Sociodemographic and addictive behaviour characteristics of drinkers by drinking pattern
| Weighted count=5144 | All drinkers | Low-risk drinkers N (%) | Regular RSOD drinker N (%) | Dependent drinkers N (%) | P value |
| 5144 (100) | 2652 (51.6) | 1953 (38.0) | 539 (10.5) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 2659 (51.7) | 993 (37.5) | 1327 (68.0) | 339 (62.8) | <0.001 |
| Female | 2485 (48.3) | 1659 (62.6) | 626 (32.1) | 200 (37.2) | |
| Age group | |||||
| 15–24 | 831 (16.2) | 290 (11.0) | 344 (17.7) | 197 (36.5) | <0.001 |
| 25–34 | 1140 (22.2) | 439 (16.6) | 515 (26.4) | 186 (34.5) | |
| 35–64 | 2576 (50.2) | 1503 (56.9) | 921 (47.3) | 152 (28.1) | |
| 65+ | 582 (11.4) | 411 (15.5) | 167 (8.6) | 5 (0.9) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single/never married | 1652 (32.2) | 583 (22.0) | 739 (37.9) | 330 (61.8) | <0.001 |
| Married/cohabiting | 3097 (60.3) | 1830 (69.1) | 1097 (56.2) | 170 (31.8) | |
| Divorced/separated/ widowed | 386 (7.5) | 235 (8.9) | 116 (5.9) | 35 (6.5) | |
| Education | |||||
| Primary/none | 1099 (21.4) | 537 (20.3) | 453 (23.3) | 109 (20.3) | 0.0562 |
| Completed secondary | 1531 (29.8) | 760 (28.7) | 608 (31.2) | 163 (30.4) | |
| Completed third level | 2502 (48.8) | 1351 (51.0) | 886 (45.5) | 265 (49.4) | |
| Employment | |||||
| Employed | 2896 (56.3) | 1410 (53.2) | 1205 (61.7) | 280 (52.0) | <0.001 |
| Unemployed | 500 (9.7) | 203 (7.7) | 219 (11.2) | 78 (14.4) | |
| Student | 534 (10.4) | 204 (7.7) | 203 (10.4) | 127 (23.5) | |
| Home duties | 533 (10.4) | 407 (15.4) | 113 (5.8) | 13 (2.4) | |
| Retired | 521 (10.1) | 353 (13.3) | 163 (8.3) | 6 (1.1) | |
| Other | 161 (3.1) | 75 (2.8) | 51 (2.6) | 35 (6.6) | |
| Region | |||||
| Dublin | 1503 (29.2) | 724 (27.3) | 569 (29.1) | 210 (38.9) | <0.001 |
| Outside Dublin | 3642 (70.8) | 1928 (72.7) | 1384 (70.9) | 329 (61.1) | |
| Dependent children | |||||
| Yes | 1977 (38.6) | 1124 (42.6) | 725 (37.2) | 128 (24.0) | <0.001 |
| Smoking | |||||
| Yes | 1365 (26.5) | 490 (18.5) | 607 (31.1) | 268 (49.6) | <0.001 |
| Illicit drug use | |||||
| Yes | 483 (9.4) | 75 (2.8) | 226 (11.6) | 182 (33.9) | <0.001 |
| Gambling | |||||
| Yes | 1813 (35.3) | 699 (26.4) | 809 (41.4) | 305 (56.6) | <0.001 |
Numbers may not add up to the column totals because of missing data.
RSOD, risky single occasion drinking.