Demographic variable | Total | Alcohol use | χ2 P value | |
No=77.2 (74.9–79.3) | Yes=22.8 (20.7–25.1) | |||
n | Weighted % | Weighted % | ||
Sex | 113.45 (0.000) | |||
Male | 1455 | 63.3 | 36.7 | |
Female | 2078 | 89.2 | 10.8 | |
Age | ||||
Mean age (+SD) | 62.6 (10.2) | 62.9 (10.6) | 61.7 (8.9) | 8.50 (0.004) |
Age group, years | ||||
50–59 | 1275 | 75.1 | 24.9 | 3.48 (0.019) |
60–69 | 1093 | 77.4 | 22.6 | |
70–79 | 764 | 80.5 | 19.5 | |
80+ | 401 | 82.5 | 17.5 | |
Marital status | 12.23 (0.000) | |||
Never married | 114 | 70 | 30 | |
Married | 1976 | 74.3 | 25.7 | |
Separated | 420 | 72.5 | 27.5 | |
Widowed | 1023 | 88.2 | 11.8 | |
Religion | 45.39 (0.000) | |||
None | 114 | 42.5 | 57.5 | |
Christian | 2545 | 75.1 | 24.9 | |
Islam | 657 | 95.1 | 4.9 | |
Prima indigenous | 217 | 65.8 | 34.2 | |
Place of residence | 5.00 (0.026) | |||
Urban | 1377 | 79.7 | 20.3 | |
Rural | 2156 | 74.8 | 25.2 | |
Region | 5.69 (0.000) | |||
Ashanti | 575 | 83.8 | 16.2 | |
Brong Ahafo | 376 | 81.3 | 18.7 | |
Central | 457 | 73.2 | 26.8 | |
Eastern | 284 | 70.7 | 29.3 | |
Greater Accra | 333 | 74.1 | 25.9 | |
Northern | 357 | 90 | 10 | |
Upper East | 191 | 83.4 | 16.6 | |
Upper West | 184 | 83.5 | 16.5 | |
Volta | 328 | 61.9 | 38.1 | |
Western | 448 | 78.8 | 21.2 | |
History of smoking | 72.42 (0.000) | |||
Yes | 247 | 42.1 | 57.9 | |
No | 3266 | 80.2 | 19.8 | |
BMI | ||||
Mean BMI (+SD) | 24.2 (5.6) | 24.4 (5.4) | 23.7 (5.9) | 1.38 (0.242) |
BMI category | ||||
Underweight | 427 | 71.1 | 28.9 | 2.49 (0.067) |
Normal | 1844 | 75.3 | 24.7 | |
Overweight | 677 | 81.2 | 18.8 | |
Obesity | 399 | 79.6 | 20.4 | |
QoL | 4.07 (0.008) | |||
Poor | 239 | 86 | 14 | |
Low | 115 | 78.5 | 21.5 | |
Moderate | 1852 | 77.1 | 22.9 | |
High | 287 | 69.1 | 30.9 | |
Educational level | 16.20 (0.000) | |||
None | 1765 | 85.9 | 14.1 | |
Primary | 846 | 74 | 26 | |
Secondary | 804 | 68.1 | 31.9 | |
Tertiary | 118 | 66.1 | 33.9 |
BMI, body mass index; QoL, quality of life.