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Table 2 Demographic data presented for all participants and divided by gender

From: Perceived barriers to seeking treatment for alcohol use disorders among the general Danish population – a cross sectional study on the role of severity of alcohol use and gender

 

Total

Female

Male

p-value

 

N = 1594

N = 826 (51.8%)

N = 768 (48.2%)

 

Age category

   

0.001*

30–39 years

362 (22.7%)

210 (25.2%)

152 (19.8%)

 

40–49 years

438 (27.5%)

241 (29.2%)

197 (25.7%)

 

50–65 years

794 (49.8%)

375 (45.4%)

419 (54.6%)

 

Children

    

No

1024 (64.2%)

526 (63.6%)

498 (64.8%)

0.628

Yes

570 (35.8%)

300 (36.4%)

270 (35.2%)

 

Education

   

0.059

Up to 12 years

180 (11.3%)

89 (10.8%)

91 (11.8%)

 

Vocational training

389 (24.4%)

184 (22.3%)

205 (26.7%)

 

> 12 years

1021 (64.1%)

552 (66.8%)

469 (61.1%)

 

Missing

4 (0.3%)

1 (0.1%)

3 (0.4%)

 

AUDIT* total score

    

Mean (SD)

6.0 (4.8)

5.1 (4.1)

6.9 (5.4)

0.000*

Median

5

4

5

 

25th percentile

3

3

3.5

 

75th percentile

12

9

14

 

Low risk alcohol use a)

1091 (68.4%)

556 (67.3%)

535 (69.7%)

0.000*

Hazardous alcohol use b)

416 (26.1%)

244 (29.5%)

172 (22.4%)

 

AUD c)

87 (5.5%)

26 (3.2%)

61 (7.9%)

 
  1. * Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test
  2. a) AUDIT score below 7 for women and 9 for men
  3. b) AUDIT score between 7 and 15 (incl) for women and between 9 and 15 (incl) for men
  4. c) AUDIT score higher than 15 for women and for men