Table 1 Depressive symptoms and alcohol use by education and employment
Education | Employment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Lowest tertile | Middle tertile | Highest tertile | None | Part-time | Full-time | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Depressed | 1178 (10.8) | 465 (15.1) | 444 (10.4) | 269 (7.7)** | 387 (35.0) | 222 (11.2) | 569 (7.3)** |
Lifetime abstainer | 388 (3.6) | 172 (5.6) | 139 (3.3) | 77 (2.2)** | 143 (12.9) | 69 (3.5) | 176 (2.3)** |
Former drinker | 383 (3.5) | 144 (4.7) | 136 (3.2) | 103 (2.9)** | 98 (8.9) | 75 (3.8) | 210 (2.7)** |
Current drinker | 10,101 (92.9) | 2763 (89.7) | 4000 (93.6) | 3338 (94.9)** | 866 (78.2) | 1844 (92.8) | 7391 (95.0)** |
Typical drink quantitya | |||||||
1–2 drinks | 5665 (56.1) | 1354 (49.0) | 2172 (54.3) | 2139 (64.1)** | 460 (53.1) | 1277 (69.3) | 3928 (53.2)** |
3–4 drinks | 3252 (32.2) | 912 (33.0) | 1344 (33.6) | 996 (29.8)* | 256 (29.6) | 475 (25.8) | 2521 (34.1)** |
5+ drinks | 1184 (11.7) | 497 (18.0) | 484 (12.1) | 203 (6.1)** | 150 (17.3) | 92 (5.0) | 942 (12.8)** |
HED frequencya | |||||||
None | 3356 (33.2) | 987 (35.7) | 1275 (31.9) | 1094 (32.8)* | 371 (42.8) | 929 (50.4) | 2056 (27.8)** |
1–6 times | 3949 (39.1) | 1093 (39.6) | 1573 (39.3) | 1283 (38.4) | 269 (31.1) | 657 (35.6) | 3023 (40.9)** |
7–12 times | 1418 (14.0) | 342 (12.4) | 597 (14.9) | 479 (14.4)* | 106 (12.2) | 151 (8.2) | 1161 (15.7)** |
13+ times | 1378 (13.6) | 341 (12.3) | 555 (13.9) | 482 (14.4)* | 120 (13.9) | 107 (5.8) | 1151 (15.6)** |