Participants’ characteristics according to educational attainment and gender (1993–2014, Bus Santé study, state of Geneva, Switzerland)
| Overall | Men | Women | |||||||
| Primary education | Secondary education | Tertiary education | P value | Primary education | Secondary education | Tertiary education | P value | ||
| N (%) | 16 725 (100) | 1257 (14.7) | 4119 (48.2) | 3173 (37.1) | 1750 (21.4) | 3414 (41.8) | 3012 (36.8) | ||
| Age, mean±SD | 52.1±10.6 | 52.8±10.9 | 52.8±10.7 | 51.0±10.6 | <0.001 | 54.6±10.6 | 52.9±10.4 | 49.8±10.1 | <0.001 |
| Swiss nationality, (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| No | 4704 (28.1) | 690 (54.9) | 964 (23.4) | 1054 (33.2) | 561 (32.1) | 568 (16.6) | 867 (28.8) | ||
| Yes | 12 013 (71.9) | 567 (45.1) | 3152 (76.6) | 2116 (66.8) | 1189 (67.9) | 2846 (83.4) | 2143 (71.2) | ||
| Total alcohol consumption (g/day), mean±SD | 15.9±18.9 | 26.3±24.7 | 22.3±23.2 | 17.8±18.1 | <0.001 | 10.7±13.3 | 10.0±12.7 | 10.2±12.7 | 0.22 |
| Hazardous alcohol consumption, (%) | <0.001 | 0.62 | |||||||
| No | 13 676 (81.8) | 840 (66.8) | 3089 (75.0) | 2641 (83.2) | 1510 (86.3) | 2979 (87.3) | 2617 (86.9) | ||
| Yes | 3049 (18.2) | 417 (33.2) | 1030 (25.0) | 532 (16.8) | 240 (13.7) | 435 (12.7) | 395 (13.1) | ||
| Smoking status, (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Never smoker | 6812 (42.5) | 379 (30.2) | 1356 (33.0) | 1403 (44.3) | 819 (53.1) | 1441 (46.2) | 1414 (50.1) | ||
| Current smoker | 3829 (23.9) | 382 (30.4) | 1154 (28.0) | 625 (19.7) | 355 (23.0) | 794 (25.4) | 519 (18.4) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 5385 (33.6) | 496 (39.5) | 1605 (39.0) | 1140 (36.0) | 368 (23.9) | 886 (28.4) | 890 (31.5) | ||
| Law package period, (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Period 1 (before 20 October 2000) | 7187 (43.0) | 587 (46.7) | 1914 (46.5) | 1120 (35.3) | 1022 (58.4) | 1429 (41.9) | 1115 (37.0) | ||
| Period 2 (20 October 2000 to 1 February 2004) | 3550 (21.2) | 269 (21.4) | 905 (22.0) | 632 (19.9) | 372 (21.3) | 707 (20.7) | 665 (22.1) | ||
| Period 3 (2 February 2004 to 31 October 2009) | 2467 (14.8) | 178 (14.2) | 571 (13.9) | 535 (16.9) | 186 (10.6) | 501 (14.7) | 496 (16.5) | ||
| Period 4 (after 31 October 2009) | 3521 (21.1) | 223 (17.7) | 729 (17.7) | 886 (27.9) | 170 (9.7) | 777 (22.8) | 736 (24.4) | ||