)

26

(7, 46)

-11

(-20, -2)

-9

(-19, 1)

Women

Study year

        

   1994

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   1996

-8

(-18, 1)

-8

(-17, 2)

5

(-1, 11)

5

(-1, 11)

   1998

-4

(-14, 5)

-4

(-14, 5)

6

(0, 12)

6

(0, 12)

   2000

0

(-9, 9)

1

(-8, 10)

2

(-4, 8)

2

(-4, 8)

   2002

-1

(-11, 8)

0

(-9, 10)

1

(-4, 7)

1

(-5, 6)

   2004

3

(-6, 11)

4

(-5, 12)

7

(1, 12)

7

(1, 12)

   2006

6

(-2, 14)

7

(-1, 15)

10

(4, 16)

10

(4, 15)

   p-value for linear trend

 

0.001

 

<0.001

 

0.010

 

0.015

Age group

        

   25-34

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   35-44

-1

(-6, 5)

-1

(-6, 5)

7

(3, 11)

8

(4, 13)

   45-54

-1

(-7, 5)

-2

(-8, 4)

6

(2, 10)

9

(4, 13)

   55-64

-6

(-13, 0)

-8

(-14, -1)

-6

(-11, -2)

-3

(-8, 2)

Ethnicity

        

   ethnic majority

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   ethnic minority

6

(1, 10)

6

(2, 11)

-8

(-14, -1)

-8

(-14, -1)

Marital status

        

   married/cohabiting

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   single

3

(-4, 10)

4

(-3, 11)

12

(7, 17)

12

(8, 17)

   divorced/separated

1

(-5, 7)

1

(-5, 7)

9

(4, 14)

9

(4, 14)

   widowed

-1

(-9, 8)

0

(-9, 9)

-2

(-11, 8)

3

(-7, 13)

Education

        

   higher

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

ref

 

   secondary

1

(-3, 6)

1

(-3, 6)

-1

(-5, 2)

-1

(-5, 2)

   basic or less

6

(-2, 14)

9

(0, 17)

-9

(-14, -5)

-7

(-12, -2)

  1. *Each estimate was adjusted for all other characteristics in the table.